Carlos Silva
Founder of Seedrs
Lisbon, Lisbon
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2019 - Current
Early stage, specialty VC firm in Southern Europe, that invests in teams transforming the world with technology.
Entrepreneur In Residence
2017 - 2019
Helping Faber's portfolio companies.
Co-founder & Senior Advisor
2022
Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director
2017 - 2022
Seedrs is the leading European equity crowdfunding platform.
Co-Founder, President & Head of Seedrs Europe
2015 - 2017
Seedrs is the leading European equity crowdfunding platform.
Co-founder, President and COO
2009 - 2015
Seedrs is the leading European equity crowdfunding platform.
Chairman
2018 - 2022
Portugal Fintech's mission is to create an ecosystem where every FinTech, RegTech, InsureTech and Cybersecurity company in Portugal can easily interact with regulators, legislators, consultants, banks, investors and other relevant entities.
Portugal Innovation Lead
2017 - 2020
Definition, development and deployment of innovation strategy at Accenture Portugal.
Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.
Co-founder
2011 - 2017
Beta-i is a non-profit association that promotes innovation and entrepreneurship in the Portuguese society.
Head of New Products Development
2006 - 2008
• Designed, planned and managed the development of the company’s flagship product, a project with an estimated discounted free cash flow of 25 million Euros over the first 5 years • Planned short and long term supply chain logistics • Reviewed and expanded the business plan and financial projections for the company spin-off
Senior Consultant
2005 - 2006
• Audited the security of information systems on the major Telecom and Financial companies in Portugal • Made presentations and recommendations to client companies at senior management and board level • Structured and developed the Training business unit
Senior Consultant
2005 - 2005
• Designed and lectured workshops on information system’s security • Assessed security risks on Telecom and Financial companies’ information systems
SideStep is a travel search engine that generates revenue via advertising and referral fees.
Raised $32,000,000.00 from Norwest Venture Partners, Saints Capital, Leader Ventures and Trident Capital.
Systems Administration and Team Leader
2003 - 2004
• Recruited, trained and managed a team of 6 systems administrators • Coordinated the reimplementation of the information network and systems managing a budget of about 1 million Euros • Lectured over 2000 people, on behalf of the IT department, spanning several events • Provided technical advisory regarding University’s partnerships with Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu-Siemens and HP
Systems Administrator
2001 - 2003
Trainer
2001 - 2004
• Responsable for the courses of "Unix systems administration" and "Advanced Unix systems administration"
Software Development Coordinator
2000 - 2001
• Led the Attitude and Orbit Control Systems software development team in the development of a satellite for project SSETI (ESA sponsored)