Bio

Stephan Morais (de Moraes) is the founder and Managing General Partner of Indico Capital Partners (www.indicocapital.com), a leading venture capital tech and sustainability focused firm based in Portugal. Indico focuses on software as a service, artificial intelligence, web3, fintech, cybersecurity, digital and climate tech companies, targeting investments at Pre-Seed to Series B level. Founded in 2017, the team at Indico have backed or founded, in the last decade, the majority of the Portuguese global tech success stories, including 7 global unicorns, as investors and entrepreneurs (Farfetch - PT/UK, Talkdesk - PT/USA, Anchorage - PT/USA, Remote - PT/USA, Tier - Germany, D-Orbit - Italy/PT and Fever - Spain). With a diversified background as an investment banker, consultant, entrepreneur and CEO, he has lived in 8 countries and 4 continents over the last 27 years. Stephan was formerly an Executive Board Member at Caixa Capital, a Private Equity and Venture Capital fund management company. He is also a former Advisor to the European Commissioner of Science and Innovation, Past Chairman of the European Venture Finance Network and Past Council Member of Invest Europe and Board Member of the International Venture Club. He has been and is a Non-Executive Director and Board Observer in numerous companies. He is an Entrepreneurship and VC Expert with the oNetwork at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Board Member of the Portuguese Private Equity Association (APCRI) and Advisory Board Member at AMROP, Executive Search. He is a YPO (Young Presidents Organization) Officer, Advisory Council Member of Portuguese American Leadership Council (PALCUS) and President of the Harvard Club of Portugal. Appointed as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010, he holds a degree in Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon), and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Stephan is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, English and French.