Cristina Fonseca Explained

Cristina Fonseca
Birth Date:	14 November 1987
Birth Place:	Cercal, Ourém, Portugal
Nationality:	Portuguese
Occupation:	Venture Partner of Indico Capital Partners

Cristina Fonseca is a Portuguese tech entrepreneur, Angel investor and Engineer, better known as one of the founders of Talkdesk, a cloud-based help desk software that became Portugal's third "unicorn" after raising US$100M in series B funding at a valuation of over US$1 billion in October 2018.^{[1] [2] [3]}

She is an alumnus of the Instituto Superior Técnico^[4] of Lisbon where she studied telecommunications and networks engineering.^[5] Fonseca later did the Global Solutions Program at Singularity University^[6] and specialised in Artificial Intelligence.

In 2016 Fonseca was featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list under the enterprise technology category^[7] and in 2017 she became an Agenda Contributor to the World Economic Forum.^{[8] [9]}

In 2018, Fonseca became a venture partner at Indico Capital Partners, the first Portuguese private venture capital fund investing in Portugal and Spain early-stage, tech-focused startups.^{[10] [11]}

External links

• Official Twitter

Notes and References

1. https://inventures.eu/portugal-has-a-new-unicorn/10701/ inVentures - Portugal has a new unicorn 03/10/2018
2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanbaptiste/2018/11/10/ceo-tech-talk-talkdesk-achieved-unicorn-status-building-a-call-center-in-the-cloud/#594dd87d6043 Forbes - CEO Tech Talk: Talkdesk Achieved Unicorn Status By Building A Call Center In The Cloud 10/10/2018
3. https://www.forbespt.com/investidora-de-fogo/ Forbes Portugal - Investidora de fogo 30/10/2018
4. https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/en/events/foundersdei-with-cristina-fonseca/ Técnico Lisboa - Founders@DEI with Cristina Fonseca 05/04/2018
5. https://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/pt/noticias/campus-e-comunidade/cristina-fonseca-regressa-ao-tecnico-para-inspirar-futuros-empreendedores/ Técnico Lisboa - Cristina Fonseca regressa ao Técnico para inspirar futuros empreendedores 05/04/2018
6. https://medium.com/@cnfonseca/10-weeks-at-singularity-university-in-review-46de7e2b23a8 Medium - 10 weeks at Singularity University in review 07/09/2016
7. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2016/01/04/30-under-30-enterprise-technology-2016/#47558dbc795b Forbes - The 30 Under 30 In Enterprise Technology For 2016 04/01/2016
8. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/cristina-fonseca/ World Economic Forum - Cristina Fonseca
9. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AMNC15/AMNC15_Global%20Shapers.pdf World Economic Forum - Global Shapers
10. https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/11/lisbon-finally-gets-a-substantial-vc-fund-in-the-shape-of-indico-capital-partners/ TechCrunch - Lisbon finally gets a substantial VC fund in the shape of Indico Capital Partners 13/12/2018
11. https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/01/143196-new-vc-fund-from-indico-capital-partners-to-target-fintech-and-more/ Crowdfund Insider - New VC Fund from Indico Capital Partners to Target Fintech and More 12/01/2019