Ricardo Jacinto left a stable corporate strategy role at a major Portuguese conglomerate to join Shilling VC when it was still tiny and unknown, combining his M&A background with hands-on founder experience as co-founder of Elecctro, an IoT platform for vending machines. He champions Shilling's unusual profit-sharing model where portfolio founders become co-owners of the fund itself, and focuses on ClimateTech and SpaceTech investments while leveraging a network that includes founders of Portuguese unicorns like Unbabel and Anchorage.