Carlos Silva

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.

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

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)