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Roberto Branco

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Founder & Managing Partner, Beta.Ventures

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Beta.Ventures
Title
Founder & Managing Partner
Role
Managing partner
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

Roberto is a passionate entrepreneur and Beta Capital’s founding partner and CEO since day one. After being Head of Department at Renault Portuguesa, he joined Soja de Portugal as Chairman and CEO and, at the same time, he was a member of the General Council of the Portuguese bank BPI. He co-founded Profat (developing cutting edge technology in animal food) and he was also a co-founder of Panoramah! (world’s leading brand of minimalist aluminium windows). He founded Beta Capital in 2003 as one of the first true VC companies in the country. Roberto holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and an MBA from Nova School of Business and Economics. Having visited almost every European country by motorbike, Roberto also cycles and he’s an avid skier! And yes, he still answers his phone on the ski slopes…!

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