Garage48
Joao Rei is a seasoned entrepreneur and mentor, currently serving as Co-Founder and leading Growth and Strategy at eID Easy since August 2016, specializing in Qualified Electronic Signatures and Digital Identity. As a dedicated host and mentor for Garage48, Joao has supported emerging entrepreneurs in their startup journeys since November 2016. Additionally, Joao coordinated the #euafricathejourney program from October 2020 to December 2022, fostering connections between Africa and Europe through hackathons and community events. Joao previously held key mentorship roles at Accelerate Estonia and Founderly, and provided business consulting at ELEVATE. With a strong background in digital innovation as Head of Digital Innovation at Havas Media Estonia, Joao's entrepreneurial experience also includes founding Holm, a marketplace for elderly care, and IDID.ee. Joao holds an MBA in Business Administration and a Bachelor's in International Business Administration from TalTech, as well as an Engineering degree in Environmental Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
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Garage48
Garage48 is an early stage startup boot-camp and hackathon style event series to build new web and mobile services/prototypes in just 48 hours. Garage48 started in Estonia and now does events in 10+ countries in Eastern-Europea and Africa. Garage48 partners with global brands (Google, Skype, Nokia, Blackberry, Yandex etc) and startupaccelerators (Seedcamp, Startup Sauna, Startup Wyse Guys, etc) to promote entrepreneurship and startup culture. See http://garage48.org/events for upcoming roadmap and past events. Garage48 Foundation also runs biggest 450m2 co-working space in the heart of Tallinn. The space has 30+ resident desks, seats for part-timers, several meeting rooms and big event space and chill-out area. Garage48 HUB is the central space for Estonian startups, tech and design community events.