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Luis Rodrigues

Investor

CTO & Partner at Seedstars

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Luis Rodrigues is Product and Technology Regional Head for the Middle East at Lab49, where he advises financial services and telecommunications organizations on deploying production-grade AI systems. Previously, he served as CPTO at QuickCheck, a Nigerian fintech that scaled to over 4 million downloads, and as Partner and CTO at Seedstars, where he supported the organization's expansion across emerging markets. His experience spans building technology infrastructure in challenging environments and translating AI applications into measurable business outcomes.

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Experience

  1. Lab49Product / Technology Regional Head Middle Eastcurrent2024 — present
  2. Global Alliance for Artificial IntelligenceGlobal AI Delegate to Portugalcurrent2025 — present
  3. IgnyteMentorcurrent2025 — presentDubai, United Arab Emirates
  4. QuickCheck NigeriaChief Technology & Product Officer (CPTO)2017 — 2024Lagos, Nigeria
  5. SeedstarsPartner & CTO2014 — 2019Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  6. SimplePay Nigeria (Seedstars portfolio company)Head Of Technology2015 — 2016Lagos, Nigeria
  7. TerabeeTeam Lead2014Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  8. CERNSoftware/DevOps Engineer2012 — 2013Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  9. Universidade de ÉvoraResearcher & Systems admnistrador2006 — 2011
  10. Universidade de ÉvoraLecture Assistant2010 — 2011Computer Department of Universidade de Evora
  11. FutmixCo-founder2007 — 2009
  12. CERNSoftware Developer2009Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
  13. MoodlePHP Developer2007 — 2008
  14. Environmental Software and ServicesSystem Administrator2006Austria
  15. Universidade de ÉvoraLecture Assistant2004 — 2006Évora, Portugal
  16. Eurotomatic, LdaSoftware Developer2000 — 2003

Education

  1. University of ÉvoraBsC, Computer Science
  2. University of ÉvoraMsC, Computer Science

Skills & more

Data AI8Data Governance1Digital Transformation2Product Engineering4Recruiting4Financial Services4Cryptography1Cloud Computing2Product Management2Sales Operations2Project Coordination18Entrepreneurship16
+12 moreStart-upsArtificial IntelligenceAgile MethodologiesPrologEvents CoordinationAI GovernanceCryptoLeadershipPythonLinuxPostgreSQLSQL

Languages English · French · Portuguese · Spanish

From Luis's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Évora3

Filipe GalegoInvestor at Empowered Startups Ltd.Vitor TeixeiraBusiness Angel at REDangelsJoão RabaçaDirector of Operations at Building Global Innovators

Shared employers

Also worked at Ignyte1

Ahmet Can SezginInvestment Committee at TechOne Venture Capital

Also worked at QuickCheck Nigeria1

Benjamin BenaïmCO-FOUNDER at Seedstars

Also worked at CERN27

Elizabeth YinCo-Founder, General Partner at Hustle FundRuben PauwelsInvestor at AngelwiseFilip SirokyGeneral Partner at MitonCHarald NiederGeneral Partner at redalpineMagnus HambletonInvestor at byFoundersJulian RiebartschVenture Partner at Matterwave Ventures

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Colleagues at Seedstars

Adrien
Co-founder at Seedstars
Alisée de Tonnac
CO-CEO & CO-FOUNDER at Seedstars
Archie Moberly
PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER ASIA at Seedstars
Benjamin Benaim
Investor at Seedstars
Benjamin Benaïm
CO-FOUNDER at Seedstars
Benjamin Langer
DIRECTOR, WINNIPEG VENTURES at Seedstars
Charlie Graham-Brown
GENERAL PARTNER at Seedstars
Daniela Moreno
MARKETING MANAGER SEEDSTARS CAPITAL at Seedstars