CF

Cristina Fonseca

Tech Entrepreneur and Investor. Engineer. AI Enthusiast.

Portugal

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $110,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $11,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,700,000.00

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Software Development
Business Strategy
Software Engineering
Start-ups
Programming
Computer Science
Ruby on Rails
Management
Team Leadership
Team Management
Leadership
C
Linux
Public Speaking
Git
Machine Learning
SQL
JavaScript
Ruby

Education

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2017

    Co-founder and Venture Partner of Indico Capital Partners - a leading institutional and independent venture capital firm based Lisbon focusing on Seed to Series A companies in fields like SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, fintech, cybersecurity and digital startups.

2021

  • VP, Product

    2021

2019

  • Non Executive Board Member

    2019

  • Co-Founder and CEO

    2018 - 2021

2011 - 2016

  • Co-Founder

    2011 - 2016

    Talkdesk allows any company to create a call center in 5 minutes just by using a web browser. Built a company from the ground up, wearing various hats. Was responsible for engineering operations, design and user experience, product management, marketing operations, customer relations, and knowledge management. Started by playing the roles then built the teams around those areas. Lead by empathy and determination, while identifying and promoting innovation and autonomy. - Hired and trained a world class team of 75 people in Portugal, mainly engineers. - Scaled from 0 to 150 employees, raising more than $24M. Transitioned from an engineer to a manager focused on efficiency. - Managed team morale, communication, and retention through mentoring, agility, and power of example.

  • Global Agenda Council on Europe

    2014 - 2016

  • Curator Global Shapers Lisbon Hub

    2014 - 2015

Bouncely

2011 - 2011

  • Co-Founder

    2011 - 2011

    Amazon SES (Simple Email Service) bounce tracking and real-time parsing. Responsible for the design, frontend development and operations of the web tool. Supported around 100 paying customers.

VEEP

2009 - 2011

  • Co-Founder

    2009 - 2011

    Online video academy / tutoring platform for high school students. Responsible for the full-stack development, content and operations of the platform. Coordinated the content production covering the oficial school programs with 4 teachers. Created the Math course covering 3 academic years and 80+ hours of video.

2008 - 2010

  • Researcher at Distributed Systems Group

    2008 - 2010