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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.
Experience
- Sensing The WorldFounder and Chief Editorcurrent2024 — present
- HCapital PartnersManaging Partnercurrent2018 — presentLisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Return on IdeasCo-Founder & Partnercurrent2009 — presentLisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- C - The Consumer Intelligence LabSteering Committee Membercurrent2009 — present
- C - The Consumer Intelligence LabFoundercurrent2009 — present
- ISCTE-IULTeacher in Executive Masterscurrent2011 — present
- APDCInnovation Commissioner2011 — 2018
- InnovagencyPartner2000 — 2009
- Espirito Santo Investment BankCorporate Finance VP1996 — 2000
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rui Dias Alves?
- 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.
- Where does Rui Dias Alves work?
- Rui Dias Alves is Partner at HCapital Partners.
- Where did Rui Dias Alves go to school?
- Rui Dias Alves studied at Instituto Superior Técnico (Degree, Industrial Engineering & Management); Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Post Graduation, Finance); Colégio São João de Brito.
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Also worked at Return on Ideas1
Also worked at ISCTE-IUL3
Also worked at Innovagency2
Also worked at Espirito Santo Investment Bank14
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