Paulo Andrez is an angel investor, serial entrepreneur, and #1 bestselling author of Zero Risk Startup, published by Forbes Books. Following its U.S. success, the book has been translated and published worldwide, including in Portugal and India.

As an angel investor, Paulo was recognized with the “Best European Angel Investment” award in 2012, after one of his investments, United Resins, reached €24.5 million in revenue within its first year. Another of his investments, Sword Health, became a unicorn in 2022. In 2000, he played a pivotal role as a key shareholder in Novabase’s IPO on Euronext.

Paulo’s notable investments include United Resins (PT), Thinkable (USA), Climber (PT), Sword Health (USA), Novabase (PT), Maven (USA), Bugbox (EE), New Atlantis (ES), Spintop Ventures (SE), Nascente Capital (PT), Growth Partners Capital (PT), E-Vittles (UK), CoachVox (US), and RideTandem (UK).

He served as President of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) until 2014 and now holds the title of President Emeritus. Paulo also founded the Entrepreneurship Agency DNA Cascais, which has supported more than 500 startups.

A frequent global speaker, guest lecturer, and expert in innovation, entrepreneurship, and early-stage investment, Paulo has been running workshops on new venture risk mitigation since 2012, sharing insights from his Zero Risk Startup methodology.