About Sandbox
Sandbox is a mobile society of young people who like to explore the world. We use technology and conversation to create a society of our design. We are an eclectic community of nomads, entrepreneurs, journalists, academics, politicians, and influencers from over 100 countries. We are digitally connected, democratic, and favour co-creation with the goal of leveraging our collective resources to meet the greatest challenges of our generation. Our values of openness, authenticity, playfulness, audacity, and trust characterise every interaction in the community.
Check our manifesto.
About the Porto Hub
In Porto, we're a group of young entrepreneurs, journalists, politicians, artists, poets, and students who share a common vision of what the world should look like when we grow older. And we believe together we can better prepare for it.
In brief, we are demanding and prefer doing than saying. We are caring and we don't feel we belong unless we give what we can. We are ambitious and fear becoming complacent. We are proactive and available to challenge and be challenged. We offer a curated, but unstructured environment focused on learning and mutual support; not only in Porto, but also in more than 30 cities around the world.
Our Members
Hugo Volz Oliveira
Sandbox Porto Ambassador
Forever studying, currently doing a Master in Bullshit Administration. Loves puns. Lifted by gifs. Once his days had twenty-five hours. Ocean rider and light junkie in another life.
Liliana Castro
Indie magazines lover, a podcasts listener, and an information junkie. But it’s not all leisure. Creative and entrepreneurial, has founded a PR agency and key cool projects.
Henrique Cruz
Curious avid-reader and book reviewer. Industrial engineer who likes basketball, travelling to unconventional places, and learning about everything.
Sara Ramos
Amateur singer from her perspective, pro if you ask her audience. Passionate about learning and bringing out the best in people. Assured assurance is part of the past.
Felipe Ávila da Costa
A Sandboxer even before Sandbox existed. Likes to take ideas to action and get results from it. Team builder. Focused, yet balanced entrepreneur. Cco-founder of Infraspeak.
Inês Santos Silva
Cappuccino lover and people connector. Passionate about the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship and social good. Dedicated to gender equality and the future of work.
Tiago Ferreira
Entrepreneur focused on the impact economy. Created Amarante’s economic development agency. Passionate about social innovation and regional development.
Joana Croft
Loves to cycle, adores dogs and cats in the same amount, and enjoys playing the ukulele. The last of the three talented co-founders of Oupas! Design studio.
André Magalhães
City councilman of Amarante, a small, but great city in the north of Portugal. Looking to infuse a breath of resh air in governments through innovative and collaborative projects.
Francisca Camelo
Poet. People's person who enjoys everything related to stories. Voted the least likely person to have worked in a Berlin start-up as HR Manager. Not a psychology student.
Filipe Oliveira
Graduating in nursing lead him to become a social entrepreneur. Curious and studious, passionate about design thinking and innovative business models.
Francisco Rebello de Andrade
Our wine and song cover expert. Defines himself as a gregarious and affable person who is always ready to help. But, more importantly than that, is knows how to help.
João Figueirinhas Costa
Met Sandbox while working in Beijing in 2011. Already different back then, that year changed his life. HR entrepreneur. Ocean diver and networking junkie in this life.
Sofia Trigo
Graphic designer, co-founder of the famous Oupas! Design studio. Passionate about illustration, photography and cats. Loves to handmade personalized gifts.
João Monteiro
Civil engineer amazed by this world. Tackles his curiosity through travel, music, arts, common knowledge and gastronomy. Master cocktail mixer.
Cidália Abreu
Not just a simple girl, even if born in a village. Cares about nature and people. Co-founder of the famous Oupas! Design studio.
Luís Alberto Simões
Aims to inspire people to live meaningful lives through self-organization. Defines happiness and comfort as food, friends, and game nights.
Irma de Magalhães
Free human being who wants to work in prisions. Natural born geek and also a university debater, even if she prefers to judge than to feel the pressure of competition.
Rui Maciel
A student of economics and a debater. Writing(,) literature and economics are his parallel passions. Too young to understand the world.
Pedro Paixão
Violin player since he was 3 years old. Entrepreneur and mobile developer now living in London and working for the Big Brother while trying to build a better world.
Nuno Carneiro
Data scientist passionate about reading and travelling around the world. Also a book reviewer (when book author?) and an industrial engineer. Doesn’t like basketball.
Sofia Passos
A change-maker, striving to be a vegetarian and follow a healthy lifestyle, with a passion for marketing, communication, cooking and crafts.
Vitor Monteiro
Loves to build. Became an engineer to build bridges, but then discovered his passion to build products, businesses and organizations. Currently in Berlin.
Diogo Bhovan
Crazy enough that he believe he can change the world, through ideas that can push human race forward, startups, entrepreneurship and creativity.
Gil Quadros Flores
Driven by new experiences and learning. Defines success as the well being of one's entourage. Avid traveler, but never alone.
Robbie Hilado
Digital creative with an analogue soul. Loves trying new things and seeing how far he can go with it. Essentially a walking contradiction.
