Irene Rita Costa

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Investment Analyst, Redwood Ventures - board work · due diligence · venture capital

Redwood Ventures
Lisbon, Portugal · WET (UTC+0)
2+ years experience
École Polytechnique
English, Portuguese
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Overview

Investment Analyst at Redwood Ventures, backing fintech companies. Previously an operator for 7 years before investing. Bird-watcher and amateur naturalist.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in fintech
  • Second opinions on due diligence decisions
Please don't message about
  • Unpaid work or spec projects
  • Fund-of-funds solicitations
  • Decks without a clear ask

Replies on weekday evenings

Skills
board workventure capitaldue diligence
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $2M cheques into pre-seed fintech in Southeast Asia

Cheque size
$2M
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Fintech, B2B SaaS
Geographies
US and Europe
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Typically lead or co-lead. Former operator - I help with hiring and GTM.

Lisbon, Portugal · remote OKventure capitalboard workdue diligence

Experience

  1. Investment Analyst
    Apr 2026 - Present
    Redwood Ventures · 6 mo · Full-time · Lisbon, Portugal
    • Backed 14 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Sit on 2 boards.
    • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
  2. Group Product Manager
    Oct 2024 - Apr 2026
    Philips · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Lisbon, Portugal
    • Cut time-to-first-value for new lending customers from 9 days to 3.

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Education

  1. École Polytechnique
    Ingénieur, Computer Science
    2020 - 2024

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