CS

Carlos Silva

Founder, Entrepreneur, Investor, Advisor, Board Member @ Seedrs, Faber

Lisbon, Lisbon

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

Locations:

Lisbon, Portugal

  • Min Investment:

    $115,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $1,700,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $850,000.00

Skills

Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Crowdsourcing
Innovation
Security Audits
Entrepreneurship
Digital Marketing
Leadership
Linux
Software Development
Start-ups
Business Strategy
Security
Information Security
Web Applications
Telecommunications
Project Management
Strategy
Product Development
Training

Education

Investments

RESONIKS

Seed

Total Funding: $3M

Work Experience

Faber

2017

  • Partner

    2019

    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.

Seedrs

2009

  • 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.

Portugal Fintech

2018 - 2022

  • 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.

Accenture

2017 - 2020

  • Portugal Innovation Lead

    2017 - 2020

    Definition, development and deployment of innovation strategy at Accenture Portugal.

Beta-i - Associação para a Promoção da Inovação e do Empreendedorismo

2011 - 2017

  • Co-founder

    2011 - 2017

    Beta-i is a non-profit association that promotes innovation and entrepreneurship in the Portuguese society.

Sysvalue

2005 - 2008

  • 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

Sidestep

2005 - 2005

  • Senior Consultant

    2005 - 2005

    • Designed and lectured workshops on information system’s security • Assessed security risks on Telecom and Financial companies’ information systems

Instituto Superior Técnico - Rede das Novas Licenciaturas

2001 - 2004

  • 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

Instituto Superior Técnico

2001 - 2004

  • Trainer

    2001 - 2004

    • Responsable for the courses of "Unix systems administration" and "Advanced Unix systems administration"

Project SSETI - ESA

2000 - 2001

  • 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)