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President, APVP (Portugal Assosiation)

Currently starting a new game studio, Jeferson Valadares has more than 25 years of experience in 5 countries (Brazil, Finland, England, USA and Portugal) and has worked at both startups (such as Digital Chocolate and Playfish) and large multinationals (EA, Bandai Namco).

His last startup (Doppio) had among its investors Amazon and Google, and was acquired by Fortis in 2021. He is the current President of the Portuguese game developers association (APVP) and in 2004 was also the first president of the Brazilian one (Abragames).