# Our Team

### <mark style="color:red;">Founders</mark>

![Joana Ribeiro Alves](https://2220760200-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8uA7w3zXxZOXSB1JkD3g%2Fuploads%2FqyLEM3amWOOgAq9fDjl7%2FJoanausar3.png?alt=media\&token=45ceda5d-4011-4e88-8fe3-b97942dcdf7a) ![João Miranda](https://2220760200-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8uA7w3zXxZOXSB1JkD3g%2Fuploads%2FOKjRpIvPNQifUJXMFVF2%2FJo%C3%A3o.jpg?alt=media\&token=663bea13-f970-43bf-bb4f-5a46c77fed81) ![Leandro Duarte](https://2220760200-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8uA7w3zXxZOXSB1JkD3g%2Fuploads%2FJ186h5IlwrR29LrArNjA%2FLeandro.jpg?alt=media\&token=c08d6829-9984-4e49-bb81-9dfc04efeddd) ![Lourenço Ponces](https://2220760200-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8uA7w3zXxZOXSB1JkD3g%2Fuploads%2FJMjLOQC58znH2Uh8cN9t%2FLouren%C3%A7oUsar2.png?alt=media\&token=244ead8e-3eb9-434d-94c0-842fbfeb1aa5)

<mark style="color:purple;">**Leandro Duarte**</mark>\
Leandro is a young entrepreneur with background in Applied Mathematics, Computation and programming. He created and sold his first company - an online tutoring center and has also experience in data science. Due to his experience, he has been chosen to be our project manager.

<mark style="color:purple;">**Joana Ribeiro Alves**</mark>\
Joana is our passionate wildcard: she has a background in Management and Engineering and is the sales and partnerships manager on the largest hackathon in Portugal. She has a special fondness for the business management and strategy area. She's also specializing in Tokenomics and fostering relationships with our key partners.\
\ <mark style="color:purple;">**João Miranda**</mark>\
João is deep into the crypto ecosystem: he has been interested in the Web3 area for years and is our investigation lead with knowledge in a large variety of blockchain protocols. He has led the writing of a whitepaper on blockchain technology and gaming industry and helps the team stay on top of the ecosystem's news.\
\ <mark style="color:purple;">**Lourenço Ponces Duarte**</mark>\
Lourenço is our main developer, with a strong background in software engineering and innovation. He has demonstrated exceptional leadership and project management abilities by coordinating a program that resulted in the development of 3 Startups ready to scale to the market. Lourenço is constantly seeking to expand his knowledge and skills in this rapidly-evolving blockchain field.

### <mark style="color:red;">**Advisory Board**</mark>

We are privileged to have the assistance of powerful board advisors who consistently give us precious introductions and insights in areas we view as strategically important.&#x20;

![Gonçalo Perdigão](https://2220760200-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8uA7w3zXxZOXSB1JkD3g%2Fuploads%2F3EJ45rjc9iaH9TYQ4DnS%2FGon%C3%A7alo.jpg?alt=media\&token=bd06a0d5-4f5b-4b17-8f6a-443d184c1be3)

<mark style="color:purple;">**Gonçalo Perdigão**</mark>\
Strategy and management consultant for 7 years. Co-founder & owner of 2 UK award-winning technology start-ups. Scientist for the European Space Agency and the University of Cambridge. Director at Telco & Entertainment, Fintech and Retail companies for more than 10 years. Vast experience scaling startups and an enthusiast of Web3 since 2016.