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37 people in our graph share verified history with Dandara — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Juan Pablo TrujillounlockedDandara: together at GRIDX (2023–2026)
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×2Dandara: together at UNLEASH
×3Dandara: together at Universidade Federal da Bahia
About
Dandara Porto Pedreira is a Scientific Explorer at GRIDX, a biotechnology venture builder in Latin America, and founder of Intersecta Lab, where she conducts scientific due diligence, assesses technological maturity, and structures science-to-market pathways. Over the past three years, she has evaluated more than 500 applied science projects at GRIDX. She holds a PhD in Bioenergy from UNESP and a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from UFBA, and was named among Allbiotech's Top 100 Young Leaders in Biotechnology in Latin America.
Experience
- GRIDXScientific Explorer - Brasilcurrent2023 — present
- Intersecta LabFoundercurrent2025 — present
- Centro de Inovação Tecnológica de Rio ClaroAnalista de Inovaçãocurrent2024 — present
- UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"PhD student in Bioenergy - UNESP2020 — 2025
- UNLEASHUNLEASH Ambassador2023 — 2024
- Future FemalesFellow - Business School GreenTech2022
- Student EnergyStudent Energy Leaders Fellowship2021
- AllbiotechCoordenadora do Brasil2019 — 2020
Skills & more
Desenvolvimento de negócios1Transferência de tecnologia1Scientific Due DiligenceScience-to-MarketInovação aberta7Biotecnologia11Synthetic BiologyDeep Tech Due DiligenceVenture BuildingTechnology TransferDeep TechTechnology Readiness Assessment
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Startup EvaluationBiotechnologyOpen InnovationBusiness DevelopmentLanguages Espanhol · Inglês
- General Business Program — Business Training Company
- Biostartup Academy - Empreendedorismo científico — Biominas Brasil
- Business Intelligence — Universidad de Las Américas (EC)
From Dandara's professional profile.
Colleagues at GRIDX
Alejandro Sorgentini
Partner and Investment Committee Member at Victoria Capital
Ana Paula Acevedo
Scientific Explorer at GRIDX
Duncan McGillivary
VP Investment Team at Camber Partners
Federico Marque
General Partner at GRIDX
Francisco Salvatelli
Partner at GRIDX
Graciela Ciccia
Advisor at GRIDX
Guadalupe Moro
Graphic & Experience Designer at GRIDX
Joaquín Ortiz Masllorens
Bioinformatics Counsel at GRIDX
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dandara Porto Pedreira?
- Dandara Porto Pedreira is a Scientific Explorer at GRIDX, a biotechnology venture builder in Latin America, and founder of Intersecta Lab, where she conducts scientific due diligence, assesses technological maturity, and structures science-to-market pathways. Over the past three years, she has evaluated more than 500 applied science projects at GRIDX. She holds a PhD in Bioenergy from UNESP and a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from UFBA, and was named among Allbiotech's Top 100 Young Leaders in Biotechnology in Latin America.
- Where does Dandara Porto Pedreira work?
- Dandara Porto Pedreira is Scientific Explorer at GRIDX.
- Where did Dandara Porto Pedreira go to school?
- Dandara Porto Pedreira studied at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Doutorado, Bioenergia); Universidade Federal da Bahia (Bacharelado, Biotecnologia).
Same school
Also attended Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho6
Shared employers
Also worked at UNLEASH7
Marissa SterlingSenior Platform Associate at BURNT ISLAND VENTURESDevin NashVice President, Brand & Experience at Underscore VCRichard JohnsonImpact Advisor at FIGR VenturesEric BatliwalaAVP - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA VenturesDhaumil ParmarFounder at RedicineMarissa CuevasExecutive Officer, Director at microTERRA
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