Lisbon
About us
Our story
Bitizenship Capital was born in Bitcoin. The group launched the first Bitcoin ecosystem fund for the Portuguese Golden Visa, and its success showed what a builder can bring to fund management.
We set the firm up in Porto to manage funds directly, with the care we put into our own companies and a service designed for investors who live across borders. Authorised in Portugal in 2026, it manages that first fund, now Bitizen One, from 1 November 2026, alongside Aspect I, a venture capital fund for Portuguese real estate companies.
Across its founders, the firm brings a capital formation track record of more than €130 million and a decade of building companies in technology, digital assets and real estate. We are part of a group of integrated companies, and we would love to hear from you.
Porto
Lisbon
Atlantic coast
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
*Track record across the founders' ventures, the Bitizenship group and the programmes led by them.
Portugal, the Atlantic coast
Leadership team
Co-founder · CEO and Chair of the Board
Ziyou is co-founder, CEO and Chair of the Board of Bitizenship Capital, SCR, S.A., with responsibility for finance and risk management, and co-founder of Bitizenship, the group's advisory company.
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Co-founder · Chief Investment Officer
Alessandro is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Bitizenship Capital, SCR, S.A., and co-founder and CEO of Bitizenship, the group's advisory company. He leads investment, divestment and monitoring, including fundraising and execution.
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Executive Director · Head of Valuations
João is Executive Director of Bitizenship Capital and responsible for the asset valuation function, which sits with him and not with the investment team. He is a partner at Baker Tilly in Lisbon, where he specialises in transfer pricing and business plan review, after earlier roles at Deloitte in London and at KPMG.
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Non-Executive Director
Fernando is a Non-Executive Director of Bitizenship Capital, bringing more than three decades of experience in compliance, risk and audit within regulated financial institutions.
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Compliance Officer
Beatriz is the Compliance Officer of Bitizenship Capital and performs the compliance function independently from the investment function. A lawyer with a Master's in Corporate Law from Católica Lisbon, she specialises in banking, financial institutions and compliance, with a focus on venture capital and anti-money laundering.
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Head of Investor Relations
Zoe leads investor relations at Bitizenship Capital and growth at Bitizenship. She joined the group after working in fundraising for Portugal's largest private equity fund manager, and has advised clients on global wealth creation and citizenship solutions, particularly through Portugal's Golden Visa programme.
Read moreGovernance
Bitizenship Capital, SCR, S.A. is authorised by the CMVM under the Portuguese Asset Management Regime and is subject to its supervision. Investment, valuation, risk and compliance sit with different people.
PKF & Associados, SROC, Lda. is the company's statutory auditor.
A dedicated Compliance Officer works independently from the investment team, covering conflicts of interest and anti-money laundering.
An executive director leads valuations, with external experts where needed.
Risk sits with the CEO and Chair of the Board, separate from investment decisions, which are led by the Chief Investment Officer.
No leverage at fund level, and own funds kept above regulatory requirements at all times. Full company details are in our legal notice.
Our strategies
Strategy I
Private companies and digital assets, including the Bitcoin ecosystem, with independent valuation and risk oversight.
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Strategy II
Private companies with room to grow, in real estate and technology, in Portugal and across Europe.
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