Guts and Glory Runners

GGR offers unique challenge races with a distance range of 12-15km and more than 20 awesome obstacles, in a stunning 300ha private property.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Sports
  • Location Montijo, Setúbal District, PT
  • Currency EUR
  • Employees 0
  • Website gutsandgloryrunners.com

Company Summary

The lack of new and innovative outdoor experiences, to reduce the accumulated stress from daily routine, is an issue. GGR offers a unique product: 12-15 km challenge races with more than 20 tough obstacles, inspired in army’s exercises. Our 25-45 sporty clients can enjoy a thrilling experience and shake their limits, outside the gym.

Team

  • António Mendonça Tavares
    CEO

    António’s academic background is in Electrotechnical Engineering by IST. His professional activity started by taking over the family’s agriculture and animal breeding businesses, and evolved into several ventures including heading a group of 60 producers with annual turnover of EUR 100 million. He has represented European Union’s pig producers, acting as the Chairman of COPA-COGECA Pig Meat Working Party at Brussels for more than 20 years.

  • Diogo Mendonça Tavares
    CFO

    Diogo’s academic background is in Aerospace Engineering by IST and MBA from Lisbon University / Columbia University in NYC. Highly motivated entrepreneurial and business-driven manager with solid analytic and problem-solving skills acquired through “hands-on” field experience in business from multiple entrepreneurial ventures ranging from project manager in agricultural businesses to co-founding an IT start-up.

  • Miguel Mendonça Tavares
    COO

    Miguel’s academic background is in Computer Science with an Executive Master in Performance and Financial Controlling. He has made it all from working as a Financial consultant in SAP software to making it as sponsor poker professional. Lately he invested in a aluminum business in Brazil and has currently found what he loves to do, working outdoors in his late grandfather’s land producing the biggest sports challenge Portugal has ever seen.

Advisors

  • João Afonso, Soc. Advogados
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Contas Para Sempre, STOC
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

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