About This Fund
Indico VC III is a €125 million venture capital fund raised by Índico Capital Partners, a Lisbon-based independent VC manager founded in 2017. The fund launched in November 2025 and secured a €30 million anchor commitment from the European Investment Fund (EIF), reflecting strong institutional confidence in Índico's track record across Southern Europe. The fund targets early-stage technology companies at the Seed to Series B stages, writing initial cheques between €500,000 and €10 million, with a focus on founders with roots in Portugal, Spain, and Italy — including those who have relocated to the United States, United Kingdom, or other major innovation hubs.
The fund's investment thesis is concentrated on four high-conviction verticals: Enterprise SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech, and emerging frontier sectors such as Spacetech and Oceantech. This sector selection reflects Índico's observation that Southern European founders are increasingly building globally competitive products in deep-tech and AI, benefiting from world-class engineering universities and growing R&D ecosystems in Lisbon, Barcelona, and Milan. The fund also considers opportunities in Cybersecurity and advanced software, areas where Portuguese and Spanish talent pipelines have shown consistent quality.
Índico Capital Partners has managed five prior funds totalling over €240 million in assets under management and has backed 53 portfolio companies, which together have raised over €2.5 billion in follow-on financing. Managing General Partner Stephan de Moraes leads the investment team. The EIF's €30 million anchor commitment under the InvestEU Programme underscores the fund's role in channelling institutional capital toward Southern European deeptech innovation.