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Mariana Costa

Ventures at EDP

Lisbon, Lisbon

Overview 

Mariana Costa is currently serving as a Principal at EDP Ventures in Lisbon, with expertise in venture capital, corporate finance, and financial markets. Her career highlights include serving as a board observer for various companies and having a strong focus on investing in EnergyTech and ClimateTech/CleanTech sectors at Series A and Seed stages.

Work Experience 

  • Investor & Strategy Board member

    2024 - Current

    Splight uses real-time data and machine learning to add a reliable operational layer to grids, enabling 2x more transmission capacity.

  • Board Observer

    2024

    Captura designed a solution that removes CO2 from the ocean and harnesses its ability to heal the climate.

Captura specializes in direct ocean carbon capture, employing technology and leveraging the ocean's natural carbon removal capabilities.

Raised $34,500,000.00 from Maersk Growth, Freeflow Ventures, National Grid Partners (NGP), EIC Rose Rock, Eni Next, Japan Airlines Innovation Fund, Future Planet Capital, Equinor Ventures, EDP Ventures and Aramco Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2024

    Defined.ai is building the ultimate marketplace for ethical, high-quality AI training data.

Defined.ai (former DefinedCrowd) enabling AI creators of the future.

Raised $78,599,989.00 from Semapa Next, EDP Ventures, Kibo Ventures, Portugal Ventures, Hermes GPE, Bynd Venture Capital, Ironfire Ventures and Evolution Equity Partners.

  • EDP Ventures

    2013

    EDP Ventures is the corporate venture arm of EDP Group, a global energy company and a leading player in the field of energy transition. At EDP Ventures, our goal is to invest in startups/scaleups with significant growth potential that are aligned with EDP vision to lead the energy transition, in the fields of renewables, green H2, energy storage and flexibility, smart grids, electric mobility, distributed energy resources and decarbonization. EDP Ventures invests worldwide, from Seed to Series B, with tickets from 1 to 10M€. Meet us at https://www.edp.com/en/innovation/edp-ventures#what-we-do

  • Member of The Supervisory Board

    2023

    Energyworx delivers Cloud Meter Data Management.

  • Board Observer

    2019 - 2023

  • Board Observer

    2023

    Mixergy develops smart and connected hot water tanks which enable households to live better, save money, and reduce their impact on the environment.

  • Membro não executivo do conselho

    2022 - 2024

    Spotlite is an infrastructure monitoring system based on satellite imagery, providing analytics for structural health assessment.

  • Membro não executivo do conselho

    2023 - 2024

    ESG Technology to drive business growth

  • Board Observer

    2022 - 2024

    Web Vulnerability Scanner designed to empower Security and DevOps teams working together to reduce the security risk.

  • Membro não executivo do conselho

    2022 - 2023

    Industrial Predictive Maintenance and Fault Detection solutions for Transformers, Rotating Machines and Power Electronics.

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