Startups & Investment Matching

Theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, author, and mother of two, Vivienne is featured frequently for her research and inventions in The Financial Times, The Atlantic, and the New York Times. Her AI inventions have launched a dozen companies and nonprofits with a focus on human potential: education, workforce, and health. A self-described “professional mad scientist”, Vivienne founded The Human Trust to fight some of the world’s most pressing problems, and she travels the world sharing the stories of these astonishing projects. In her free time, Vivienne works to design AI systems to help treat her son’s diabetes, predict manic episodes in bipolar sufferers, and reunite orphan refugees with extended family members. She sits on the boards of numerous companies and nonprofits, including UC Berkeley’s Neurotech Collider Hub and RFK Human Rights. For relaxation, she writes science fiction and hikes with her wife and children.

Nick leads Tools for Humanity’s public policy work as Chief Policy Officer, where he spearheads the company’s engagement with global regulators, policymakers, and civil society. Previously Vice President of Global Affairs at X (formerly Twitter), he brings over fifteen years of experience navigating complex policy environments. Before joining X, Nick led a British privacy-focused civil society group. A law graduate of the University of Durham, Nick is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an internationally published photographer, and sits on the board of BBC Media Action.

Sacha Michaud is a British-Canadian entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in Spain’s online sector, known for founding and leading successful businesses. In 1997, he founded LatinRed, one of the largest Spanish-language internet service providers, which was acquired by StarMedia two years later. Throughout his career, he established several companies, including Inlander (sold in 2000), Binaria (a digital communication agency), and Transword (an online translation company). After leading Betfair Iberia for nine years, he co-founded Glovo in 2014 with Oscar Pierre, creating an on-demand delivery platform that now operates in 25 countries, connecting consumers with local couriers for fast delivery from restaurants and stores in their cities.

Diogo Mónica is the Founder and President of Anchorage Digital. Anchorage Digital brings the world’s most advanced and proven security architecture to cryptocurrency custody, to deliver the services institutions expect from a traditional custodian.

Before founding Anchorage Digital, he was security lead at Docker, an open platform for building, shipping and running distributed applications. While at Docker he worked on the security foundations of the container and orchestration subsystems that are now used as core building blocks of modern IT infrastructure worldwide.

Diogo Mónica was an early employee at Square where he led the platform security team and built the security infrastructure used by Square to move over $80B in annualized volume. He has a BSc, MSc and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science has published several papers in peer-reviewed security conferences on the topic of distributed systems and information security, and is the author of several patents in secure communications, encrypted hardware, and payment systems.

Diogo Mónica is a sought-after public speaker having keynotes, lectures and technical briefings on the topics of usable security, infrastructure security, and distributed systems security. He is also an angel investor and an advisor and board member to numerous startups.

Marcelo is the co-founder and President of Remote. Marcelo was previously VP of Engineering at Unbabel and has held several CTO positions. He frequently speaks at events about leadership and managing remote teams. Marcelo is also a startup advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs. He is a passionate engineer, proud dad, and sci-fi nerd.

Miguel Amaro is a tech entrepreneur and investor, known for his role in co-founding Uniplaces and Coverflex, two pioneering Portuguese startups. His entrepreneurial journey underscored the significance of mentorship, leading him to establish the Entrepreneurs Organization Portugal and become a lead mentor at Techstars. Co-founding Coverflex, a company revolutionizing the world of compensation, further showcased his expertise, propelling it to become the largest pre-seed round in Portugal.

Inês Santos Silva is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at TejoMed, Portugal’s first membership-based family medicine clinic. She also serves as an Executive Advisor for AthenaDAO, a decentralized community of researchers, funders, and advocates dedicated to advancing women’s health research, education, and funding. Inês is a dedicated advocate for diversity and inclusion, co-founding Portuguese Women in Tech to support and amplify women in technology. Her work focuses on breaking barriers and empowering underrepresented groups in tech and entrepreneurship.

Cristina Fonseca is the General Partner at Indico Capital Partners, a leading venture capital firm in Portugal focused on tech and sustainability investments from Pre-Seed to Series B. She co-founded Talkdesk in 2011, which became a major cloud-native call center solution, raising $500M. In 2018, she co-founded Cleverly.ai, later acquired by Zendesk, where she now leads AI strategy as VP of Product. Cristina is also a board member of several companies, a Young Global Leader (WEF 2021), and holds key roles at Galp, Singularity University Portugal, and the University of Lisbon.

Madalena is an entrepreneur at heart, startup investor, leadership mentor, and tech and growth enthusiast. A former Googler and startup executive, now focused on helping other tech leaders start and scale their businesses.

Based in Portugal after 35 years in Silicon Valley, Mike Sigal is an advisor, coach, and speaker dedicated to helping innovators thrive. As an entrepreneur, he successfully exited four startups—including one through IPO. As General Partner at 500 Startups Fintech Fund, he invested in over 80 early-stage startups, with three reaching unicorn status. He currently serves as advisor and non-executive director to funds, startups, and corporations globally. Through his Pitch Slap Academy, Mike transforms exceptional founders from outside Silicon Valley into unstoppable fundraisers.

Sharon is an advisor, coach, and fractional operator guiding companies to unlock the full value of AI. She supports both sides of the AI equation – guiding leadership teams through enterprise adoption, and advising startup CEOs on fundraising, GTM, and scaling. These efforts are grounded in Sharon’s extensive operating experience at both startups and enterprises. As CEO of LimeSpot, an e-commerce AI platform, she led the company to profitability and a successful exit in 2022. She’s also held CMO roles at multiple startups and strategic leadership positions at Amazon and Shutterfly. Sharon has led organizations in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia, and is currently based in San Francisco.