Lopo Champalimaud

Lopo Champalimaud is a Portuguese entrepreneur and investor best known for founding Treatwell, Europe’s leading online booking platform for hair and beauty services. Born in Lisbon and raised in Montreal, he studied at McGill University before embarking on a career in banking and private equity with Pictet & Cie and Wand Partners.

In 1994, Champalimaud co-founded Cyber Dialogue in New York, one of the first online market research companies. He later established Fulcrum Analytics, focusing on online customer relationship management (CRM). After exiting Fulcrum in 2004, he became the Managing Director of Lifestyle at lastminute.com.

In 2008, recognizing the potential for digital innovation in the beauty industry, he founded Wahanda, which was later rebranded as Treatwell. Under his leadership, Treatwell expanded across Europe, partnering with over 25,000 spas and salons and facilitating over 30 million appointments annually. In 2015, Japan’s Recruit Holdings invested over €292 million, acquiring a majority stake in the company.

Champalimaud joined the Board Director at Verlinvest in 2016 and holds board positions at several Verlinvest portfolio companies, including Valtech and Toluna.

In 2022, Lopo co-founded V3 Ventures, a Verlinvest-backed venture firm, to invest in leading early-stage, fast-growing consumer companies.  He is based in London and leads investments across Europe, the UK and the US.