BiG Start Ventures
24 de Julho, 74-76, Lisbon, Lisboa, 1200-869, Portugal
Overview
Start Ventures is a global early-stage Venture Capital investor in B2B startups in the Financial Services sector.
- Total investments
- 17
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 3
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- FinTech
- InsurTech
Investment portfolio
- Finovox
Participated · Series A · Jun 2026
Finovox develops solutions that verify the authenticity of documents submitted by customers to insurers, lenders and other financial institutions. Its technology is already used in around fifteen countries. The company reported it tripled its revenue in 2025, indicating rapid recent growth. Finovox intends to use the new funding to accelerate the fight against document fraud across Europe. The startup was founded by Marc De Beaucorps, Théophile de Bouët du Portal and Pierre-Alexis Gouzien. The company operates from France and serves clients in the insurance and financial sectors.
- WeatherPromise
Participated · Series A · Jan 2026
WeatherPromise partners with leading travel, hospitality and event companies—such as Marriott, Expedia, JetBlue, Invia and HomeToGo—to offer weather-guaranteed bookings that reimburse customers automatically if conditions fall short of the promise. Powered by a proprietary AI engine, the platform tailors weather guarantees to each specific trip or event and handles refund processing without user intervention. In 2025 the company covered trips to 95 countries across six continents, underscoring its rapidly expanding global footprint. With offices in the United States and Germany, WeatherPromise aims to become indispensable across travel, concerts, sporting events, golf and other outdoor activities. The firm positions weather as the pivotal factor in consumer booking decisions and seeks to remove weather-related anxiety for millions of travelers and attendees. Backed by more than $22 million to date, WeatherPromise is channeling new funds into accelerated product development, broader strategic partnerships and scaling its platform across additional consumer categories.
- ClaimSorted
Participated · Seed · Oct 2025
ClaimSorted is an AI-powered claims TPA designed to give insurers a modern, technology-first alternative to legacy administrators. Its proprietary platform automates large portions of the claims workflow while a specialized team oversees complex decisions, enabling faster resolutions and better customer experiences. Since launch, the company has partnered with more than 20 insurers across the US, UK and EU and now serves tens of thousands of policyholders. Led by founder and CEO Pavel Gertsberg, ClaimSorted operates out of New York City and London, giving it trans-Atlantic reach from day one. The newly secured capital will be used to accelerate product development, expand into additional global markets and deepen integrations with insurance partners. Although revenue figures were not disclosed, the business is positioning itself to become the default digital TPA for forward-thinking insurers seeking operational efficiency and superior outcomes.
- Zango AI
Participated · Equity · Jul 2025
Zango AI trains regulation-specific large language models and deploys AI agents that continuously track regulatory updates, identify compliance gaps in real time, and integrate into day-to-day operations. Its solution is used by banks and neobanks — customers named in the articles include Novobanco, Monzo and Juni — and is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified. The company emphasizes human-in-the-loop workflows to ensure accuracy and cites examples where workflows were reduced from 48 hours to under 4 hours. Zango positions compliance as a growth enabler, enabling faster product launches and market expansion. The company was founded in 2024 and operates globally with offices in London, San Francisco and Bengaluru. Proceeds from the new financing will be used to expand teams in London and Bengaluru and to build additional product modules for an AI-native governance, risk and compliance (GRC), with plans to expand beyond banking into insurance and asset management.
- Ethiack
Participated · Seed · Dec 2024
ETHIACK provides a SaaS cybersecurity platform that combines human ethical-hacking expertise with AI to perform Automated Continuous Pentesting, identify vulnerabilities, detect complex threats, assess attack surfaces, and produce compliance reports for regulations such as CRA, DORA and NIS2. The platform has tested over 150,000 digital assets and serves clients across nine countries. Founded in 2022 by André Baptista, Jorge Monteiro and Vitor Pinho, the company positions its product to both prevent cyberattacks and optimize clients' security costs and resources. ETHIACK plans to use new funding to enhance its Automated Continuous Pentesting technology and scale geographically. Target expansion markets include the UK, wider Europe, and potentially the US and the Middle East. The article does not disclose revenue or other financial metrics beyond the recent funding.
Team
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