Lurdes Gramaxo

Lurdes Gramaxo is a partner and member of the Executive Committee of Bynd Venture Capital, a venture capital firm managing two early stage funds, FCR Leading Ventures and FCR BA Venture Fund. She is currently President of the Portuguese Association of Early Stage Investors — INVESTORS PORTUGAL. She has over 8 years of experience investing at pre-seed, seed and early stage. In 2020 she was named Europe's Female Investor of the Year by BAND — Business Angels Netzwerk Deutschland. Before moving into venture capital, she spent more than 20 years in the corporate world, holding several management roles at Royal Lankhorst Euronete Group, BV, a multinational group headquartered in the Netherlands, which she left following a successful exit to an international private equity firm.