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Giorgio PastariniunlockedSimão: together at Nova School of Business and Economics
×3Simão: together at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna
×8Simão: together at Nova School of Business and Economics
About
Simão Cruz is Founding Managing Partner at Lightshift Capital, a digital asset firm focused on investing in and building financial services. He previously developed strategic products at BiG, a digital-first investment bank, and co-founded Portugal Fintech, a nonprofit whose initiatives include an annual industry report, the Portugal FinLab innovation hub, the Fintech House in Lisbon, and the consulting firm Fintech Solutions. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Finance in 2020.
Experience
- Lightshift CapitalFounding Managing Partnercurrent2021 — present
- Portugal FintechCo-Foundercurrent2017 — presentLisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- ETHLisbonOrganizer2021 — 2025Lisbon
- BiG - Banco de Investimento GlobalSub-Director Digital Strategy & Development2020 — 2021Lisbon, Portugal
- BiG - Banco de Investimento GlobalNew Business Development & Innovation2018 — 2020Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- BiG - Banco de Investimento GlobalBusiness Analyst2017 — 2018Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- BiG - Banco de Investimento GlobalFintech Academy2017Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Skills & more
FinTech13Banking12Start-ups16Pesquisa8Sales6Marketing5Empreendedorismo7Liderança3Gestão2
Languages English · German · Italian · Portuguese · Spanish
- Learn the Basics of Blockchain with Python Course — Codecademy
- Forbes 30 Under 30 Finance 2020 — Forbes
- Growth Hacking — Growth Tribe
- Launching Breakthrough Technologies — Harvard Business School
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Colleagues at Lightshift Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Simão Cruz?
- Simão Cruz is Founding Managing Partner at Lightshift Capital, a digital asset firm focused on investing in and building financial services. He previously developed strategic products at BiG, a digital-first investment bank, and co-founded Portugal Fintech, a nonprofit whose initiatives include an annual industry report, the Portugal FinLab innovation hub, the Fintech House in Lisbon, and the consulting firm Fintech Solutions. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Finance in 2020.
- Where does Simão Cruz work?
- Simão Cruz is Founding Partner & CEO at Lightshift Capital.
- Where did Simão Cruz go to school?
- Simão Cruz studied at Nova School of Business and Economics (Bachelor's degree, Management); Product School (Full Stack Product Management Certificate, Product Management); Lisbon Data Science Academy (Data Science and Machine Learning).
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Also attended Nova School of Business and Economics163
Giorgio PastariniSenior Associate at P101 VenturesJosephine LuschInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsTomek LepkaInvestment Manager at Keen Venture PartnersAlasdair MitchellPortfolio Support at Giant Ventures Global LlpNoah FreyFinance Analyst at Emerald Technology Ventures AgEmin Taha CelikInvestment | Growth Funds at 212
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Also attended Product School19
Josh GiglioExecutive-in-Residence at Mainsail PartnersYoussef HounatAdvisor at Curiosity VCDina BurkitbayevaCo-Founder at PsyMed VenturesJyotika GuptaCo-Founder and Partner at Z21 VenturesSheng XuVenture Partner & Advisor at Lair East LabsAdunni RufaiExpert-in-Residence, User Experience Design at DMZ
+ 13 more
Also attended Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna100
Edoardo MingozziPortfolio Support Analyst at P101 VenturesClare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsIrene MingozziVenture Partner at E12 Venture Capital, LlcLuca BarbiGeneral Partner & COO at STVMariana RomeroSenior Associate at NazcaHannah ArrighiVice President at Center15 Capital
+ 94 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Portugal Fintech1
Also worked at ETHLisbon1
Also worked at BiG - Banco de Investimento Global6
Eduardo EspinarInvestment Senior Associate at Apex CapitalAndré BandeiraCorporate Development / Partner (Invest with us) at Explorer InvestmentsDiogo AlmeidaPlatform Lead, Lightshift Capital at HyperNestJosé GalambaBusiness Angel at REDangelsPedro FernandesDirector at Actium CapitalTiago Esteves MataInvestments at BlueCrow Capital
