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October 7, 2026Episode 827 min

Building $100M+ Tech I How Dyslexia Became a Gift I David Obershaw | The Red Chair

🎤 About The Red Chair:At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest:David Obershaw is an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Starting in 2008, he initiated and taught Stanford's Insanely Great Products seminar. In 2019, the Stanford Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society named David to their teaching Honor Roll. In 2025 and 2026, he helped create and teach a version of this class at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal. Previously, David was Vice President of Business Development for Proofpoint, a leading enterprise email security and data loss prevention company. He also worked for PeopleSoft (now part of Oracle) in various roles, including Vice President of Marketing and Merchant Sales for PeopleSoft’s eBusiness Division and Vice President of Marketing and Industry Strategy for PeopleSoft’s Products Division. He joined PeopleSoft through its 1996 acquisition of Red Pepper Software, where he served as Director of Marketing andBusiness Development. David also served as Director of Product and Federal Marketing at MasPar Computer Corporation and held various product management positions at Hewlett-Packard. He initiated his career in field sales with IBM Corporation. In the non-profit world, David has served on the Board of Trustees for the El Camino YMCA inMountain View, CA, and as President of the Board of Trustees at Charles Armstrong School in Belmont, CA – a specialty school serving students in grades 2-8 with language-based learning differences such as dyslexia. David is dyslexic and is happy to share the associated challenges and benefits. He earned his MBA degree from StanfordGraduate School of Business and BA degrees from UCLA.

September 7, 2026Episode 929 min

Deal Execution & How VCs Really Add Value I Rui Rodrigues | The Red Chair

🎤 About The Red Chair: At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest: Rui Rodrigues is a Partner at Índico Capital Partners, with over 15 years of institutional investment and corporate finance experience. Rui works closely with founders in AI, B2B SaaS, fintech, deep tech, and climate or ocean innovation to help them transition from local ecosystems to international scale. His approach pairs deep financial acumen with hands-on support in fundraising strategies, international expansion, and corporate governance.Prior to joining Índico, Rui built a robust background in private equity, transaction advisory, and venture capital. He spent nearly five years in Madrid with PwC Spain, rising to Senior Manager in M&A where he advised on complex corporate and real estate transactions. Before that, he spent over six years at Caixa Capital in Lisbon as an Associate and Investment Analyst. Rui holds both a Master of Science in Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Management from ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Throughout his career, he has maintained a strong active presence in the entrepreneurship ecosystem through mentoring and judging programs. Our Website:http://www.indicocapital.comFollow Indico on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/indicocapital/Follow Indico on LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/indico-capital-partners?trk=ppro_cprofFollow Indico on Medium:indicocapital.medium.com

August 3, 2026Episode 831 min

Pioneering Impact VC | André Almeida Santos | The Red Chair

🎤 About The Red Chair:At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest:André Almeida Santos is an economist, investor and systems thinker working at the intersection of capital, leadership and systemic change. Over a career spanning more than 25 years, his work has encompassed venture capital, development finance, economic policy, entrepreneurship and academia across Europe, Africa and North America. As a Partner at Indico Capital Partners, André focuses on sustainability, regeneration and impact investing in the Blue Economy. He backs entrepreneurs developing technologies and business models capable of generating lasting economic value while improving ocean health, strengthening climate resilience and promoting the responsible use of natural resources. Before joining Indico, André spent a decade with the African Development Bank, working to reduce poverty and advance sustainable development across Africa. He coordinated multidisciplinary teams, developed long-term strategies for green and inclusive growth, advised governments and helped structure public- and private-sector investment programmes across the continent. Earlier in his career, he also founded a social enterprise focused on women’s empowerment. André holds a postgraduate degree in Finance from Universidade Católica and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, where he was also a Fellow and contributed to research and teaching on responsible investment, Just Transition, adaptive leadership, moral leadership and the ethics of decision-making. He is a member of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network and has helped mobilise the Inner Development Goals community in Portugal. Across these different roles, André’s work is guided by a practical question: how can capital empower people and enable their ambitions without extracting from the social and ecological systems on which prosperity depends? Alongside investing, he mentors entrepreneurs, contributes to public debate and explores how emerging technologies can be designed to strengthen human agency, inclusion and long-term stewardship.Based in Lisbon, André’s relationship with the ocean is both professional and personal: it is an investment field, a source of perspective and one of his happiest places.Our Website:http://www.indicocapital.comFollow Indico on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/indicocapital/Follow Indico on LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/indico-capital-partners?trk=ppro_cprofFollow Indico on Medium:indicocapital.medium.com

July 7, 2026Episode 626 min

The Truth About Valuation Obsession & Picking the Right Board Members | André Penha | The Red Chair

🎤 About The Red Chair:At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest:André Penha is a tech entrepreneur and executive best known as the co-founder of QuintoAndar, a property technology unicorn that revolutionized Latin America's real estate market. After earning a degree in Computer Engineering and an MSc from Unicamp, he initially entered the gaming industry, founding a startup later acquired by Tectoy and serving as President of the Brazilian Game Developers Association (Abragames).A major turning point came in 2010 while pursuing an MBA at Stanford University, where he met his co-founder and subsequently launched QuintoAndar in 2012 to eliminate rental bureaucracy. André served as the company's CTO for nearly twelve years, scaling its engineering infrastructure and spearheading its expansion into Mexico, before stepping into his current deep-tech role as CEO and Board Member of Antiwire, a company pioneering long-range wireless power transmission.Our Website: http://www.indicocapital.com Follow Indico on Instagram: / indicocapital Follow Indico on LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/indic... Follow Indico on Medium:indicocapital.medium.com

June 1, 2026Episode 630 min

The Only Two Traits a Founder Truly Needs. Rebuilding Caparica | Gregory Bernard I The Red Chair

🎤 About The Red Chair:At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest:Gregory Bernard is an investor and serial entrepreneur whose work spans telecommunications, digital media, and luxury across Europe, Africa, and the U.S. With an elite academic background from École Centrale de Paris, Sciences Po, and Georgetown University, Gregory’s career is defined by leveraging technology to unlock human potential and economic opportunity in emerging markets.As a tech founder, he launched CC.Communication, a software platform that has held a near-monopoly on the French artistic talent market for over 25 years. In the telecommunications sector, he founded TELO in Angola, transforming the payphone business into a social enterprise that serves 800,000 monthly consumers and supports a network of 8,000 micro-entrepreneurs through his fintech solution, TELOPAY.Beyond infrastructure, Gregory is a prolific investor in emerging talent and creative industries. He scaled the luxury brand Olympia Le-Tan into an international icon and founded Realitism Films, producing award-winning cinema for festivals like Cannes and Sundance. His latest venture, Dr. Bernard in Portugal, integrates wellness with sustainable business practices, further reflecting his commitment to innovation that balances profitability with social and personal development. Our Website:http://www.indicocapital.comFollow Indico on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/indicocapital/Follow Indico on LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/indico-capital-partners?trk=ppro_cprofFollow Indico on Medium:indicocapital.medium.com

May 4, 2026Episode 524 min

The Art of the Hire I Sonia Shah | The Red Chair

🎤 About The Red Chair:At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest:Sonia Shah is a Principal at Faraday Partners with 10 years of experience in executive search and VC Talent for early and growth-stage US technology companies across B2B SaaS, AI/ML, Fintech, and Consumer. Having recently relocated from New York to Lisbon, Sonia is now applying this background as she expands her work across the European market.Prior to joining Faraday Partners, Sonia worked with top startup executive search firms in the US, including True Search and SwingSearch, supporting founders with the critical task of recruiting top C-suite and VP-level talent across all functions. She also worked in VC Talent at General Catalyst and SignalFire as a trusted advisor to their portfolio companies. Earlier in her career, she was a Management Consultant at PwC. Sonia has an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.Our Website:http://www.indicocapital.comFollow Indico on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/indicocapital/Follow Indico on LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/indico-capital-partners?trk=ppro_cprofFollow Indico on Medium:indicocapital.medium.com

April 6, 2026Episode 427 min

Ukraine: The World’s New Defense Tech Lab I Dan Pasko | The Red Chair

🎤 About The Red Chair:At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest:Dan Pasko is the Managing Partner of Diligent Capital Partners, a EUR 250m AUM investment firm managing a number of funds across VC/PE, private debt, and public markets strategies focused on the technology and basic commodities sectors. He has been a professional investor for almost two decades after graduating from Harvard Business School with an MBA. His career highlights include the only IPO in the history of Moldova: Purcari Wineries, the only IPO of a Ukrainian company on NASDAQ: Kyivstar, and the first neobank to go public: Tinkoff Credit Systems, IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2013.Dan is a passionate supporter of Ukraine. He has served as an Advisor to the President of Ukraine and to Ukraine’s Prime Minister. He has also found the charity foundation “Children of Heroes,” which has delivered more than $30 million in support to over 15,000 children whose lives were devastated by the loss of a parent in the Russian war against Ukraine. He is passionate about surfing and kitesurfing, is raising two boys, and moved to Portugal last year.Our Website:http://www.indicocapital.comFollow Indico on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/indicocapital/Follow Indico on LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/indico-capital-partners?trk=ppro_cprof

March 2, 2026Episode 341 min

Revolutionizing Education in Portugal I Barbara Lancastre | The Red Chair

🎤 About The Red Chair:At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest:Barbara Lancastre is the CEO for Europe & Brazil of Affinitas Education and is responsible for overall strategy, operations, and growth in the region. Barbara previously founded Park International School in Lisbon, a multi-campus school, which is considered one of the leading schools in Portugal.Barbara holds an MBA from Darden, University of Virginia. Barbara's passion for education extends beyond her professional life. She serves on the board of Teach for Portugal, Salta Group in Brazil and was on the board of the Private School Association in Portugal for four years. Additionally, she is on the board of ICF (Inclusion Community Forum). After selling Park International School, she served as the Regional Managing Director for Inspired for 4 years, before assuming her current role at Affinitas Education.

February 2, 2026Episode 227 min

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🎤 About The Red Chair:At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest:After more than a decade at the highest levels of New York City government, culminating in four years as Speaker of the New York City Council, Miller co-founded Signature Urban Properties in 2007 to pursue transformational development in transitional urban areas. In both capacities, Miller specialized in leading complex projects to fruition as the driving force behind efforts as diverse as the creation of the High Line and, more recently, the construction of 2000 units of affordable housing in transitional neighborhoods in the Bronx.Since 2021, Miller has turned his attention to sourcing and investing in real estate, hospitality, and football opportunities in Portugal. Miller currently serves as President of Atlético CP SAD, a third division football club located in the heart of Lisbon.Miller is also extremely active as a non-profit leader, chairing NYC Outward Bound Schools and the Center for an Urban Future, as well as serving on the Executive Committee of the Friends of the High Line.Our Website:http://www.indicocapital.comFollow Indico on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/indicocapital/Follow Indico on LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/indico-capital-partners?trk=ppro_cprofFollow Indico on Medium:indicocapital.medium.com

January 5, 2026Episode 132 min

From Intern to Board Member | Vítor Gregório | The Red Chair

🎤 About The Red Chair:At our Lisbon office, we have a couple of big red, comfortable chairs that are perfect for a close and intimate conversation. We also happen to host a lot of remarkable people who drop by for a chat. We decided to combine the two, record those conversations and now we are sharing them with you every month!🤓 About our Guest: Vítor Gregório ended his long career in the Bosch Group as the only non German National, Resident or Speaker in the Board of Bosch Home Comfort, a division of the largest non publicly traded company in the world (www.Bosch.com). In his last position, he served as EVP of Global Sales, responsible for a P&L of over 2Bi Euros, managing a blend of emerging and mature markets with more than 1500 people in the Energy & Building Technology sector.For approximately 25 years, Vítor has been transforming the organization, making Bosch the leading brand in the HVAC industry, but also shaping businesses in the Consumer Goods and Automotive sectors. Before being promoted to the Board, he served as SVP for South Europe, Africa & Latam, after a transformative journey in North America. From 2015 to 2022, living in the US, served as President and CEO in North America, Vítor is credited with helping to define and execute on a groundbreaking restructuring and business turnaround, resulting in his division winning numerous awards and becoming the industry benchmark for customer centricity, innovation and high performance culture.Recognized for his entrepreneurial spirit, passion and leadership, Vítor’s experience over the last two decades also includes leading growth and expansion for various Bosch divisions across six countries and three continents, making him a completely “standout” in the German conglomerate.Vítor has a Bachelor degree from UBI in Portugal and MBA in Business Administration from IAE in Argentina and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. Originally from Portugal, Vítor lives now in Lisbon with his wife and two daughters, after 22 years living abroad.Passionate about living life to the fullest with his family, Vítor is an avid runner, skier and a lover of turtle necks and sneakers…

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Building $100M+ Tech I How Dyslexia Became a Gift I David Obershaw | The Red Chair

Deal Execution & How VCs Really Add Value I Rui Rodrigues | The Red Chair

Pioneering Impact VC | André Almeida Santos | The Red Chair

The Truth About Valuation Obsession & Picking the Right Board Members | André Penha | The Red Chair

The Only Two Traits a Founder Truly Needs. Rebuilding Caparica | Gregory Bernard I The Red Chair

The Art of the Hire I Sonia Shah | The Red Chair

Ukraine: The World’s New Defense Tech Lab I Dan Pasko | The Red Chair

Revolutionizing Education in Portugal I Barbara Lancastre | The Red Chair

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From Intern to Board Member | Vítor Gregório | The Red Chair

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