Inês Santos Silva is a special advisor to the Portuguese Secretary of State of Industry, where she focus on the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation.

In the past, Inês also cofounded Startup Pirates, a one-week pre-acceleration program for aspiring entrepreneurs with a presence in more than 40 cities around the world, PortugalStartups.com, a news portal about the Portuguese startup scene and Trojan Horse was a Unicorn, one of the best events for digital artists in the world.