Where does Vasco Pessanha work?

Vasco Pessanha is Venture Partner at Mustard Seed Maze.

Where did Vasco Pessanha go to school?

Vasco Pessanha studied at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); IADE (Postgraduate, Design Thinking & Prototyping); Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Master's degree, Computer Science).

Vasco Pessanha

Investor

Venture Partner at Mustard Seed Maze · Venture Partner at MSM

Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

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156 people in our graph share verified history with Vasco — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Mar FernándezunlockedVasco: together at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2010)

×4Vasco: together at OutSystems

Vasco: together at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

×3Vasco: together at Zendesk

About

Venture Partner and product leader; currently Senior Product Manager at OutSystems, where he leads the Application Development product area.

Experience

ZendeskSenior Director of Product, AI/MLcurrent2026 — presentLisbon, Portugal
ZendeskDirector of Product, AI/ML2024 — 2026Lisbon, Portugal
Mustard Seed MAZEVenture Partnercurrent2021 — presentLisbon, Portugal
adplist.orgProduct Mentor2023 — 2025
OutSystemsDirector of Product Management2022 — 2023Lisbon, Portugal
OutSystemsGroup Product Manager2019 — 2022Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
OutSystemsPrincipal Product Owner2017 — 2019
OutSystemsLead Software Engineer2011 — 2017
PlatoProduct Mentor2022 — 2023
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de LisboaTeaching Assistant - Introduction to Programming2010 — 2011

Skills & more

Career CounselingProduct LeadershipProduct VisionGo-to-Market StrategyEngineeringBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Product InnovationProduct StrategiesTechnical LeadershipStakeholder Management2Stakeholder Engagement1Coaching

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RecruitingStrategic RoadmapsProduct ManagementGrowth StrategiesProduct StrategyProduct DevelopmentScrumOwnershipLeadershipLong-term VisionCommunicationStrategic Thinking

Stakeholder Management (with Bruce McCarthy) — Product Culture
The Effective Communication Training (with Bill Morrison) — Sandler
Setting and Deploying a Vision & Strategy (with Tami Reiss) — Leader Within
Roadmapping (with Bruce McCarthy) — Product Culture
Story telling (with Iñaki Escudero) — The Mutant Gene
Usability and Interaction Design — Nielsen Norman Group
Certified Scrum Product Owner — Scrum Alliance D-A-CH e.V.
Certified Product Manager — Pragmatic Institute

From Vasco's professional profile.

Colleagues at Mustard Seed Maze

Venture Partner at MSM

Sofia Queiroz

Investment Principal at MSM

Frequently asked questions

Who is Vasco Pessanha?: Venture Partner and product leader; currently Senior Product Manager at OutSystems, where he leads the Application Development product area.
Where does Vasco Pessanha work?: Vasco Pessanha is Venture Partner at Mustard Seed Maze.
Where did Vasco Pessanha go to school?: Vasco Pessanha studied at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science); IADE (Postgraduate, Design Thinking & Prototyping); Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Master's degree, Computer Science).

Same school

Also attended Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa7

Gill McNeillChief People Officer of People, Digital and Communications at Scottish Co-Investment Fund Fernando FragaInvestor at FX2 Group Soraia CaetanoProjects Manager at Building Global Innovators Catarina CasadinhoProject Manager at Building Global Innovators Ricardo RibeiroAcademy Coordinator at Building Global Innovators Antônio Pasa JuniorInvestor at FEA Angels

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Also attended IADE1

Maria Henriques da SilvaMarketing & Brand Lead at Shilling VC

Also attended Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona102

Eduard FeliuManaging Partner at Inveready Technology Investment Group Mar FernándezMarketing & Communications Manager at Inveready Technology Investment Group Nash Carey-EwendSenior Associate, Echo Health Advisors at Echo Health Ventures Agustina NietoLegal Counsel at Nauta Capital Isabel JimenezPrincipal at Asabys Partners Dr. Benedikt BuchspiesPrincipal - Technology Research and Science at Planet A Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Zendesk33

Peter FentonGeneral Partner at Benchmark Alex ConstantinopleChief Marketing Officer at Greycroft Elena GomezPresident & CFO, Toast at Operator Collective Brianne KimmelFounder & Managing Partner at Worklife Ventures Will MartinSenior Manager, FP&A at Mainsail Partners Cristina FonsecaGeneral Partner at Indico Capital Partners

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Also worked at adplist.org2

Spriha BiswasChief of Staff at Stellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp Flaviu SimihaianAngel at TechAngels Romania

Also worked at OutSystems9

Anu BharadwajPresident, Atlassian at Operator Collective Joaquim Sérvulo RodriguesManaging Partner at Armilar Venture Partners José Guerreiro de SousaSenior Advisor at Armilar Venture Partners Paulo RosadoSenior Advisor at Armilar Venture Partners Carlos Alberto SilvaManaging Partner at 33N Pedro FalcãoBusiness Angel at REDangels

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Also worked at Plato8

Joseph PerlaInvestor at StartX Graham McNicollFounder at GrowthBook Thomas MazimannFounder at TeamOut Bryan FriminFounder at Defer Suzanne GriffinFounder at Craftwork Abhishek JainExecutive Officer, Director at Kotofit

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