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Pedro Bandeira

Founder of YAngel

Aveiro, Aveiro

Overview 

Pedro Bandeira is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with a strong background in venture capital, training, and consulting. Currently serving as Co-Founder & CEO at COREangels, he specializes in early-stage startups and angel investing, demonstrating expertise in business strategy and investment management. Highlights of Pedro's career include founding multiple successful ventures such as REDangels and Simpiens, showcasing his leadership skills and ability to drive business model innovation. Additionally, his role as a Co-Founder at YAngel and involvement in various training and consulting positions highlight his commitment to fostering entrepreneurship and supporting emerging businesses.

Work Experience 

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YAngel

  • Co-Founder

    2023 - Current

    Serving Business Angel Investors and Angel Funds Unlock the full potential of the Angel inside you by participating in programs and masterclasses tailored for new Angels. Learn what it takes to invest in startups as an Angel by joining other Angels, new and experienced, to accelerate your learning curve. Discuss new business models and technologies, meet extraordinary Founders and Angels, impact the world with new solutions, have fun and make money.

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COREangels

  • Co-Founder & Board Member

    2023

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2019 - 2023

    Building an international network of professional angel groups to transform the Angels industry, reducing amateur and informal practices, while providing a hassleless and fulfilling experience for angels and startups. Helping managers to build their angel groups and to implement professional processes to raise their success rates. Building an Angel Institute for research and training. Building a Fund of Angel Funds (FoAF). Providing mechanisms to enhance involvement between angels and entrepreneurs, because this is what being an angel is about. Providing mechanisms to promote liquidity and exits, because angel investing should not be a long-term non-liquid investment activity and returns are essential for investing dynamics.

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REDangels

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2014

    Scouting the best startups; negotiating deals with startups; preparing startups for investment by business angels; advising startups in the seed phase. Scouting the best business angels; preparing business angels for investment in startups; helping investors to add value to startups. Exiting and distributing gains. A group of 67 angels from 11 different countries. Invested in 27 startups with an external valuation of 3 times the portfolio investment.

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Simpiens

  • Founder & CEO

    2013 - 2014

    Online video courses. A dead startup.

Shape2Up

  • Founder & Consultant

    2012 - 2014

    Mentoring, training and consulting services for entrepreneurs. Creation and development of business ideas. Modelling and validating new businesses.

SHF - Segurança, Higiene e Formação, Lda.

  • Trainer

    2009 - 2012

Hotel Sénior da Curia

  • Healthcare Director

    2010 - 2012

    Planning, coordinating and supervising healthcare services (nursing, medicine, physiotherapy and nutrition).

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Unave

  • Trainer

    2009 - 2011

Posto de Enfermagem

  • Nurse, Manager, Marketer, PR, etc.

    2008 - 2009

    My nursing station where I learned, for the first time, what is a "one-men business".

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