Manuel Tânger
Co-Founder & Head of Open Innovation @ Beta-i
Lisbon, Portugal
Manuel Tânger is a startup investor at Beta-i in Lisbon. Manuel is a physicist and has been interested since his school years in all things related to Science and Technology. An Msc in Technological Physics from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon and the University of Utrecht.Since early childhood Manuel has been country hopping, having lived in Brazil, China, India, Holland, Italy, Canada, Belgiumand, of course Portugal. This international exposure has been formative and character building in important aspects of his life.Manuel started his professional career at Mercer Human Resources Consulting as a consultant. Following this experience he was invited to work for Danone in Italy (Saiwa) where he was Strategic Planner for the Western Europe Zone for a couple of years and then Brand Manager of Vitasnella (Taillefine, Corpos Danone).After Italy, Manuel was European Marketing Manager at Qbian, a company developing training as a frontline marketing tool.In 2009 Manuel co-founded Beta-i, an association actively promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in Portugal. The first couple of years with Beta-i were spent advising part-time as an associate but have become a full-time endeavor since 2012 as Head of Innovation.Manuel sees himself as a creativity generator and knowledge spreader. One of his main drivers is the fulfillment of Beta-i’s mission to evolve outdated mentalities to more productive and directed states of mind. He sees a better World in allowing people to follow their dreams and successfully maintain a good standard of living.Currently, Manuel is also a PhD candidate at ISCTE on Complex Systems. With his research, Manuel hopes to understand what the effect of size is on complex network dynamics.
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About Beta-i
Beta-i is an organization created to boost entrepreneurship, and its mission is to foster a true innovation culture. We help new and established businesses grow, by offering 360º innovation services with 6 main areas: Acceleration, Events, Consulting, Open Innovation, Education and Investment.Internationally recognized as one of the leadingcompanies in this field, and for running Lisbon Challenge, one of Europe’s most active startup accelerators, since 2010 we have received +5000 applications to our several programs and accelerated over 850 startups, that have raised +65M.
Beta-i Contacts
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Manuel Tânger
Co-Founder & Head of Open Innovation
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Pedro Rocha Vieira
President & Co-founder
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Ricardo Marvão
Board Member & Co-Founder
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José Alberto Rocha
Senior Acceleration Expert
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José Maria Macedo
Mentor
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