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João Dias

Investor

Partner at Armilar Venture Partners

Lisbon, Portugal

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

João Dias is an Investment Partner at Armilar Venture Partners, which he joined in 2011. He holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and an MBA from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and began his career as a university lecturer at IST. He previously worked in management consulting at Deloitte, Towers Watson, and Strategos, and now focuses on screening investment opportunities and managing relationships with Portuguese incubators and research institutes.

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Experience

  1. ArmilarInvestment Partnercurrent2024 — present
  2. ArmilarPrincipal2019 — 2024Lisbon Area, Portugal
  3. ArmilarSenior Associate2011 — 2019Lisbon Area, Portugal
  4. StrategosAssociate2009 — 2011Lisbon Area, Portugal

Education

  1. The Lisbon MBA Católica | NovaMaster of Business Administration (MBA)2007 — 2008
  2. Instituto Superior TécnicoEngineer's degree, Electrical1999 — 2004

Skills & more

Emerging Markets1Business Strategy4Venture Capital3Business Planning4Financial Analysis1Banking1Corporate Finance2Entrepreneurship2Management Consulting2Portfolio ManagementManagement1Strategy1

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Same school

Also attended The Lisbon MBA Católica | Nova6

Inês Macedo SantosPrincipal at Armilar Venture PartnersJuan AlvarezFounder & IC Member at Shilling VCDaniel NascimentoPrincipal at Semapa NextJoão Pedro RoquePrincipal at Indico Capital PartnersJoão DóriaBuyouts at Explorer InvestmentsThiago FigueiredoCo-founder, CBO at 1s1 Energy

Also attended Instituto Superior Técnico48

João BandeiraPrincipal, Infrastructure Software at Bright Pixel CapitalJoão MoutinhoDirector, People at Bright Pixel CapitalJoaquim Sérvulo RodriguesManaging Partner at Armilar Venture PartnersPedro Ribeiro SantosManaging Partner at Armilar Venture PartnersDuarte MineiroManaging Partner at Armilar Venture PartnersRodolfo CondessaInvestment Partner at Armilar Venture Partners

+ 42 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Armilar15

Joaquim Sérvulo RodriguesManaging Partner at Armilar Venture PartnersPedro Ribeiro SantosManaging Partner at Armilar Venture PartnersDuarte MineiroManaging Partner at Armilar Venture PartnersNuno LeiteManaging Partner - CFO at Armilar Venture PartnersRodolfo CondessaInvestment Partner at Armilar Venture PartnersPedro Castel-BrancoPrincipal at Armilar Venture Partners

+ 9 more

Also worked at Strategos1

Steve McGrathManaging Director, Head of Venture Studios at Roadrunner Ventures

Colleagues at Armilar Venture Partners

Camille Venot
Head of Communications at Armilar Venture Partners
Carmo Sousa Coutinho
Compliance Officer at Armilar Venture Partners
Darío Villena
Principal at Armilar Venture Partners
Duarte Mineiro
Managing Partner at Armilar Venture Partners
Francisco Costa Macedo
Talent Manager at Armilar Venture Partners
Helder Antunes
Senior Advisor at Armilar Venture Partners
Ines de Macedo Santos
Senior Associate at Armilar Venture Partners
Inês Macedo Santos
Principal at Armilar Venture Partners

Network2

Carmo Sousa Coutinho
Compliance Officer at Armilar Venture Partners
Duarte Mineiro
Managing Partner at Armilar Venture Partners

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