Startmeup Jury
David Miller
David S. Miller, Ph.D. is a founder and Executive Managing Director of CEVG. An engineer by training, he brings over 20 years of technology startup management experience and over a dozen years of seed stage investing experience. He is on the board of directors or advisory board of several clean energy companies, including Azima DLI, Next Step Living, MyEnergy, and Cambrian Innovation and has mentored many others. He is also a research affiliate at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
David is a New England Chapter Director of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national community of business leaders who advocate for good environmental policy while building economic prosperity (www.e2.org) and has developed relationships with state and federal policy makers to support the growth of the clean energy industry. He is a founding member of the MIT Enterprise Forum’s Energy Special Interest Group and has chaired the mentor program for what is now the Northeast Cleantech Open for over four years. David also co-founded EPrime, which is a forum for clean energy entrepreneurs to network and support each other’s enterprises, was a board member of New England Energy and Environmental Funders, which educated investors interested in energy and environmental companies, and was an advisory board member of the New England Clean Energy Council.
Previously, David founded several companies, including Quantum Telecom Solutions which developed software for programmable switching equipment. He grew the company to profitability, with over 100% annual growth over a four-year period and then negotiated venture financing and sold the company to a division of Lucent Technologies. At Lucent, he served as Director in the New Ventures Group where he managed and evaluated a diverse set of early stage investments.
David was awarded a patent for co-developing a “one number” telecom service, and taught at Rutgers University in the Electrical Engineering Department. He received his BS and MS in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT, and completed his doctorate at MIT’s Lab for Energy and the Environment where he studied the utilization and commercialization of distributed generation and energy efficiency measures. His dissertation examined the impact of a variety of management and investment strategies and public policy initiatives on the success of new clean energy ventures. As a research affiliate at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, he supervises the continuation of this work. David lives in Newton, MA with his wife and two children.
Alexandre Barbosa
Alexandre is a Faber Co-Founder and its Managing Director, having over 15 years of experience in business innovation and growth. His previous experiences as entrepreneur of technology related businesses, executive manager and strategy consultant include serving as Co-Founder and CEO of Innovagency, as CEO of Atlântico and Blueticket and as Associate at Oliver Wyman.
Alexandre is also:
- Startup Mentor at Seedcamp Lisbon, Founder Institute Lisbon, Startup Lisboa, Beta-Start, Startup Live Lisbon;
- Vice President at ACEPI, the Portuguese eCommerce and Interactive Advertising Association;
- Invited Lecturer of Innovation and New Product Development at ISLA's Master in Marketing Management.
Specialties: Innovation, New Product/Service Development, Business Strategy & Planning, Marketing Intelligence, Design Thinking, Digital Business/Technologies, Creativity.
Duarte Mineiro
Duarte Mineiro is Principal at Espirito Santos Ventures and has a BSc in Management and Industrial Engineering from IST (Portugal), and an MBA from Tuck School of Business, at Dartmouth (USA). Duarte has a 10 year experience in Strategic and Management Consulting in The Boston Consulting Group, mainly in the areas of Healthcare and Banking, having worked extensively in Spain, France and in the UK. He joined Espírito Santo Ventures in March 2010.
Followed Companies:
Equigerminal
HeartGenetics
Nutriventures
Sakproject
WeDuc
Duarte Mineiro
Principal
José Epifânio da Franca
José Franca holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from IST, Technical University of Lisbon (1978), a PhD from Imperial College (1985) and the degree of “Agregado” from UTL (1992). In 1987, he founded IST’s Integrated Circuits and Systems Group and the IST Centre of Microsystems (1994). Co-founded “CHIPIDEA Microelectrónica, S.A”, which he led to be considered one of Europe’s 500 companies and eventually to achieve world leadership in the analog/mixed-signal Semiconductor Intellectual Property industry (Gartner Dataquest). In 2007, Chipidea’s worldwide customer base of about 150 companies included 20 of the top 25 semiconductor companies, notably the top 5. Upon the acquisition of Chipidea by NASDAQ-listed MIPS Technologies Inc. (2007), became a member of the Board of MIPS. José Franca has served in various assignments to the European Commission Scientific and Technology Programs and has been honored with several distinctions and awards for his scientific, academic work and his entrepreneurial activity.
José Vasconcelos de Sousa
Experience as manager, consultant, civic leader, trainer and lecturer.
As a manager Jose has experience both in for profit and non profit sectors, having been elected President of MEDIARCOM European Mediation Association. As managing partner of L & V Lucena & Vasconcelos Consultants he worked with clients from a wide variety of industries mainly in strategy, negotiation, conflict management, and whole system change. He has also worked both in commercial and investment banking where I run the REIT's business.
As a civic leader he serves on the Board of the American Club of Lisbon, and on the Board of the MIT Alumni Club of Portugal, and was a founding member of CGOV Portuguese Institute for Corporate Governance.
He has also been active in the area of social marketing and business development as a Mentor to start ups. As an entrepreneur he has started a dozen companies of which three have been successful.
As a lecturer and trainer he carried several subjects in the fields of strategy, marketing, negotiation and conflict resolution for private clients and at the Universities: Nova, Católica, Atlântica and The University of Iowa.
Miguel Reynolds Brandão
Entrepreneur since 1987 - founder of several companies and NGOs. Experienced business strategist, negotiator, business broker and business mentor.
Since 1994, strategic management advisor for several institutions in Portugal, Brazil and USA.
Author of books and articles in strategic management systems, entrepreneurship, business brokering and teleworking..
International speaker in several areas such as: strategic management; e-work, entrepreneurship; venture capital; business brokerage; business citizenship; sustainable integration of disable people.
International Business Broker, focusing in SME
Start-ups mentor.
Specialties: Negotiation; Strategy; Multi-criteria analyses; Business Modeling; Business Brokering; Franchise concept and development; Marketing; Financing; Planning; Telework; Software; IT
Pathena
Pathena is a specialized investment firm focused on boosting the success of Information Technology companies.
Pathena partners have strong backgrounds and expertise both as entrepreneurs and as investors in the IT field, with a proven track record.
We provide active support to our portfolio companies helping their development and international growth.
In May 2013 Pathena launched a €50M late early stage / growth fund.
Paulo Soares de Pinho
Paulo Soares de Pinho juntou-se à Nova School of Business and Economics em 1985 como Assistente, passando para Professor Assistente em 1994. Atualmente é Professor Associado. Leciona cadeiras de banking, corporate finance, private equity, entrepreneurial finance e capital de risco. É também Professor visitante na Luxembourg Business Academy of the University of Luxembourg e na Cass Business School, London.
Na Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Paulo Soares de Pinho teve atribuições diversas, inclusivé como um Pró-Reitor responsável pelo Empreendedorismo e Fund Raising (desde 2008), co-diretor do Programa Executivo de Mestrado em Direito e Gestão, diretor científico da Pós-Graduação em Finanças e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito executivo e Gestão, diretor do Programa de MBA em tempo integral e diretor-executivo do Centro de Educação e Formação Executiva.
Paulo Soares de Pinho possui uma vasta experiência prática em património privado, atualmente tendo assento no Conselho de Administração da Sonae Capital SGPS e da Change Partners. Ele também é Presidente do Conselho Geral do Fundo de Sindicação de Capital de Risco PME-IAPMEI membro do conselho consultivo e estratégico do Fast Change Venture Capital Fund e representative director for Portugal of Venture Valuation.
Anteriormente, Paulo Soares de Pinho foi Diretor Executivo e membro do conselho da REN - Redes Eléctricas Nacionais, onde era responsável pela preparação do IPO. Foi consultor em várias empresas - em Portugal e no estrangeiro - incluindo o CBM Banking Consulting Group, New Next Moves Consultants and Profit Technologies, entre outros. Trabalhou como consultor para várias empresas financeiras e de energia.
Paulo Soares de Pinho é atualmente membro do comité executivo da European Association of University Teachers on Banking and Finance e é um ex-membro do conselho consultivo do European Capital Markets Institute.
Pedro Janela
Pedro Janela Managed Interactive Marketing in Portuguese market, for the last 13 years, working with several blue chip companies in the Portuguese Market: BES, Honda, Grupo Pestana, Grupo Portucel Soporcel, Toshiba, ES Saúde, Optimus, Sapo, among many others.
Deep knowledge in every field of digital and interactive marketing: Consulting, Web Development, Interactive Advertising, Search Engine, Mobile Development, Social Media, Performance Marketing, CRM and e-mail marketing.
Develop WYgroup, where he currently steers the development of the group that in FY 2011 has more than 100 Clients, 120 employees, 10 companies: By, White, NOSSA, Massive, Digital Intelligence (BCN & LIS), Bliss Applications, tribeCRM, That Inc, Volta.
The main agency is By that was in the last 3 years one of the best companies to work in Portugal. The group is located on the beach in Santo Amaro de Oeiras.
Especializações:Marketing & Communication:
Strategic & Competitive Marketing, Interactive Marketing, Web Development, Social Media Management and Activation, Search Engine Marketing, Digital Media, Advertising, Brand Development, Marketing Innovation, Graphic and 3D Design.
Management and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship, Company build up, Management of marketing companies. Innovation Strategy