Faber
Rui Melo de Carvalho is currently serving as a Partner & CFO at Faber, an early stage, specialty VC firm in South Europe. Prior to this role, Rui worked as a Financial Manager at Fundação do Gil and as a Financial Controller at Farol Musica. Rui also has experience as a Financial Controller at TVI during their time at Deloitte. Rui holds a degree in Economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and has completed executive education in Social Entrepreneurship at IES Social Business School powered by INSEAD.
Faber
We invest in teams transforming the world with technology. Faber is a Lisbon-based venture capital firm investing in outstanding entrepreneurs who innovate at the intersection of science and technology to drive digital transformation and climate action. The firm combines a specialist focus on deep tech early stage startups with dedicated funds, investment teams, and expert advisors to actively help founders build global companies powered by AI/data or climate/ocean technologies. Faber’s unique approach in Southern Europe is led by an entrepreneurial management partnership and backed by notable thesis-driven institutions and private investors. Investing since 2013, the firm has been an early investor in hard tech companies such as Unbabel, SWORD Health, Codacy, iLoF, Smartex or YData.