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).

Gonçalo Amorim

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CEO 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 ManagementLeadership

Languages English · French

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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).