Filipe Castro

Filipe Fonseca e Castro is a Technology Business Manager at U.Porto Innovation in Porto, Portugal, a role he has held since 2006. His work focuses on fostering new opportunities with knowledge, science, and technology-based startups at the University of Porto. Meanwhile, he was the Head of Unit for Entrepreneurship at Porto Business School from April 2022 to April 2023.

Filipe is involved in intellectual property protection, technology transfer, market studies, business development for new technologies, and commercialisation of technologies. He has experience in supporting funding and investment activities for new business units and innovation management.

Filipe holds a Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (2007-2010). He also completed the UTEN Program as an intern at the Office of Technology Commercialisation at The University of Texas at Austin (2009-2010). His top skills include Entrepreneurship support, Technology Transfer, and Licensing. He is a native Portuguese speaker and has professional proficiency in English.