João Duarte

Principal @ eBay Ventures

2025

Senior Manager

2022 - 2025

Principal

2025

Senior Manager

2022 - 2025

Board Observer

2025

Open-source GraphQL Federation [eBay Ventures investment]

Investor

2024

poolside is building next generation AI for software engineering [eBay Ventures investment]

Board Observer

2023

SidelineSwap makes it easy for athletes and sports families to buy and sell their gear [eBay Ventures investment]

Board Observer

2023

The Volte is one of the largest designer fashion rental marketplaces globally. [eBay Ventures investment]

Investment Manager - Lead for Nordics / CEE

2020 - 2022

Led full investment process for European Series A/B investments in SaaS, Marketplaces, and AI. Executed seven new investments with top-tier co-investors, resulting in a high follow-on funding rate (90%). Actively involved in portfolio management, including serving as a board observer at several companies. Select Investments: Druid AI – Enterprise focused Generative AI platform Minut – Rental property protection using edge computing and ML / AI Soter Analytics – Workplace injury prevention using wearables, ML / AI and computer vision Threatray – Enterprise Malware Analysis and Detection using AI Bob W – Tech-enabled short-term rentals company Fractory – B2B marketplace for industrial manufacturing

Expert

2020 - 2022

Expert monitor for Point.IOT project, a program designed to empower innovation using Galileo and IoT technologies

Venture Partner

2019 - 2020

Managed full investment process for pre-seed/seed investments in B2B SaaS, AI, and marketplaces across Central and Eastern Europe. Led five investments, including pre-seed investment in Investown, the leading Czech crowdinvesting platform, and AhoyConnect (exit to Commsor)

CEO & Co-Founder

2015 - 2019

Built and scaled Techloop, leading CEE marketplace for hiring tech professionals, to 5 countries and 10,000s of users. Exited to Alma Media group in 2020