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We are an early-stage founders’ fund investing in digital platforms with network effects across Europe.
Venture Capital: Debt & Tech
At Samaipata we have spent a fair amount of time in recent months looking at capital-intensive tech businesses within our investment thesis across different sectors, B2B and B2C (quick refresher: we are a pre-series A fund investing in digital platforms with network effects at scale across Europe).
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The Hive, or How We Are Building a Portfolio Support Plaform at Samaipata
A product is often said to be at the intersection of business needs, UX and engineering. In the case of a VC Platform, we are at the intersection of boosting fund returns (the Business) by building value-adding solutions for our founders (the UX) while finding scalable ways of doing it (the Stack/Engineering). Yes, Platform owners are Product builders.
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4 weapons and 6 tactics to ignite your network effects and solve the cold start problem
I started my studies with engineering and I studied maths and physics before going into economics, business and management, which arrived quite late in my curriculum.
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How to Turn Your Early-Stage Startup into a Revenue Machine
Calling out to all early-stage B2B founders — Your product seems to have a strong market fit and your founder-led sales efforts have delivered some early successes through personal connections and fellow startups. But what does it really take to scale up your sales funnel?
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How & When to Set Up a Proper Data Stack in an Early Stage Startup
What does Gitlab, Airbnb and Stitch Fix have in common? Not a lot at first sight! Very different business models, spamming different industries… Yet, those 3 companies have understood very early on how data can be leveraged as a key source of competitive advantage: in each of their internal cultures, data is not considered as a service, but rather as a product.
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How to Build a Great Tech Team at Seed Stage
Who are the first key people to hire when building a digital business? Not an easy question to answer, right? Your first tech commando and your first engineers are very important characters on your journey and should be chosen carefully.
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Deporvillage: Our First Investment, Our First Home Run & Some Learning Curves
Whether as an investor, an entrepreneur, or in everyday life, luck plays an important role. I think this is one of those strokes of luck.
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Cheat Sheet #3: Key Metrics to Track for B2B SaaS Platforms
For our final Cheat Sheet, we’re covering key metrics for B2B SaaS platforms. That’s right — FINALLY! In case you missed it we also have Cheat Sheet #1 for Marketplaces and Cheat Sheet #2 for Consumer platforms.
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Startup Growth Pains: what are they and how to navigate through them (with the great Kintxo Cortés!)
Over the last months I have had the immense pleasure to learn from and work with Kintxo Cortés, current General Manager at Shopify Spain and luckily, one of Samaipata’s operating partners in The Hive (our network of advisors working with our portfolio on a weekly basis).
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Is Data the New Holy Grail for Platforms?
The more people search online, the more data they generate, the more Google can improve their algo performance and personalise the search experience, making their engine in turn more valuable to each user. Pretty amazing uh?
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When Should I Raise Money?: Key Milestones Ahead of Your Seed Round
At Samaipata we meet hundreds of inspiring entrepreneurs every month, and we thought it was time to share some tips on what to get under your belt before raising seed money.
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Cheat Sheet #2: Key Metrics to Track for Consumer Apps and Networks
Welcome back to our Cheat Sheet series! For #2, we’re covering key metrics for consumer networks and apps. In case you missed it, here’s Cheat Sheet #1 for key metrics to track for marketplaces!
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Somos un fondo early stage, creado por y para fundadores, que invierte en negocios digitales con efectos de red.
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A rebufo de modelos fundacionales como ChatGPT o Midjourney, las startups tienen la oportunidad de diseñar sus propias capas de software sin necesidad de recurrir a grandes cantidades de capital.
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Fuentes de Financiación de Startups
¿Quieres saber cuáles son las principales formas de financiar una startup? El equipo de inversión de Samaipata explica brevemente las principales fuentes de financiación de negocios tecnológicos.
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Carrera en Venture Capital
¿Alguna vez te has preguntado qué es Venture Capital (VC)? ¿Cómo funciona un fondo de Venture Capital? El equipo de inversión de Samaipata te lo cuenta de primera mano.
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¿Qué es Venture Capital?
¿Alguna vez te has preguntado qué es Venture Capital (VC)? ¿Cómo funciona un fondo de Venture Capital? El equipo de inversión de Samaipata te lo cuenta de primera mano.
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