1520 Innovation Fund

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent CTT

1520 Innovation Fund is the corporate venture arm of CTT, a logistics and transportation company. It invests from seed to growth. Sectors it names: logistics and supply chain, fintech.

Commitment by parentS3: EUR 8M

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Growth

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Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Growth
Sectors	Logistics and supply chain, Fintech
Geography	Europe

Sources: S1 CTT: Fundo de Investimento (1520 Startup Program).

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	EUR 8M	Commitment by parent	Stated by the firm or its parent	S3
Companies backed	9	companies	Reported in the press	S3
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	4	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S3

Sources: S3 Jornal Economico: Fundo de inovacao dos CTT investe em startup ZeroPact.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Investment regionsS1

Europe

LeadersS2

Nuno MatosDirector of Digital, New Channels and Innovation, CTTFind on LinkedIn Firm page

1520 Innovation Fund on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	CTT	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Logistics and transportation	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Headline size	EUR 8M (Commitment by parent)	Single source	S3
Companies backed	9	Single source	S3
Stages	Seed, Series A, Growth	Single source	S1

History

2024Participated in the Neuralshift financing round (announced 2024-04-09)S2
2025Invested in ZeroPact, the ninth startup in the fund (reported 2025-11-25)S3

Portfolio

Public sources name 4 portfolio companies.S3

The firm also states 9 companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S3

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the 1520 Innovation Fund portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
NOS 5G Fund	1	KIT-AR

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the 1520 Innovation Fund list

4 companies, as named in the sources cited.S3 Read the firm's list.

Fraudio
KIT-AR
Sensefinity
ZeroPact

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.ctt.pt/grupo-ctt/a-empresa/inovacao-e-startups/1520-startup-program/fundo-de-investimento

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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