Hugo Silva
InvestorPartner (Non-Governing) at Pi Labs
London
Writes $250K – $1M checks · typically $500K
About
Hugo Silva is a Partner at Pi Labs, where he sources new deals and manages the firm's portfolio companies. He previously worked as an Investment Associate at EDP Ventures, investing in smart cities, energy management, and cybersecurity across regions from Israel to San Francisco, and has also worked at Firstminute Capital, The Creator Fund, and in Mastercard's Corporate Strategy division. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tecnico Lisboa and an MBA from London Business School.
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Experience
- Pi LabsPartnercurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Pi LabsPrincipal2022 — 2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Pi LabsSenior Investment Manager2021 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Pi LabsInvestment Manager2019 — 2021London, Greater London, United Kingdom
- Creator FundInvestor2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
- firstminute capitalMBA Intern2018London Area, United Kingdom
- MastercardMBA Summer Intern2018London Area, United Kingdom
- EDPInvestment Associate2013 — 2017
- EDPTrainee2012 — 2013Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Skills & more
Early-Stage StartupsDeal SourcingVenture CapitalRenewable Energy13Energy14Matlab9C4Electrical Engineering7Energy Management2Energy Efficiency2EngineeringEnglish5
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TeamworkManagement ConsultingPowerPointPower SystemsProgrammingLanguages English · Portuguese · Spanish · Turkish
- TOEFL iBT — ETS
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Colleagues at Pi Labs
Andrew Pettit
Founding Partner, RevCap; Board Director at Pi Labs
Barrie Heptonstall
Venture Partner; Enterprise Sales Leader, IBM at Pi Labs
Colman Stephenson
Venture Partner; Founder & Partner, Rematch at Pi Labs
Daniel Salzner
Senior Associate at Pi Labs
Dhruv Gupta
Investment Manager at Pi Labs
Faisal Butt
Managing Partner and Founder at Pi Labs
Gaurav Bassan
Head of Finance at Pi Labs
James Pellatt
Venture Partner; CEO & Founder, DigitalTrees at Pi Labs
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hugo Silva?
- Hugo Silva is a Partner at Pi Labs, where he sources new deals and manages the firm's portfolio companies. He previously worked as an Investment Associate at EDP Ventures, investing in smart cities, energy management, and cybersecurity across regions from Israel to San Francisco, and has also worked at Firstminute Capital, The Creator Fund, and in Mastercard's Corporate Strategy division. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tecnico Lisboa and an MBA from London Business School.
- Where does Hugo Silva work?
- Hugo Silva is Partner (Non-Governing) at Pi Labs.
- What check size does Hugo Silva write?
- Hugo Silva typically writes checks of $250K – $1M.
- Where did Hugo Silva go to school?
- Hugo Silva studied at London Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Nova School of Business and Economics (Post-grad, Management Acceleration Programme); Delft University of Technology (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering).
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Also attended Instituto Superior Técnico57
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Mastercard45
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