Gonçalo Amorim
InvestorCEO at Building Global Innovators · Member of the Regional Strategic Advisory Council at EIT Food Accelerator Network
Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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About
Gonçalo Amorim is founder and CEO of BGI - Building Global Innovators and serves as an executive board member at Food4Sustainability CoLAB. Over the past decade, he has mentored more than 200 technology-based founders and entrepreneurial teams through structured programs and has held advisory and board positions at emerging technology companies. His career includes early work designing scientific experiments at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and roles at Hewlett Packard's Semiconductor division, where he filed international patents, followed by managerial positions at major Portuguese multinationals since 2005.
Experience
- BGI - Building Global InnovatorsFounder and CEOcurrent2013 — presentLisbon, Portugal
- Food4Sustainability CoLABBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentIdanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal
- EIT FoodMember of the Regional Strategic Advisory Councilcurrent2023 — present
- Universidade de AveiroMember of the Supervisory Council of the Doctoral Schoolcurrent2022 — present
- GrayBella CapitalInvestment Advisor2016 — 2020Greater Boston Area
- European CommissionIndependent expert, SME instrument & Fast track to Innovation.2014 — 2020
- MIT Portugal ProgramProgram Director - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative2009 — 2017Lisbon, Portugal
- Audax-ISCTENon-Executive Member of the Board2012 — 2017Lisbon
- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de LisboaInvited Lecturer2013 — 2016Lisbon Area, Portugal
- INDEG-ISCTE Executive EducationInvited lecturer2012 — 2014Lisbon Area, Portugal
- UTEN|Portugal: University Technology Enterprise NetworkExecutive Committee member of UTEN2010 — 2013Lisbon
- Venture Capital InstituteParticipant2012Atlanta
- CEO - Collaborative ForumInvited guest2011 — 2012
- COTEC PortugalCoordinator of CoHitec @ ISCTE-IUL2009 — 2011Lisbon
- SecilAdvisor to the Board2008 — 2009Lisbon
- Sonae SGPSManagement Officer2005 — 2007
- JC, Formação e Gestão Lda.CTO2004 — 2005
- HP / Agilent Technologies UKSenior R&D Engineer2000 — 2004
- Rutherford Appleton LaboratoryProject Engineer1998 — 1999Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Skills & more
New Business Development47Venture Capital98Entrepreneurship99Start-ups99Intellectual Property18MEMS8Go-to-market Strategy22Business12Business Planning99Venture Financing10Program Management61Board of Directors9
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Marketing StrategyCommercializationInnovation ManagementResearchBusiness DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentManagement ConsultingProduct ManagementMentoringStrategyTeam ManagementLeadershipLanguages English · French
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Clara Pais
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Project Manager at Building Global Innovators
Jan Mrkus
Project Manager at Building Global Innovators
João Rabaça
Director of Operations at Building Global Innovators
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Marta Grencho
Communication & Marketing at Building Global Innovators
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gonçalo Amorim?
- Gonçalo Amorim is founder and CEO of BGI - Building Global Innovators and serves as an executive board member at Food4Sustainability CoLAB. Over the past decade, he has mentored more than 200 technology-based founders and entrepreneurial teams through structured programs and has held advisory and board positions at emerging technology companies. His career includes early work designing scientific experiments at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and roles at Hewlett Packard's Semiconductor division, where he filed international patents, followed by managerial positions at major Portuguese multinationals since 2005.
- Where does Gonçalo Amorim work?
- Gonçalo Amorim is CEO at Building Global Innovators.
- Where did Gonçalo Amorim go to school?
- Gonçalo Amorim studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (Go to Market strategies, Venturing); Venture Capital Institute (Early stage financing, Early stage financing); Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Technology entrepreneurship).
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