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Managing General Partner

Stephan de Moraes

Impact investing challenges venture capitalists to prioritise more than just profit and support companies that aim to create a better world. An investor's reputation hinges on their ability to deliver strong returns. What happens when these priorities conflict and how can venture capitalists and their investments achieve financial success while also staying true to their ethical commitments?

Impact v profit: Finding balance as an investor

What are the most common mistakes that startup founders make when pitching to investors and what are the best strategies to avoid them? Join Cristina Fonseca and Stephan de Moraes from Indico Capital Partners as they give their top tips on how founders can put their best foot forward when looking to secure funding

The six capital sins of startups

Our ten group-round winners take to Centre Stage for the semi-final of PITCH.

Each of the semi-finalists has three minutes to pitch their businesses. Our judges then deliberate and choose three finalists to battle it out in the PITCH final.

Semi-finalists will be revealed following the group stages of the competition, taking place on day 1 of the event.

Meet our judges 
- Emily Fontaine from IBM
- Stephan Morais from Indico Capital Partners
- Anie Akpe from African Women In Tech (AWIT)
- Aline Oliveira Pezente from Traive
- Nicole Ingra from Ingra Labs
- Dan Gardner from Code and Theory
- Iryna Volnytska from SET University
- Brendan Yell from FusionAuth
- Tamara Steffens from Thomson Reuters Ventures
- Luis Castro Henriques from EDP
- Margot Weiss from Adobe
