by Carolina Santos | Jul 3, 2018 | Corporates, Investors, Startups
The first SingularityU Cascais Lisbon Chapter is happening on July 11 at IDEIAhub – Palácio Sotto Mayor. And what is this? Well, it’s an event to introduce the community to Singularity’s view and mission and to introduce people to an exponential mindset. More than that, this Chapter leads the road to SingularityU Portugal Summit Cascais, on October 8 and 9, 2018. A summit organized by Beta-i, Cascais Municipality, and Nova SBE, with the support of the founding partners Ageas, Galp and Semapa, to debate and create the future.
These Chapters – this is just the first one – have the goal to to educate, empower and inspire leaders through 4 core areas:
- Connection: Creating and facilitating an engaged local community
- Events: Facilitating events about exponential technologies and global grand challenges
- Innovation: Sharing information about local innovations with the SU community
- Impact: Focusing on impact in collaboration with Singularity University
It’s no secret: the world’s changing, whether we like it or not, due to technologies such as AI, Blockchain, 3D Printing or VR and we need to be ahead. SingularityU leverages exponential technologies to solve humanity’s grand challenges, which is basically to find ways to use those technologies in our favor, to fight challenges such as food, shelter, disasters and even learning.
On July 11, at IDEIAhub – Palácio Sotto Mayor, from 6pm to 8pm, our panel composed of Startup Founders, Policy Makers and Corporate Leaders, will share their experiences with Singularity University as alumni from several different programs and discuss questions such as what is the exponential mindset? Why do we need it? Will the future be exponential? How can Portugal leverage these new technologies in an exponential context? That’s why the theme of this chapter is exactly: “Introducing Portugal to the international mindset”.
The panel is composed of Sofia Couto da Rocha, Founder at SkinSoul; Paulo Pisano, Chief People Officer at Galp Energia; Pedro Corte Garcia, Co-Founder at mov.e and Ricardo Marvão, Co-founder at Beta-i and SingularityU Cascais Lisbon Chapter Ambassador.
For more information on Chapters check the SU Chapter page and get to know some examples of Chapters held last year in the 2017 Year in Review Report. Make sure you register for the Chapter here.
by tombento | May 23, 2018 | Corporates, Investors, Startups
The Norwegian writer Erling Kagge describes boredom as experiential poverty. By that he means that, when we find ourselves either lacking or overstimulated from experiences (e.g. never going out vs going out every night for a week), our brain specifically tells us, and this is a technical term, “your life sucks”.
From my personal experience, this tends to happen with a lot of events. It’s either the same old “sit and listen” format, or an excess of lighting shows and music that makes you feel like you’re at a club at 11am on a Tuesday. I’ve been building and hosting events for a couple of years now and the truth is, I’m guilty of this as well. We all are. Building a sweet ass event that leaves people happy, inspired, hopeful and enthused, is hard. Like, really hard. And it takes time.
With this in mind, I woke up today thinking “if there were 3 really good reasons to attend the Lisbon Investment Summit”, what would they be? And could I put it in words? And why am I late for work already?
Anyway, here are 3 really good reasons for you to attend #LIS 18.
- Less Is More
There’s always immense pressure to put out the most content possible, to have a full room at all times and to deploy a non-stop experience. But this year we’re going to remove that pressure (which is mostly self imposed) by simply trimming down and focusing on what makes #LIS unique: an intimate, chilled, stress-free and sunny space for entrepreneurs, investors and executives to connect.
- We Bring Top Notch, Killer Speakers
If you look at our recent speaker rosters (2017 or 2018) you’ll see one common trend: these are some really kickass people. From the heads of some of the best VCs around, to rising star entrepreneurs and experienced innovators, we focus on bringing on stage the most interesting people out there. It’s just not people you’ll see on Youtube.
- Save Yourself a Sea of Trips
Are you based in Europe? Think about this: imagine you want to pitch Marvin Liao from 500 Startups. How much would a flight to San Francisco cost you, including a hotel? Or imagine you want to pitch Jenny Fielding from Techstars in New York, how much would that cost? By coming to #LIS, you can meet them and over 250 other investors and entrepreneurs, for a fraction of the cost. We’re literally saving you time and money.
If this got your blood pumping and the juices flowing, get a ticket now before prices go up (or we run out. We cap it at 2000 people).
I want tojoin #LIS 18
by Carolina Santos | May 23, 2018 | Investors
After last year’s giant success of the Investor’s Academy we decided to bring it back. The goal is to provide participants with the unique chance to learn best practices, first-hand experiences and receive concrete help on how to define their investment roadmap from seasoned players.
The winner of the Investors Academy wins a Scholarship Award to IE Business School for the Venture Capital course, just like last year. Jorge Batista and Rita Sousa were the winners and were accompanied by Isabel Salgueiro, at the time Lisbon Challenge Program Director.
I asked Isabel how was the experience and she told me “it was a great experience, not only to learn with real professionals but we also built a small network of highly interesting people that were taking the course at the same time”.
Adding that “during 3 days, we were exposed to great teachers that actually work in the venture capital area, and taught based on real examples of the past. I highly recommend this scholarship to whoever wants to learn more about the VC world”.
Maybe that was the beginning of Isabel’s change in career, the fact is that now she’s no longer with us and she’s working at a venture capital. This year the participants have the opportunity to win the same Scholarship again, so buy your Ultimate Investor’s Ticket here, before it’s too late.
by tombento | May 16, 2018 | Corporates, Investors, Startups
A quick Google search for “you are those you spend time with” reveals the most interesting results. There’s Jim Rohn’s “You’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with”, there are mexican, russian, assyrian and japanese proverbs that are variations on the same idea, Corinthians 15:33 says “bad company ruins good morals”, which, when turned into a positive, means “great company makes for great morals”, and even Seneca, the stoic philosopher, said “I spend my time in the company of all the best”. Clearly, there’s power in this timeless, universal truth.
With this in mind, who will you be able to surround yourself with at the Lisbon Investment Summit? Here are 70+ speakers you’ll get to meet, by their fields of expertise.
Innovation
- Ana Casaca, Head of Innovation at José de Mello
- Paul Jozefak, Managing Director at Liquid Labs, Otto Group
- Maria Antonia Saldanha – Director PAYFORWARD Innovation Program at SIBS
- Timothy O’Connell, Open Innovation Director H-Farm
Accelerators
- Janet Bumpas, Program Director at ScaleUpNation
- Jenny Fielding, Managing Director at Techstars
- Marvin Liao, Partner at 500 Startups
- Raphaël Crouan, CEO & Founder at Startup Bootcamp IoT
Ecosystem
- Sofia Benjumea, Head of Campus Madrid
- André Zollinger, Director of International Relations at The Camp
- Declan Kelly, Head of Investors at WebSummit
- Ricardo Mesquita, Head of Immersive Learning at IE Business School
- Francois Mazoudier, Founder at TMRW
- Cedric Gaudard, Director of Partnerships at Station F
- Louis Papaemmanuel, Director at The European Young Innovators Forum
- Paulo Rodrigues Silva, CEO at Euronext Technologies, Portugal
- Luís Roquette Geraldes – Senior Associate at Morais Leitão Galvão Teles
- Patric Gresko – Head of Division – Innovation and Technology Investments at EIF
Angel Investors
- Paola Bonomo – Non Executive Director & Angel Investor at Italian Angels for Growth
- Pedro Bandeira – Founder CEO at Red Angels
- Zach Coelius – Managing Partner at Coelius Capital
Sector Specific
- Alexandre Santos – Chief Investment Officer at SONAE IM
- Richard Muirhead – Founding Partner at Fabric Ventures
- José del Barrio – CEO and Founder Samaipata Ventures
- Ellen Bark-Lindhout – Co founder at Collider
- Celso Martinho – CEO and Founding Partner at Bright Pixel
- Valentina Milanova – Venture Associate at Founder Factory
- Orson Stadler – Principal at Mustard Seed VC
- Antonio Miguel – Managing Director at Maze Impact
- Ricardo Sequerra – Principal at Cherry Ventures
- Roberto Saint-Malo – Managing Partner at BetaAngels
Early Stage
- Jaime Novoa – Investor at KFund
- Philipp Moehring – Venture Hacker at Angellist
- Ben Marrel – Founding Partner at Breega
- Laura Roguet – Associate at Korelya Capital
- Pierre Yves Meerschman – Co-founder & investor at Daphni
- Stephanie Hospital – Founder at OneRagtime
- Andrew J Scott – Founding Partner at 7percent Ventures
- Sean Seton-Rogers – Partner with PROfounders
- Alexandre Flamant – Investor at Notion Capital
- Prasad Vanga – Founder & CEO at Anthill Ventures
- Joao Kepler Braga – Partner at Bossa Nova Investimentos
- Daniel Ibri – Co-founder and Partner at Mindset Ventures
- Gillian Muessig – CEO at Outlines Venture Group
- Sia Houchangnia – Investment Partner at Seedcamp
- Pedro Falcão – Managing Partner at LC Ventures
Early Stage Deep Tech
- Gil Dibner – Founder Managing Partner at Angular Ventures
- Stephan Morais – Managing General Partner at Indico Capital Partners
- Ton van’t Noordende – Deeptech Investor & CEO at 01 Ventures
- Liz Fleming – Principal at Adara Ventures
- Pedro Ribeiro Santos – Partner at Armilar Venture Partners
Late Stage Investors
- Nicolas Debock – IDinvest
- Felix Petersen – Managing Director Europe at Samsung Next
- Tobias Schirmer – Managing Partner at Join Capital
- Ashley Carroll – Partner at Social Capital
- Elliot O’Connor – Investor at Firstminute capital
- Matthew Weigand – Principal at Accel Partners
Entrepreneurs
- Bertier Luyt, Founding Member of Hub France IA
- Arbia Smiti, Founder & CEO at Carnet de Mode
- Clara Armand-Delille, Founder at ThirdEyeMedia
- Laura González-Estéfani, Founder and CEO at TheVentureCity
- Florence Herry, CEO at Libheros
- Maarten Roerink, CEO at Guidion
- Brett Putter, Founder & CEO at Culture Gene
- Jean Louis Frechin, Founder & CEO at NoDesign
- Sebastião Lancastre, CEO at EasyPay
- Jason Lee, Founder & CEO at Illumr
- Pablo Viguera, General Manager Spain at Revolut
- João Menano, CEO at James
- Carolina Marçalo, ICO & Crypto Business Strategist at Aptoide
Make sure you get your ticket here.
by Carolina Santos | May 16, 2018 | Corporates, Investors, Startups
If you stop to think you’ll realize that life’s all about lists. You have the to-do lists, the supermarket lists, the pros and cons lists. Making lists make us feel we’re in control and that we are making the right decisions.
And because we know that, last week we gave you a list of 25 investors you couldn’t miss at Lisbon Investment Summit – or that maybe you’d like to reconnect with -, but the event has way more people and each one important on its own way.
So we decided to make an even bigger list focused, once again, on investors but dividing them according to their preferences when it comes to investment stages. Check their photos on the gallery, so you make sure you don’t reach out to the wrong person.
Institutional Investors
Patric Gresko – Head of Division – Innovation and Technology Investments at EIF
Angel Investors
Paola Bonomo – Non Executive Director & Angel Investor at Italian Angels for Growth
Pedro Bandeira – Founder CEO at Red Angels
Francisco Pinto – Executive Director at Busy Angel
Maurizio Calcopietro – Investor at Curitiba Angels
Early Stage Deep Tech
Gil Dibner – Founder Managing Partner at Angular Ventures
Stephan Morais – Managing General Partner at Indico Capital Partners
Ton van’t Noordende – Deeptech Investor & CEO at 01 Ventures
Liz Fleming – Principal at Adara Ventures
Pedro Ribeiro Santos – Partner at Armilar Venture Partners
Early Stage
Jaime Novoa – Investor at KFund
Pedro Falcão – Managing Partner at LC Ventures
Philipp Moehring – Venture Hacker at Angellist
Ben Marrel – Founding Partner at Breega
Laura Roguet – Associate at Korelya Capital
Pierre Yves Meerschman – Co-founder & investor at Daphni
Stephanie Hospital – Founder at OneRagtime
Andrew J Scott – Founding Partner at 7percent Ventures
Sean Seton-Rogers – Partner with PROfounders
Alexandre Flamant – Investor at Notion Capital
Prasad Vanga – Founder & CEO at Anthill Ventures
Joao Kepler Braga – Partner at Bossa Nova Investimentos
Daniel Ibri – Co-founder and Partner at Mindset Ventures
Javier Torremocha – Founding Partner – Kibo Ventures
Gonzalo Tradacete – CEO at Faraday Ventures Partners
Sector Specific
Alexandre Santos – Chief Investment Officer at SONAE IM
Maria Antonia Saldanha – Director of PAYFORWARD Innovation Program at SIBS
Richard Muirhead – Founding Partner at Fabric Ventures
José del Barrio – CEO and Founder Samaipata Ventures
Ellen Bark-Lindhout – Co founder at Collider
Celso Martinho – CEO and Founding Partner at Bright Pixel
Valentina Milanova – Venture Associate at Founder Factory
Ricardo Sequerra – Principal at Cherry Ventures
Roberto Saint-Malo – Managing Partner at BetaAngels
François-Xavier Dedde – Investment Manager at Omnes Capital
António Miguel – Managing Director at Maze Impact
Orson Stadler – Principal at Mustard Seed VC
Marco Fernandes– President at PME Investimentos
Henrique Gomes – Investment Analyst – Novabase capital
Walter Palma – Investment Direct at Caixa Capital
Later Stage Investors
Nicolas Debock – IDinvest
Felix Petersen – Managing Director Europe at Samsung Next
Tobias Schirmer – Managing Partner at Join Capital
Elliot O’Connor – Investor at Firstminute capital
Matthew Weigand – Principal at Accel Partners
Ashley Carroll – Partner at Social Capital
Make sure you get your ticket here.
by tombento | Mar 7, 2018 | Investors
On June 5th 2017, a group of 30 aspiring angel investors sat in front of an improvised stage at Chiado 8 in Lisbon, waiting to hear the gospel from 7 experienced investors. The goal of this event, anti-climactically named Investors Academy, was to provide participants with the unique chance to learn best practices, first-hand experiences and receive concrete help on how to define their investment roadmap from seasoned players.
The idea was Beta-i’s brainchild. But the immersive, full-day program was co-designed and developed along with its speakers: Marvin Liao, David Haynes, Rodrigo Martinez, Ricardo Sequerra, Cristina Fonseca, Luís Roquette and Alex Hoye.
We’ve been in the event curation business for a while and, truthfully, there’s a lot stuff out there that is just plain vanilla (we share the blame on this as well). But what we’ve come to learn is that when you bring speakers on board and actually involve them in the process of designing the audience’s experience (a tough job because it’s a thin line between being inclusive and just plain bothersome) something magical happens.
And I believe that’s what happened at the Investors Academy in 2017. Speakers are present on stage at all times during each other’s presentations, and have carte blanche to intervene and share thoughts on what’s being discussed. The audience is heavily encouraged to do the same. As a result, when a participant asked “how hard is it to invest in startups?”, Marvin Liao’s answer was simply: “in this game, if you’re not willing to lose all your money, you should quit while you’re ahead.” That’s the kind of honesty that matters.
With a range of topics from Investment Lifecycle, Different Approaches to Investing, What Post Seed VCs Are Looking For, The Impact of Negotiating Terms and The Importance of Building Relationships with Founders, our goal is to increase the odds in favour of aspiring investors.
The Investors Academy will be back, with a new roster of speakers and a limited class, this time on June 5th 2018. If you’re looking to take your investor skills to the next level, make sure you get one of the 30 Ultimate Investor Ticket available.
