Founder Institute Mentores

Portugal 2025

Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way. In addition, through our Equity Collective, Mentors are invested in the success of your company both during and after the program.

See the list of current and past mentors for the Portugal program below.

Mentores

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Alberto Ferreira

Co Founder, Cervejaria Baden Baden

Alex Santos

Founder and General Partner, Chamaeleon

Alexandre Veiga

Strategic Innovation Partner, Elephant Ventures LLC

Alexandre Bezerra

CEO & Founder, Amachains

Alexandre Uehara

Palestrante e Conselheiro de Inovação Corporativa | Top 3 e Top10 mentor do Ano Startup Awards 2022/23//24, Innov8

Alexandre Augusto Mosquim

Gerente de Inovação, Hospital Albert Einstein

Aline Catiusce

COO, Softsul Sistemas

Alisson Mendonça

CEO & Founder, FAARO

Altair Emboava de Araujo

Gestor, Hitt - Hub de Inovação Tecnológico de Taubaté

Amanda Martins

Founder, ciclou

Ana Julia Ferreira

Project Management Officer (PMO), Radix Investimentos

Ana Paula Zamper

Director, Leading Digital Reinvention program, Saint Paul School

Ana Paula Vitelli

President and Chairwoman of the Board, British Chamber of Commerce in Brazil

Ana Teresa Maia

CEO, expressTEC

ANDRE TCHERNOBILSKY

Board member, Founder, CEO, Innovation and Impact Projects

André Costenaro

Head Of Digital & Innovation , Louis Dreyfus Company

André Forte

Head of Business Development for the Arts, UPTEC

André Flórido

VC, Antler

Andrea Monti

Managing Director Impact and Sustainability, Founder Institute

Andrea Cerqueira

Sales, Marketing and Customer Success Director, Motivart

Anshul Punhani

Fractional CMO, Subjektiv

António Santos

Founder, Windcredible

Augusto Terra

FI Mentor

Bernando Tavares

CTO, Granter.ai

Bruna Marchi

CEO & Founder, Descomplicando o Inglês Jurídico

Bruna Losada

Vice-Diretora-Geral | Deputy Dean & COO, Saint Paul Escola de Negócios

Bruno Okamoto

Founder, EUNERD

Bruno Avillez

Partner, Adsum Business Consultoria

Caetano Maffra

Co Founder, Cuia Tech

Carla De Calvo Dantas

CLV Founder and Lawyer, CLV Advogados

Carlos Nogueira

Head of Sales, Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)

Carolin Wais

Director Brand & Retail, Plug and Play Ventures

Carolina Amorim

Associate, Faber

CAROLINE FARIA

Sustainability Specialist, Schneider Electric

Cesar Thomé

CFO, Levitar

Cesar Tureta

Founder, iLTDA (Creativity Unltd)

Cintia Mano

CEO, COREANGELS

Claudio Las Casas Alelaf

CEO, Argenprom Brasil

Claudio Colucci

Managing Director, FocusMarket R C M

Clovis Castelo Junior

Head of Research /Member of the Board /Lecturer, FATEC USA / ClienteSA

Cristina Santos

Comunicação e Gestão do Conhecimento de TI, Braskem

Daniel Dinelli

FI Mentor

Daniela Motta

Co-Founder, Clinica Motta & Almeida

Daniela Simão

Audit Committee Member, BANCO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA

Denise Pereira

CEO, Denise Curi, Phd

Diego Perez

Legal, Compliance & Co-Founder, StartMeUp Crowdfunding

Don Samoil

Managing Partner, Trusted Scale

Eder Campos

Mentor e Investidor Anjo | CX | Modelo de negócios | Cultura, FDC - Fundação Dom Cabral

Eduardo Iwai

CPO - Investor, Alice Education

Eduardo Martucci

Product Owner, Exactaworks · Full-time

Eduardo Mendes

Senior Sales Executive - Financial Services , SAS

Elcio Morelli

Founder, Health Angels Br

Eliana Miadaira

CEO & Founder, Portal do Sorriso

Elisa Tarzia

Co-Founder & Vice President of the Board of Directors, 351 Portuguese Startup Association

Emily Coelho

Head da Jornada do Empreendedor , SMU Investimentos

Erica Fridman Stul

Managing Partner, Sororité

Fabiano Porto

Executive Director, Global Regeneration Institute

Fabiano Rangel

Head : Organizational and Institutional Development , Leão Alimentos e Bebidas

Fabio D´Novaes

Co-Founder e CEO, Born Global Partner

Fabio Frazão

Founder and Director, Mexeri.ca

FABIO TOMAZ

COO, ENERGY REVIEW

Fábio Póvoa

Managing Director, Smart Money Ventures

Fábio De Faria

Advogado, N Partners

Fahima Farahi

Co-Founder & CEO, WiseWorld.ai

Felipe Wasserman

PARTNER , BABUXCA

Felipe Giannetti

Managing Partner, StartSe

Fernando Zago

CEO, Grupo Zago: Banco Afro ; IVUUP ; Levee ; ÉSSE ; Zago Consultoria, Engenharia e Meio Ambiente

Fernando Jardim

President, 351 Portuguese Startup Association

Flavio Galvão

CEO & Founder, ECP Ambiental / StayEasy / Canal Poluição

Franco Torres

Associate, Brunel Partners

Franklin Kamnang Ngansop

Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching

Franklin Ribeiro

Head Startup Ecosystem, Investe Sao Paulo

Gabriela Marques Teixeira

Head of Digital Solutions, Stefanini

Gil Belford

Director, Corporate and Business Development, City Storage Systems

Giovanna Claro

Founder & General manager, eHeadset

Gonçalo Consiglieri

COO & Co-Founder, Visor.ai

Guilherme Cabral

Founder/CEO, Vacalabs

Guilherme Terrengui

Founder, Sumsub

Gustavo Maierá

BizDev, mesttra

Gustavo Bakai

CEO, Voit

Henrique Macedo

Socio/Partner, GAAP Auditores & Consultores

Henry Suzuky

CEO & Founder, Axonal Consultoria Tecnológica

Humberto Matsuda

Managing Partner, Matsuda Invest

In Hsieh

FI Mentor

Isaque Gabriel Da Silva

Co-founder e CLO , ENERGY REVIEW

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Joana Pinto

CEO & Co-Founder, Clynx Health

João Cerqueira

Co-Founder and CEO, 4H Knowledge Management

João Nunes Rosado

Head of Portfolio, Unicorn Factory Lisboa

João Afonso

Startup Founder and Head of Business Development - CCI, UPTEC

João Gabriel Chebante

Consultor, Sucellos

Jorge Azevedo

Angel Investor and Author, Como nasce uma startup

Jose Maria Rodríguez Perez

CEO & Founder, CINN

Junior Borneli

CEO e Fundador da StartSe, StartSe

Lais Fonseca Alves

Founder & CEO , Precavida

Laura Gurgel

Founder, Clube de Negócios

Laurent Serafini

FI Mentor

Leo Gmeiner

Program Director, Founder Institute Brasil

Licinio Januario

Co-Founder, WOLO TV

Lilian Natal

Head of Communication, DISTRITO

Lilian Natal

FI Mentor

Lucas De Lima Neto

Executive Diretcor MME & ESG / Partner, Empírica

Lucas Galvanini

Co-Founder & Sales Director, KnowCode

Lucas Oliveira

Portfolio Manager, COREangels Atlantic

Luis Valente

CEO and Co-Founder, iLoF

Luis Felipe Adaime

CEO & Founder, Moss.Earth

Luiz Fernando Silva

Especialista em Gestão Estratégica, Ltrainning Planejando Ideias e Negócios

Lurdes Gramaxo

Partner, Bynd Venture Capital

Marcelo Costa

Owner, Founder, Valoração Consultoria

Marcelo Vivacqua

Founder and CEO, Associação Brasil Internacional de Inventores, Cientistas e Empreendedores Inovadores - ABIPIR

Marcelo Bella

C-Level, Mentor e Investidor Anjo, Picpay

Marcelo Lebre

President, Remote

Marcio Mendes

CEO & Founder, Marketing Sustentável

Marco De Biasi

Managing Partner, LGA Ventures

Marcos Cacalis

Head of Innovation and Optimization, Kashimir Consultoria e Gestão Empresarial

Marcos Avila

CEO & Founder, THERA CONSULTING

Marcus Maida

socio, PMM

Mariana Guarini

Membro do Conselho de Administração , MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo

Mario Rodrigues

CEO , IBNVendas

Maurizio Calcopietro

Managing Partner, Core Angels Atlantic

Mayra Castro

Ambassador, Seedstars

Miguel Amador

Chief Innovation Officer, Complear

Miguel Alves Ribeiro

Founder and CEO, sheerME

Monica Lobenschuss

CEO, Vendas Exponenciais

Nando Gaspar

CEO, Conexão Empreendedora

Nara Iachan

CMO, Cuponeria

Neusa Andrade

CEO & Founder, Indiip- Intelligent Drug Information and knowledge Integration Platform LLC

Nima Kaz

Co Founder, JUPTER & Director, Founder Institute Brazil

Nuno Fernandes

Co-Founder and CEO, Dig-IN

Nuno Madeira do Ó

Managing Director, Sciencehouse Consultancy

Odete Afonso Duarte

Corporate Communication Branding , ESG Executive, Consultant

Otávio César Cafundo De Moraes

CEO , Brasil Diverso

Paloma Lecheta

Regional Director - LatAm, Founder Institute

Pâmela Ponce

CEO, IAPRENDI & ELA S/A

Pâmela Ponce

Founder e CEO, IAPRENDI

Patricia Lacerda

CEO & Founder, FOL Solutions

Paula Machado

CEO & Founder, Meister Safe System

Paulo Faria

CEO & Founder, OTSE

Pedro Henriques

Founder and CEO, BRIDGE IN

Pedro Almeida

Venture Capital Investor, Armilar

Pedro Rocha

Founder and CEO, Sagescan

Rafael Sampaio

CEO Brasil, NovaRed

Rafael Campos

VC Portfolio Manager, VOX Capital

Raquel Molina

CEO, Futuriste Tecnologias Inovadoras

Reinaldo Azevedo

CEO, ENERGY REVIEW

Renan Basso

CTO | Digital Strategist | Startup Builder, MB LABS

Renata Bonaldi

CEO & Founder, Sleep Up

Renata Tomazeli

CEO & Founder, Youfeel

Renata Marques

CIO Latin America, Natura &Co

Renato Simon

Managing Partner, LAAS Latin American Angels Society

Renato Alckmin Lombardi

CEO , REAL INTELLIGENCE Consultoria e Gestão Empresarial

Ricardo Oliani

Director, Counselor e Co Founder, ABRAPS - Associação Brasileira dos Profissionais pelo Desenvolvimento Sustentável

Ricardo Abiz

CEO & Founder, Sppock | polo di innovazione

Rodrigo Huback De Azevedo

Founder/CEO, ISBrasil e IBND

Rodrigo Oliveira

CRO, StayApp

Rodrigo Oliveira

CEO e Diretor de Estratégias, Plástico Virtual, Blob e Álamo Inteligência Comercial

Rodrigo Bombonati S. Moraes

Deputy Director, Samambaia Technological Park - PTS-UFG

Rodrigo Saad Rodrigues

CEO & Founder, Monitoragua

Rodrigo Grossi

Co-founder Startups Global LInk, Partner and COO, Dynadok

Rogerio Augusto Cortes

CEO, Catalisar

Rui Gouveia

CEO, Build Up Labs

Sara Gonçalves

Founder & CEO, Actif

Sean Tierney

Founder, Problemattic

Sedef Sahin

Founders’ Mentor | Unlocking Leadership & Growth, Talent Based Co.

Semi Kim

Sr. Fintech Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Sergio Escobar

CEO & Partner, BCF Ventures, Managing Director, Lalotte Ventures

Sergio Emanuel Cusmai

CEO and Founder, AIpha-G

Simone De Carvalho Soares

Founder & Executive Director, Simone Soares Comunicação e Sustentabilidade

Tais Scaroni

Especialista em Inovação Aberta, Cogna

Thiago Pereira

Founder, Advisor BPO

Thiago Garcia

CEO & General Partner, 10X Partners

Tiago Silva

CTO, Closum

Tijana Momirov

Startup Consultant - Product Management, StartupSetup

Tomás Penaguião

Partner, Bynd Venture Capital

Vando Ribeiro

CEO, Grupo 2MI

Vanessa Abrahão

Head of Customer Success , Groove Marketing de Incentivo

Victor Lugli

Managing Partner, Lugli Group

Wilian Silva Vieira

CEO , Pitaco Criativo

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