Share: During this invitation-only event, Portugal Ventures' portfolio companies learned best practices for doing business in the US, tips for successful collaborations with US companies, as well as strategies for working with US investors and Delaware Flip transactions. Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in startups in the digital, engineering & industry, life sciences, and tourism sectors. Sherman is a founding member and former co-managing shareholder of the firm's Boston office. From 2014-2017, he served as the United States Ambassador to Portugal, having been nominated by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate. As Ambassador, he focused heavily on bilateral economic development and international security issues, such as cybersecurity, refugees, narcoterrorism, and NATO. In recognition of his work in the country, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa decorated him with the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator in March 2017. At Greenberg Traurig, Sherman focuses his practice on government and regulatory investigations and litigation, internal corporate investigations - with an emphasis on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance – as well as consumer protection and class action defense.