Principal at Indico Capital
Check size: Indico currently publishes €500K–€10M technology investments, mostly from Pre-Seed through Series A with selective Series B/C. This is the live firm range, not Rui's personal check authority; exact sizing and vehicle should be confirmed directly.
Rui brings long-running Portuguese institutional venture experience to Indico's early-stage Southern European technology mandate. Public evidence supports a broad rather than narrow personal sector remit: find exceptional founders in Portugal, Spain and Italy, help them build for global markets from inception and reserve later-stage capital for the strongest validated opportunities.
Show the product and customer evidence first, then explain technical differentiation, market size, business model, retention or repeat usage, go-to-market, founder-market fit, global expansion plan, round and the milestones an Indico investment would finance. Attribute the requested size to the applicable firm vehicle.
Exceptional founder execution, a differentiated product or technical insight, a large global market, early evidence of product pull, disciplined use of capital, an international mindset from day one and a credible path to durable category leadership.
No personal pass list or narrow sector preference is publicly documented. Indico's published mandate implies weak fit for regional-only ambition, businesses outside technology, copycat products, unclear customer pain, poor capital efficiency and later-stage opportunities without strong operating evidence.
Identify whether product, pricing, language, regulation and distribution can move beyond the initial Southern European market.
Prioritize repeated use, retention, referrals, paid pilots and expansion over broad but shallow interest.
Evaluate learning velocity through shipped product, customer contact, metric movement and clear ownership of the next milestones.
Reserve later-stage support for companies whose product pull, economics, team and international repeatability have strengthened since the initial investment.
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