Marta Pinho

Travelled through 2 continents (Asia and South America) and 18 countries and expanded economic and cultural views by embarking in participatory, authentic and challenging travel experiences with locals and by diving in some of the most dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems in the world

Responsible for setting up and managing PV’s first office abroad (in Silicon Valley), with the ultimate goal to create a base for PV and its portfolio companies to tackle and thrive in the US market

New investment opportunities research, worked closely with business incubators, tech parks and university centres Investment opportunities analysis and recommendations, assessed client’s technology, team, business model, strategy and financial health Valuation, deal structuring, term sheet negotiations, draft and execution of shareholder/share purchase agreements Portfolio management, having supported the establishment of 20+ start-up companies

Headed a Performance Improvement Project, having been in charge of developing a material consumption forecast process, that enabled company to improve forecast accuracy by 40% to 50%

Dissertation entitled “Is Internet industry facing a bubble 2.0?” awarded with Distinction and presented at the Portuguese Finance Network 2014 Conference, June 2014

Approaches to strategy, including strategic models and assessing scope to create value through the following methods: repositioning, change in business models, organic revenue growth and management change

Courses and conferences regarding IP rights protection (by EPO - European Patent Academy, INPI - Portuguese Institute of Industrial Property and IPN – Instituto Pedro Nunes)

Studied 1 semester at the Università di Pavia, through a student exchange program

Main courses: Auditing, Corporate Finance, Econometrics, Economic Policies, International Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, Marketing, Microeconomics, Project Evaluation, Taxation.