About us
NAVES is a venture capital firm established in late 2007 as an initiative of AESE Business School, the associate school of IESE Business School (Spain) in Portugal, in order to support preferentially the best entrepreneurial initiatives of AESE Business School’s students and Alumni.
Today, NAVES is also clearly engaged in supporting other great initiatives arising from the Portuguese’s
or international innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and focuses its investments in innovative
companies, in seed, early stage and initial expansion phase.
NAVES has invested since 2009 in 11 innovative startups, in various sectors such as healthcare, clean tech,
education tech, printing on demand and 3D printing technologies and services, sports centers
management services and fashion.
Our numbers
SHAREHOLDERS
STARTUPS
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
Why Us
Due to its very strong link with AESE Business School,
NAVES has an unique value proposition in the
Portuguese VC market.
Network
Have access to deal flow and entrepreneurs from the AESE Alumni network,
therefore with high education in management and strong professional experience.
Promotion
Use the wide AESE Alumni network currently (more than 5.000 Alumni)
to promote and leverage the startups businesses.
Guidance
Provide guidance from senior Alumni with top management
expertise to startups.
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NAVES is strongly
committed to create
a more competitive,
dynamic and innovative
society in Portugal and
Europe for a greater future.
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What do we do
to support our companies
Coaching
Networking
Partnerships
Marketing & Communication
Accounting
Coaching
Networking
Partnerships
Marketing &
Communication
Accounting
Portfolio
We have a proven experience in portfolio management,
with co-investments with well-regarded national and
international VC Firms.
Team
Board of Directors
José Ramalho Fontes
ChairmanOne of the founders of NAVES, he was involved in NAVES mainly in its beginning and again in 2015. Former Dean of AESE Business School.
Manuel Dias Ferreira
Board MemberBoard member of NAVES since its beginning. Has more than 25 years as C/Board Level Executive and is a Professor of Marketing & Sales at AESE
Miguel Alpendre
Board MemberBoard member of NAVES since January 2015 and MBA Alumni of AESE Business School. Has more than 16 years as C/Board Level Executive.
Executive Team
Rita Sousa
Managing DirectorJoined as Manager Director in October 2015. She has prior experience in VC, energy management industry and consultancy.
João Horta
Senior Financial AnalystJoined as Senior Financial Analyst in May 2017. He has prior experience in the Banking sector.
Mário Reis
Júnior Financial AnalystJoined the team as financial analyst in Naves in November of 2015.
Eduarda Cabral
Executive AssistantWith more than 30 years of experience in secretariat Eduarda has been an Executive Assistant at NAVES since its foundation.
Portfolio Managers
José Ramalho
Fontes
Is Green
Miguel
Alpendre
VRI e Inocrowd
Vasco
Branco
Hope Care
Gonçalves Martins
ITSports
Eurico Nobre
UOY
Filipe Assoreira
Human Talent
José Ramalho
Is Green
Miguel Alpendre
VRI e Inocrowd
Vasco Branco
Hope Care
Gonçalves Martins
Its Sports
Eurico Nobre
UOY
Filipe Assoreira
Human TalentAdvisors
Afonso
Barbosa
Advisor
Afonso Barbosa
Advisor
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More than investments,
we make true partnerships
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News
“It´s not about ideas.
It’s about making ideas happen”
Scott Belsky
Naves presents Agribusiness projects at AESE
NAVES will be promoting its Green & Blue Growth Fund in an Agribusiness projects presentation session that will take place at AESE Business School on the 9th of October, 2017 at 18h30.
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NAVES at the Oceans Meeting
NAVES will be present at the Oceans Meeting on September 7th and 8th and will be making an exclusive presentation to potential Investors on the 7th at 5pm. Join us!
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2016 at a glance
2016 was a remarkable year for NAVES and it brought great news, starting with the reinforcement of its team. To the Board of Directors, composed of José Ramalho Fontes and Manuel Dias Ferreira, was appointed Miguel Alpendre (...)
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Fundo Crescimento Verde e Azul
É com grande satisfação que vos anunciamos que, no dia 16 de Novembro, recebemos a aprovação pela CMVM do registo prévio do primeiro fundo de capital de risco de NAVES: o fundo Crescimento Verde e Azul.
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Fundo Crescimento Verde e Azul
Um mês antes do Web Summit 2016, NAVES contactou alguns dos participantes e investidores que iriam estar presentes, no âmbito do roadshow de apresentação do Fundo “Crescimento Verde e Azul”.
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Desinvestimento na ITSports
"É fundamental enaltecer o papel crucial de NAVES para a emergência do nosso projeto desportivo e para aquilo que hoje é a ITSports”, comenta Carlos Rebelo. “Sem NAVES nunca teria sido possível!"
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Contacts
Head Quarters
Av. dos Combatentes nº43
3rd floor, Office 4
1600-042 Lisbon, Portugal
Email geral@naves.com.pt
Tel. +351 217 260 203
Assistant
Tel. +351 914 811 398
Email eduarda.cabral@aese.pt
AESE Business School
Calçada de Palma de Baixo nº12
1600-177 Lisboa