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Tocha Serra

Investor at therealtocha

Lisbon, Lisbon

Overview 

Tocha Serra is a seasoned Startup Spotter, Early-stage Investor, and Business Angel in Lisbon, Portugal, with a background in product design and development, healthcare information technology, and manufacturing in China. Noteworthy achievements include founding Shilling VC, investing in companies like sheerME, and actively seeking opportunities in LegalTech, DeepTech, AI, and FinTech sectors as an investor at AngelsWay and Olisipo Way. Tocha Serra's career highlights include being a Partner and Chief Technology Officer at True-Kare, as well as hosting the podcast "Negócios à Portuguesa" at Bitalk, showcasing expertise in venture capital, product management, and innovation within the startup ecosystem.

Work Experience 

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Comudel

  • Co-founder & CEO

    2022 - Current

    Leading the startup that's creating a business OS to kill bureaucracy for SMEs ⏳

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Olisipo Way

  • Pre-seed Investor

    2016

    A community of companies where we created, co-created, or invested in +60 pre-seed startups and traditional businesses. We are not a typical VC fund. Instead, we are building a community of startups and profitable businesses that allows us to keep investing in more companies and bring immense value through the intersection of ideas, challenges, and solutions to all the founders and executives that form this incredible community.

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Bitalk

  • Podcast Host

    2020

    Host Portugal's #1 business and entrepreneurship podcast, with +200 episodes and +15M views on all platforms.

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AngelsWay 🔷

  • Angel Promoter

    2023

    A fully regulated Venture Capital fund that works like a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), where we raised €1.2M from +400 Angels to invest in 20 startups based in Portugal. A fund where all LPs actively identify, discuss, and select investments. And where a community of founders, business angels, VCs, corporate professionals, and people curious about learning the ins and outs of the startup world get together to bring value to the Portuguese ecosystem.

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OW Ventures

  • Fund Creator

    2024

    A Portuguese SCR (Sociedade Capital de Risco) that can legally launch innovative and tech-enabled investment funds.

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Shilling VC

  • Founder LP

    2021

    Created by founders for founders, Shilling is Portugal’s leading early-stage VC firm, driven by the mission to establish sustainable economic growth by investing in diverse industries and disruptive technologies shaping the future.

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True-Kare

  • Partner

    2018

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2013 - 2018

    True-Kare operates on an innovative business model where all employees and stakeholders align their incentives with the company. It provides a simple service for caring for your loved ones remotely through an end-to-end solution encompassing a range of unique telecare & telehealth services.

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China Facture

  • Partner

    2016

    China Facture operates on an innovative business model where all employees and stakeholders align their incentives with the company. It helps companies create hardware products by providing the best manufacturing decisions and taking care of all the logistics in China to turn your idea into a ready-to-sell product.

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Olisipo

  • IT Engineer

    2006 - 2012

    Played a crucial role in integrating IT systems and utilizing available resources, tools, and technology to maintain and unify business processes.

Education 

Investments 

sheerME

Seed

Total funding: $3M

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