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
Skills & more
Corporate Finance6Management Consulting13Strategy9Marketing Strategy4Entrepreneurship6MergersDigital Marketing2Team Management10Start-ups3Mergers & Acquisitions3Marketing Management5Management7
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Business StrategyBusiness PlanningFinanceTeam LeadershipFrom Rui's professional profile.
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
Diogo da Silveira
Founder & IC Member at Shilling VC
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
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 attended Universidade Católica Portuguesa57
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Shared employers
Also worked at Return on Ideas1
Also worked at ISCTE-IUL4
Also worked at Innovagency2
Also worked at Espirito Santo Investment Bank14
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