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
Education
- Nova School of Business and EconomicsBachelor's degree, Management
- Product SchoolFull Stack Product Management Certificate, Product Management2019 — 2020
- Lisbon Data Science AcademyData Science and Machine Learning2018
- Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaSemester Abroad, Erasmus Program
- Colégio do Sagrado Coração de Maria - LisboaScience and Technology
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
- Where does Simão Cruz work?
- Simão Cruz is Founding Partner & CEO at Lightshift Capital.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Portugal Fintech1
Also worked at ETHLisbon1
Also worked at BiG - Banco de Investimento Global6
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