Startups & Investment Matching

Startups & Investment Matching

A unique connection experience for founders and investors to forge meaningful relationships, through carefully curated content.

Speakers

Paulo Rosado

Chairman

OutSystems

Paulo Rosado is the founder and Chairman of OutSystems, where he served as CEO for 24 years. Under his leadership, the company grew from a startup into a global leader in AI-powered low-code.

Hugo Gonçalves Pereira

Partner

Shilling

Hugo Gonçalves Pereira is an experienced venture capital professional with over 25 years of experience in all stages of investment across multiple European countries. He is currently Partner of Shilling, focusing on early-stage investments. Before Shilling he spent 5 years working in venture capital in London, with a €50M early stage fund sponsored by Virgin and a €730M growth fund backed by Investor AB. He is a graduate in management from Católica and has an MBA from Harvard.

Marcelo Lebre

President and Co-founder

Remote

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.

Diogo Mónica

Co-Founder and President

Haun Ventures / Anchorage Digital

Diogo Mónica is General Partner at Haun Ventures and Co-Founder and Executive Chairman 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.

General Partner, Haun Ventures and Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Anchorage Digital

Fiona Disegni

Innovation & E-Commerce Consultant

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Fiona sits at the intersection of Tech and Art. An Innovation and Strategy Consultant specializing in 3D Immersive Experiences for e-Commerce and Entertainment, she was Partnership Director at Emperia, a platform connecting gaming to e-commerce. She is also one of the few non-Portuguese Fado singers in Portugal, reinventing Fado with French influences through her signature “Tech Fado Dinners” in Lisbon. Previously, she was Innovation Principal at luxury e-commerce Farfetch, shaping tech strategies and 3D initiatives. A bridge-builder by nature, she led French Founders’ communities across the U

Behdad Esfahbod

Software Engineering Consultant

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Behdad Esfahbod is an Iranian-Canadian Software Engineer prominently known for his work on Free & Open Source Software. He is the author of the HarfBuzz text shaping engine, widely considered the industry-standard text shaping solution, used by Android, Chrome, Firefox, Linux desktop, and other systems.

Oskar Moore

Portfolio Director

Nordic Group

Oskar leads a cluster of companies dedicated to extending healthspan. With decades of experience in functional medicine tests, personalised supplements, and health tech, Nordic Group is uniquely positioned to shape the future of longevity. They believe longevity is about staying healthier for longer. That’s the shift they’re driving: from reactive healthcare to proactive, data-driven wellbeing. By combining deep clinical knowledge with cutting-edge consumer products, they’re building businesses that don’t just treat symptoms – they empower people to take control of their health.