Art Linkov

Art Linkov is the founder of Porto Business Network, which he started in 2024 after arriving in the city with no network of his own. In under two years he has built it into a community of more than 300 entrepreneurs, executives and freelancers, running 100+ events — masterclasses, peer workshops, curated mixers — on an explicit "pay it forward" culture. Before Porto he co-founded Bright Security, the application security company, where he served first as Chief Scientist and then as Chief Product Officer through a $25M-plus funding run. He trained as a molecular biochemist at the Technion, leaving a stem cell PhD to start the company. He now also runs a consultancy on human-first digital transformation and leads a stealth-mode startup as CEO.