Speakers at SIM

Speakers bringing founder-first insights and investor perspectives to Startups & Investment Matching, across key themes and practical takeaways.

IP Consultancy Director

ClarkeModet

Founding Partner

Adara Ventures

Advisor

Startup Braga

President

Startup Portugal

International economic relation officer

Grenoble Alpes Métropole

Managing Director

Beta-i

Co-Founder

W35

Author

Portuguese Unicorns – The Story of Billion-Dollar Startups

Associate Partner • Tax Innovation

KPMG

EU Funding Manager

KPMG

Executive Board Member | Chief People and Transformation Officer

Sogrape

Partner

Indico Capital Partners

Research and Development Specialist in Remote Sensing and AI for Forestry

Forest and Paper Research Institute (RAIZ) part of The Navigator Company

Founding team and GM of International

SWORD Health

CEO

QuantumNova

CEO / FOUNDER

Trojan Horse Was a Unicorn

Founder and CEO

Productized

Corporate Tax Senior Manager

KPMG

Junior Project Manager

JP Droni Srl

CEO

Enhanced Fertility

Principal Investigator

INESC TEC

CEO/ Professor for Systems Medicine

TimeTeller GmbH/ MSH Medical School Hamburg

Entrepreneurship Program Manager

Fundacao Aga Khan

Founder & Managing Director

Croton Capital

Founder & CEO

Wonderfund

Head on Tehnopol Accelerator

Business and Science Park Tehnopol

Executive Director

APCRI - Associação Portuguesa de Capital de Risco e de Investimento

Professor

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Co-founder & CTO

Smartex.ai

ESG Manager

KPMG

Behdad Esfahbod

Software Engineering Consultant

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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DIGITALIZATION

Government of Portugal

Director of Equity Investments

Flexdeal/Raize

Chair

Scale Ireland

Head of Renewables & Commercial Innovation Center

Galp

Chief of Staff

Bloq.it

Innovation officer

Grenoble Alpes Metropole

Angel Investor, Author & Speaker

Cintia Mano

Director of R&D Partnerships

TEKEVER

General Partner

Índico Capital Partners

CFO

Bright Pixel Capital

Partner & CFO

Semapa Next

CEO

Tonic Easy Medical

Founder

EUVC

Founder

LabToMarket

Investor, Champion and Board Member

Italian Angels for Growth

Director

Huawei

Analyst

Iberis Capital

Founder Partner

EBG Investment Solutions

Managing Partner

Armilar

Manager, Portuguese Patent and Trademark Attorney at KPMG

KPMG Portugal

Founder

Verana Ventures

CEO

Liberty Comms

Chief Executive

Natixis in Portugal

Co-Founder / Managing Partner

RedBridge Lisbon / AGPC Investments / Here Partners

Go-To-Market Strategist & Fractional CMO

Independent

Founder & CEO

Oktogon Labs

Senior Consultant

Magellan Circle

Fiona Disegni

Innovation & E-Commerce Consultant

Independent

Global People Strategy & Compensation Lead

Anchorage Digital

General Partner

Bynd VC

Head of VC Investments and Venture Building

MEXT: Mota-Engil Next

Research and Development Engineer and Project Manager

EDP R&D

Founding Partner - Executive Board Member

Eaglestone Capital Partners | Moon Capital Fund

Executive Director

Unicorn Factory Lisboa

Nautical Stations Coordinator

Fórum Oceano - Associação da Economia do Mar

GenAI Field Solutions Architect

Google Cloud Italy

Innovation Hub Engineer

Vodafone

CEO

Banco Português de Fomento

Head of Innovation Knowledge

Portuguese Navy

Gustavo Medina del Rosario

CEO

XRF

Project Manager, Accelerator Programme

NATO DIANA

Hugo Augusto

CEO

Semapa Next

CGO

Human Ready | Forge

Executive Director AI & Transformation

Beta-i

Founder & CEO

Pointer5

Co-Founder & COO

TejoMed

Fund Manager / Angel Investo / CFO

COREangels

Investor

Plus Partners

President

JP Droni Srl

Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

SET University

President

APVP

Life Sciences Advisor

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Vice-President

Porto Tech Hub

Chief Growth Officer

Lampsy Health

President/ Vice-Rector

UPTEC/ University of Porto

Co-founder and CEO

Bleap

Head of Corporate Venture

Brisa Ahead Ventures

Innovation and Sustainability Director

Jose de Mello Capital

Executive Vice-President

Portugal Ventures

Secretary of State for Economy

Government of Portugal

Associate Partner

KPMG

Head of Innovation Policy

ANI

CEO

Data4Deals

Head of Entrepreneurship & Innovation

IAPMEI

Head of EIC Fund Division

European Investment Bank

Co-Founder and Co-CEO

Access Lab

Commercialization Advisor

Institute of Solid State Physics

Start-Up & Tech M&A Manager

KPMG

Investor

Start Ventures

Co-Founder

FemTech Portugal

Founder

Content Gym

Deals Tax partner

PwC

Partner / President

Bynd VC / INVESTORS PORTUGAL

Inventions Director

ClarkeModet

Founding Partner

BITKRAFT Ventures

Head of Open Innovation

Galp

University Professor

UMinhoExec

Head of Programs

Casa do Impacto

Investor

Nauta Capital

CISO

Secureleap

President and co-founder

Remote

Director, Cybersecurity

Bright Pixel Capital

Startups Manager

Web Summit

CEO

BEN4US

Country Managing Director

ClarkeModet Portugal

President and Managing Partner

BC Global Management Ventures

Delivery Manager

Ocean Infinity

Founder & CEO

MAR Studo

CEO

LayerX

VP, Public Policy, Europe at Meta

Meta

Chair

AwakenAngels

Sr. Director of Research

Venture Studio Forum

COO

Dealflow.eu

Journalist & Media Trainer

BBC/FT

Executive Director

Startup Portugal

Head of Knowledge Valorisation

idD Portugal Defence

R&D and Innovation Incentives Consultant

KPMG

MBE, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Pathfounders, and was formerly Editor-at-large of TechCrunch for 18 years

Pathfounders

Founder

Quizzability

CEO and Co-Founder

HOC Industries

CEO

DN Capital

Operating Director

TEF Bridge/Bocconi for innovation

CTO

Uphold

World Bank Consultant

The iCon

Founder & CBO

Coverflex

Portfolio Director

Nordic Group

Pablo Ventura

General Partner

K Fund

Chemical Engineer, Co-founder

HyCarb

CEO

Amorim Florestal

Director

Investors Portugal

Associate Partner

KPMG

Paulo Rosado

Chairman

OutSystems

CEO

Aptoide

Board Member

COREangels

Managing Partner

Transatlantic Highway Ventures (THV)

Mayor

Porto City Council

AI Factory Project Manager

Centro Nacional de Computação Avançada (CNCA)

Portugal Lead

Tucuvi

PhD Researcher

INESC TEC

General Partner

Shilling

Head of North and Expansion

Glovo

Global Presenter / Story & Pitch Coach

Hopwood Story & Speaker Coaching

Head of Google Cloud AI Southern Europe and the Middle East

Google

Head of Academy

Sword Health

Director, Corporate Partnerships Spain & Portugal

Plug and Play Tech Center

CEO & Co-Founder

TEKEVER

Head of Division

InvestPorto | Porto City Council

CEO

Semapa

Operating Advisor

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Co-lead

Global Tech Advocates HealthTech

CEO - Co-Founder

NOVA Legal

Co-Founder

HER Venture HUB

Co-founder

Glovo App

Partner - Advisory

PwC

Partner

PROfounders Capital

Managing Partner

Altaz Capital

Co-founder

W35

Managing General Partner

Índico Capital Partners

Senior Reporter, Contributing Editor

Tech Funding News

Project Coordinator / Vice President European Female Founders

WonderCoders

Women TechEU Lead

EIT Manufacturing

Forestry Innovation Specialist

The Navigator Company

Founder and Investor

Olisipo Way, Comudel, Angels Way, Bitalk

Founder of Waze and Author of the book Fall in Love With the Problem Not the Solution

Uri Levine

M&A | Partner

KPMG

Angel Investor

Dealum

Chief Commercial Officer

The Carlyle Group

CEO

KnowledgeVerse AI

Professor

Católica Porto Business School

Innovation Manager

Fomento San Sebastian

Advisor

Barcelona Activa

Founder

The Angel Initiative