Simo is a crypto and early-stage Web3 investor who founded Lightshift, a blockchain-focused venture firm whose first fund raised $30 million. Simo's Twitter Score is 49 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #18,415 (top 5%) among 486,573 tracked accounts.
Simo co-founded Portugal Fintech and has affiliations with Protocol Labs, Gnosis, ConsenSys, GSR, Celo, Ethereum, and Node Capital. He previously served as a judge and advisor to ETHLisbon. Simo is also a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in Finance.
Simo's debut fund at Lightshift attracted backing from notable names in the industry, including Diogo Mónica of Anchorage, Gavin Wood, Marc Andreessen of a16z, and DCG. Simo has 2,375 followers as of September 2026 and has published 1,981 posts. He has been mentioned by 21 accounts a total of 25 times.
As an angel investor, Simo has backed Union.
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The accounts that follow Simo include 225 founders, 78 angel investors, 29 influencers and 9 VCs. Among his notable followers are Ansem, Kyle Samani, Jason Choi, Tom Schmidt, 0xMaki and Sreeram Kannan.