A tech-first asset manager in Porto, founded by entrepreneurs.
Our mission
Built to bring a different approach to fund management, by builders.
The firm
Entrepreneurs managing funds, not a fund factory.
For more than a decade we have built companies in technology, digital assets and real estate. Bitizenship Capital is where we bring that experience to fund management, as an asset manager authorised in Portugal. We invest in sectors we know first-hand, often early, and we would rather make a few well-chosen investments than a long list of them.
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Tech-first
The firm was built for digital assets, AI and modern investment theses, and it runs on its own technology, from onboarding to reporting.
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Founder-led
Our founders have built and grown companies in technology and real estate, and they take the investment decisions themselves.
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Early access
Through the Bitizenship group we see opportunities early, and we structure them as regulated funds, with independent valuation and oversight.
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A better service
A secure investor portal with holdings, valuations and documents, available whenever you need it, and a team you can reach directly.
The firm in numbers.
€130m+
Founders' capital formation track record*
10+
Years building companies in technology and real estate
€100m+
Real estate assets developed in Portugal by the founders
2
Funds under management, one for each strategy
*Across the founders' ventures, the Bitizenship group and the programmes led by them. See the legal notice.
Our strategies
Strategy I
Alternative Investments
Private companies and select non-financial assets, including digital assets and blockchain-related infrastructure, within an institutional framework of independent valuation and risk oversight.
Digital assets and the Bitcoin ecosystem
Europe and worldwide
Independent valuation and risk oversight
Strategy II
Private Equity
Private companies with high growth and development potential, in real estate and technology. The programme draws on a decade of real estate development in Portugal.
Real estate, technology and AI
Portugal and other European markets
Equity, quasi-equity and debt instruments
How we work
You deal directly with the people who decide.
Our founders take the investment decisions and remain your point of contact. Compliance, risk management and independent valuation sit with different people and run across every step. Investors follow their holdings, valuations and documents in a secure investor area, and every fund publishes its net asset value, its risks and its documents on this site. Read how we invest and the regulatory information.
The people
An agile team, with every function in the room.
Ziyou Tian · Co-founder · CEO and Chair of the Board
Alessandro Palombo · Co-founder · Chief Investment Officer
João Aranha · Executive Director · Head of Valuations
Fernando Oliveira · Non-Executive Director
Beatriz Carvalho · Compliance Officer
Get in touch.
Every enquiry is answered directly by the team that manages the funds.
Lisbon
Units in any fund managed by the Company are placed exclusively through private subscription on the basis of the respective fund documentation.