2024 was a year of growth and resilience. Despite a challenging environment for venture-backed startups, we witnessed resilience, innovation, and incredible achievements from our founders, team, and community. From major funding rounds to new investments, team promotions, and the launch of our new substack publication, Samaipata continued to build momentum across all fronts. 

Ecosystem is quite a buzzword in the world of entrepreneurship and innovation. While I find it cringey, it does capture the reality of functional entrepreneurial hubs. These are definitely systems, where interconnectivity between different nodes is critical for individual and collective success. In this article we touch upon closely related drivers of interconnectivity - founder mafias, exits and stock options - in the context of the Spanish entrepreneurial system.

As we strive for transparency at Samaipata, we want to shed some light on our investment thesis and on some of the key questions entrepreneurs often ask us. If the answers laid out below fit with what you’re looking for from a potential VC investor, we would like to hear from you! We review all opportunities sent to us.

The software industry will have to bring the power of AI to the broader economy and face a collective innovators dilemma in doing so. Traditional SaaS solutions were originally designed to simplify specific tasks within job descriptions and boost overall productivity. They serve as tools that augment human work but ultimately require a workforce to operate them.

Every year at Samaipata, we host our Founders' Retreat—The Hive Summit—under our Founders’ Success Platform, "The Hive." Celebrating its second edition this year in sunny Mallorca, the Summit brought together the founders of our portfolio companies, operating partners, and some of Samaipata's close friends. This retreat is designed to strengthen the bonds within our community, fostering meaningful connections and facilitating collaboration among all attendees.

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