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Carla Pimenta

Carla Pimenta

EDP Inovação

Carla Pimenta is responsible for Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation at EDP and coordinates several entrepreneurial initiatives, namely EDP Starter (incubator for cleantech & energy startups), EDP Innovation Award, and Fablab EDP.

In 2008 she joined EDP Ventures, the corporate venture capital fund of EDP Group, as Investment Manager.

She is experienced in cleantech investments, such as offshore energy generation, solar (PV, HCPV, CSP), wind and energy efficiency. Previously she worked in M&A (Telco, Media and IT industries) at Espírito Santo Investment Bank. Carla holds a degree in Economics from ISCTE, Lisbon University Institute and an MBA from ISCTE/Columbia University, in New York.

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