About
Co-founder of Talkdesk and Cleverly, Galp board member, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in Enterprise Technology.
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Founder at Talkdesk
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Talkdesk's investors · 6
Co-founders at Talkdesk
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Tiago PaivaCEO
Experience
- Indico Capital PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2017 — presentLisbon, Portugal
- ZendeskVP, Productcurrent2021 — present
- GalpNon Executive Board Membercurrent2019 — present
- Cleverly.ai (acq. by Zendesk)Co-Founder and CEO2018 — 2021
- TalkdeskCo-Founder2011 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- World Economic ForumGlobal Agenda Council on Europe2014 — 2016
- World Economic ForumCurator Global Shapers Lisbon Hub2014 — 2015Lisbon Area, Portugal
- BouncelyCo-Founder2011Lisbon Area, Portugal
- VEEPCo-Founder2009 — 2011Lisbon Area, Portugal
- INESC-IDResearcher at Distributed Systems Group2008 — 2010
Skills & more
Management25Team Leadership21Team Management19Leadership13Public Speaking11Strategy13Entrepreneurship99Software Development77Business Strategy79Software Engineering56Start-ups43Programming26
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Computer ScienceMachine LearningConference SpeakingKnowledge ManagementAlgorithmsProduct ManagementProject ManagementOperations ManagementEngineering ManagementRuby on RailsCLinuxFrom Cristina's professional profile.
Network5
Charlie SonghurstScout
Sr. Venture Partner at Acequia Capital (AceCap)
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Filip DamesScout
Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures
Miguel Santo AmaroScout
Venture Partner & IC Member at Shilling VC
Ricardo Torgal
General Partner and CFO at Indico Capital Partners
Stephan de Moraes
Managing General Partner at Indico Capital Partners
Investors connected to Cristina in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Cristina Fonseca?
- Co-founder of Talkdesk and Cleverly, Galp board member, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in Enterprise Technology.
- Where does Cristina Fonseca work?
- Cristina Fonseca is Founder of Talkdesk.
- What check size does Cristina Fonseca write?
- Cristina Fonseca typically writes checks of $110K – $11M.
- What companies did Cristina Fonseca found?
- Cristina Fonseca founded Talkdesk.
- Where did Cristina Fonseca go to school?
- Cristina Fonseca studied at Instituto Superior Técnico (MSc, Network and Telecommunications); Singularity University (Global Solutions Program (GSP16), Exponential Technologies); Udacity (Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree, Artificial Intelligence).
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