Carlos Silva is co-founder, President and Head of Seedrs Europe, the leading equity crowdfunding platform in Europe, and is also a founding member of Beta-I, a Portuguese non-profit to promote entrepreneurship and innovation. Here, he will tell us about his entrepreneurial journey – what went right, what went wrong, and what he’s learned along the way.

Carlos is also a mentor at several acceleration programmes (Seedcamp, Lisbon Challenge, Founder Institute, etc.) and serves as an advisor to multiple innovative start-ups. He has been distinguished with a Young Gun award in the UK, for the most promising individuals under 35, and has been distinguished as one of Portugal’s 40 under 40.