Tocha Serra
Investor at therealtocha
Lisbon, Lisbon
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder & CEO
2022 - Current
Leading the startup that's creating a business OS to kill bureaucracy for SMEs ⏳
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.
Podcast Host
2020
Host Portugal's #1 business and entrepreneurship podcast, with +200 episodes and +15M views on all platforms.
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.
Fund Creator
2024
A Portuguese SCR (Sociedade Capital de Risco) that can legally launch innovative and tech-enabled investment funds.
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.
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.
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.
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.