Nuno has been on Aptoide's Board of Directors as an Independent Board Member for over 5 years, always serving with informed and thoughtful contributions with significant impact in our strategy and areas of focus. Through these years, he has participated in the important decisions of the company, which led to the growth of our app store from 10 million MAU to more than 100 million MAUs. I have followed Nuno's work as an investor and mentor of many entrepreneurs across the years and across multiple industries, with great respect. As a founder, I value his friendship, as well as his sharp and insightful advice.

Nuno is a renaissance man when it comes to public speaking, performing, and leading dynamic workshops. With deep expertise in venture capital, technical savvy, and the operational know-how gained from international stints with McKinsey and other top firms, Nuno brings subject matter fluency and a keen understanding of fast-shifting business models, habits, and trends. I have watched him captivate a crowd with a keynote, lead an animated panel, and delight my own class of budding university entrepreneurs with his engaging personal journey. Oh, and he also speaks half a dozen languages and has a great sense of humor. Nuno is one very smart guy who is always learning, that rare geek with a gift for connecting with your audience.

Having initially worked for Nuno, I learned quite a bit from him, as he brought a very data-driven and analytical mindset, as well as unique experience and insights to better understand the industry. Furthermore, Nuno has been a role model to me by illustrating how to expand expertise across multiple verticals, building a strong/diversified team, and investing into high-flying startups. Most importantly, I consider Nuno a close friend who gives tremendous advice on life and career, guiding me to where I am today as a fund manager. I will always be grateful.

Nuno is a unique blend of tech visionary, pragmatist, and empath. I’ve seen him lead blue sky sessions with tech luminaries, translate the latest device teardown into a cogent competitive strategy, and pour his heart out to move a crowd. His sage counsel helped salvage a critical project and guide me through one of my toughest career moments, for which I’ll be forever indebted. I value every opportunity to hear his distinctive perspective - to learn and challenge my thinking - and encourage others to do the same.

I had the extreme pleasure to see close up Nuno's arrival in Silicon Valley and his first foray into being a VC, where he showed incredible strengths in creative deal sourcing, shrewd dealmaking, and successful investment management. As a member of boards at Hornet or other companies, I have seen his invaluable advice and influence on founders and investors alike.

Nuno leverages his experience to communicate with authority on intricate strategy topics. He has the inside view of the startup and entrepreneurship processes, and engages the crowd with reflections about down to earth, real-world cases. As a guest lecturer to a Stanford MBA audience - the core Marketing course - Nuno provided a compelling reflection of strategy visions as they come in fashion and become obsolete. A wonderful speaker with a solid foundation about maintaining innovation and strategic leadership.

Nuno clearly lives his passion by creating new technology-based firms. His activities are not only built upon his deep understanding of the technology space but also based on his distinctive global network he has built over many years. Nuno has a unique capability to build and maintain connections. It is always fun to chat with him and discuss the latest insights and create new ideas!

When I first met Nuno, when he was a Senior Expert at McKinsey, I was impressed by his knowledge of the Telecom, Tech and Internet industries, and very much enjoyed his ability to go from high-level strategic and structural analyses to detailed understanding of products, technologies, business models and user behaviors. Over time, I also realized that his ability to communicate with individuals and audiences is actually also unique - he can lucidly distill both complex industry trends and the minutiae of new technologies in a way that makes the listener remember and take away a clear nugget of knowledge.

Nuno has been an engaging guest speaker in my Strategy class at Berkeley. He is extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of start-ups in the technology sphere, with a wealth of insights and experiences about what makes tech companies successful, and prime for growth.

One of the fastest at analyzing markets and people, Nuno understands the technological macro and micro trends, which allows him to validate promising ideas much earlier than others. He is a great guy to work with, offers strong intellectual horsepower, and is always extremely helpful.

I have known Nuno for over 10 years. I worked alongside Nuno at McKinsey, where he was our Global Telecom senior expert. Nuno was not only highly knowledgeable, he always went above and beyond to make sure his recommendations to our clients were insightful and actionable, and often ground-breaking. Consultants can fall in the trap of giving advice that is filled with buzz words, too high-level and generic. But Nuno made it a point to do the exact opposite. He valued creating true impact. It was a pleasure to serve our clients with Nuno. No nonsense. Fun and, most importantly, truly enjoyable!

Nuno has been a highly valued advisor to me and Properly. His background as an investor, and formal training as a management consultant covering many industries, always put him in a position to cut straight to the chase and offer practical and actionable advice. But even more importantly, Nuno understands what it's like to be an entrepreneur, and has consistently reached out, particularly during tumultuous periods in a company's life. I value Nuno both as an exceptional founder's friend and mentor, as well as an advisor that always contributes clarity.

Nuno has been on the board of my startup company since 2013. In the regular meetings and discussions with other high-caliber investors, his point of view clearly draws on his cosmopolitan background and his past career experiences outside of Silicon Valley. This quality, combined with his preference for candor, always adds value to any discussion, be it strategic or operational. Through working together, I have come to know Nuno as a person. His persistence in forging his own path across continents is admirable, as is his willingness to be very frank and forthcoming with the rewarding and challenging aspects of his experiences. Once you listen to his accounts, it really makes him stand out in the crowd.