Episode 2 features Stephan Morais, founder and Managing Partner of Indico Capital Partners, a leading early-stage deep tech VC firm based in Portugal. With a diversified background as an investment banker, consultant, entrepreneur and CEO, he has lived in 8 countries and 4 continents over the last 24 years, and acted as and advisor to politicians and pan-European institutions. Prior to founding Indico, Stephan was an Executive Board Member at Caixa Capital, where he led investment rounds of many Portuguese global tech success stories. **In this episode, you’ll learn**– How Stephan tackled raising a VC fund and what to should look for in LPs– How European VCs can push for policy developments that allow for more capital to be deployed into VC– What Europe can learn from other countries and regions– What learnings Stephan has drawn from running an iberian fund vs a single-country fund