About
Partner of Critical Ventures since 2012 and CFO of Critical Software since 2002.
Experience
- Critical Holding S.A.CFOcurrent2008 — present
- Critical SoftwareMember of the Board of Directorscurrent2011 — presentPortugal
- Critical SoftwareCFO, Member of the Management Board & Board Of Directors2011 — 2025Coimbra Area, Portugal
- Critical TechWorksMember of The Supervisory Boardcurrent2018 — presentPorto, Portugal
- Stadler Digital LabsNon-Executive Board Membercurrent2026 — present
- Critical VenturesPartnercurrent2011 — presentPortugal
- Critical LinksNon-Executive Board Membercurrent2010 — presentCoimbra Area, Portugal
- Instituto Pedro NunesNon-Executive Board Member2017 — 2023Coimbra, Portugal
- Critical ManufacturingNon-Executive Board Member2010 — 2018
- CRITICAL SoftwareCFO2002 — 2008
- PACTO SGPSCFO2000 — 2001
- ACICCFO1996 — 1999
Education
- FT Board Director ProgrammeEffective Non-Executive Directors’ Programme2021
- KarrassEffective Negotiating2016
- Miller HeimanConceptual Selling and Strategic Selling2016
- COTECSpring School on Valuation and Pricing of Emerging Technologies and Tech Based IP2010
- Nova School of Business and EconomicsValue Based Management2006
- European Space AgencyCourse on Innovation: From R&D to Business Development2003
- Universidade de CoimbraBsC, Business Administration and Management1990 — 1995
Skills & more
Decision making3Negotiation14Strategy14Team Management7Corporate Finance30Strategic Financial Planning3Contract Management5Venture Capital14Business Strategy40Start-ups17Risk Management13Business Planning27
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IT Financial ManagementExecutive ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMergers & AcquisitionsERPFinanceEntrepreneurshipFinancial AnalysisDue DiligenceCustomer OrientedOrganizationLanguages English
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Same school
Also attended FT Board Director Programme4
Also attended Nova School of Business and Economics106
Giorgio PastariniSenior Associate at P101 VenturesJosephine LuschInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsAlasdair MitchellPortfolio Support at Giant Ventures Global LlpNoah FreyFinance Analyst at Emerald Technology Ventures AgEmin Taha CelikInvestment | Growth Funds at 212João BandeiraPrincipal, Infrastructure Software at Bright Pixel Capital
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Also attended Universidade de Coimbra8
Nuno SebastiãoSenior Advisor at Armilar Venture PartnersMichael NicklasManaging Partner at Valor Capital GroupJoão CarreiraManaging Partner at Critical VenturesGonçalo QuadrosPartner at Critical VenturesRui MeleiroSenior Director of Services and Digital, Dura-Line at Orbia VenturesDiogo GuanabaraInvestor at StartVC
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Shared employers
Also worked at Critical Holding S.A.1
Also worked at Critical Software7
Nuno SebastiãoSenior Advisor at Armilar Venture PartnersJoão CarreiraManaging Partner at Critical VenturesGonçalo QuadrosPartner at Critical VenturesHeitor BenfeitoManaging Director at Critical VenturesHugo RamosSenior Board Advisor at Beta CapitalJoana GuerraHead of Legal & Compliance at Critical Ventures
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Also worked at Critical TechWorks2
Also worked at Stadler Digital Labs1
Colleagues at Critical Ventures
David Dias
Managing Director at Critical Ventures
Eric Kohlmann
Managing Director at Critical Ventures
Gonçalo Quadros
Partner at Critical Ventures
Heitor Benfeito
Managing Director at Critical Ventures
Iskra Sekulovska
Ecosystem Manager at Critical Ventures
Joana Guerra
Head of Legal & Compliance at Critical Ventures
João Carreira
Managing Partner at Critical Ventures
Rui Lucas
Head of Research & Risk at Critical Ventures






















