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Rui Dias Alves

Investor

Partner at HCapital Partners

Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

About

Rui Dias Alves holds degrees in Industrial Engineering & Management from Instituto Superior Técnico and Finance from Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He founded Innovagency in 2001, a consulting and digital development firm through which he established several technology companies, and later founded Return on Ideas as its CEO, which partnered with IPSOS-APEME and Augusto Mateus & Associados to create C - Consumer Intelligence Lab. Currently, he serves as Managing Partner at HCapital – SCR, a Portuguese private equity fund where he leads the venture capital division focused on energy, mobility, and industrial transformation, and in 2024 launched Sensing The World, a learning platform developed with WIN WORLD; he also serves as a board member and guest lecturer on consumer behavior at Católica Lisbon and ISCTE Business School.

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Experience

  1. Sensing The WorldFounder and Chief Editorcurrent2024 — present
  2. HCapital PartnersManaging Partnercurrent2018 — presentLisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  3. Return on IdeasCo-Founder & Partnercurrent2009 — presentLisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  4. C - The Consumer Intelligence LabSteering Committee Membercurrent2009 — present
  5. C - The Consumer Intelligence LabFoundercurrent2009 — present
  6. ISCTE-IULTeacher in Executive Masterscurrent2011 — present
  7. APDCInnovation Commissioner2011 — 2018
  8. InnovagencyPartner2000 — 2009
  9. Espirito Santo Investment BankCorporate Finance VP1996 — 2000

Education

  1. Instituto Superior TécnicoDegree, Industrial Engineering & Management1991 — 1996
  2. Universidade Católica PortuguesaPost Graduation, Finance1999
  3. Colégio São João de Brito1976 — 1991

Skills & more

Corporate Finance6Management Consulting13Strategy9Marketing Strategy4Entrepreneurship6MergersDigital Marketing2Team Management10Start-ups3Mergers & Acquisitions3Marketing Management5Management7
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Same school

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 PartnersJoão DiasInvestment Partner at Armilar Venture Partners

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Also attended Universidade Católica Portuguesa42

José Guerreiro de SousaSenior Advisor at Armilar Venture PartnersJoão Gonçalves PereiraAdvisor (Portugal) at CV LabsAntonio BejaAdvisor (Global) at CV LabsHugo Gonçalves PereiraFounder, Venture Partner & IC Member at Shilling VCJoão Coelho BorgesFounder & IC Member at Shilling VCRicardo JacintoManaging Partner at Shilling VC

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Shared employers

Also worked at Return on Ideas1

Gonçalo Sousa CoutinhoAssociate Partner at HCapital Partners

Also worked at ISCTE-IUL1

Daniel ValbomValuations Manager at Lince Capital

Also worked at Innovagency2

Alexandre BarbosaManaging Partner at FaberGonçalo Sousa CoutinhoAssociate Partner at HCapital Partners

Also worked at Espirito Santo Investment Bank14

Daniel NascimentoPrincipal at Semapa NextMaxim M. SeltzerSenior Advisor at FraserJoão Pedro RoquePrincipal at Indico Capital PartnersPedro PinheiroPrincipal at Bright Pixel CapitalMariana CostaPrincipal at EDP VenturesNuno SerafimManaging Partner at 3Comma Capital

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Colleagues at HCapital Partners

Andreia Pires
Administrative Manager at HCapital Partners
António Maria Bual
Analyst at HCapital Partners
Daniela Santos
Financial Director at HCapital Partners
Gonçalo Sousa Coutinho
Associate Partner at HCapital Partners
Homero Coutinho
Board Member at HCapital Partners
Isabel Duarte Lima
Founding Partner at HCapital Partners
João Arantes e Oliveira
Founding Partner at HCapital Partners
Maria do Carmo d’Orey
Associate at HCapital Partners