Episodes

April 2, 2024

Sandra Nolasco, Twinco Capital

My guest today is Sandra Nolasco, Founder and CEO of Twinco Capital: Twinco is an ambitous, mission driven fintech company based in Madrid providing financing to small and medium sized companies around the world.  Throug…
March 20, 2024

Aris Xenofontos & Mary Egan, Seaya Ventures

My guests today are Aris Xenofontos and Mary Egan from Seaya Ventures: Seaya is a top VC fund in Spain, with over 650M Euros in assets under management. The fund has supported Spanish tech breakouts like Glovo, Wallbox …
March 7, 2024

Fernando Pedraz, Reveni

My guest today is Fer Pedraz, founder and CEO of Reveni:   "Your pessimism is my opportunity."  With a nod to Jeff Bezos, that's my summary of Reveni's approach.  Fer and team are on a mission to help retailers improve t…
March 1, 2024

Marta Higuera, Insud Pharma

My guest this week is Marta Higuera, AI Labs Director at Insud Pharma:   Our conversation focuses on building an entrepreneurial career:  how to navigate a 'sea of gray', in Marta's words, when making career decisions. A…
Jan. 31, 2024

Carme Artigas, AI Regulation

Today, we have a special episode.  On Dec 9, 2023, European Parliament negotiators and the Council presidency on the final version of the world's first-ever comprehensive legal framework on Artificial Intelligence; the EU A…
Dec. 27, 2023

Sergio Gonzalez, Piper AI

My guest this week is Sergio Gonzalez, co-founder of Piper AI: Along with his two co-founders, Sergio is building Piper as a generation AI CRM.  He comes to the challenge after years leading sales ops and sales teams at …
Dec. 18, 2023

Haydee Barroso, Atani

My guest his week is Haydee Barroso, founder and CEO of Atani: Atani is a European-regulated company that has built the first crypto broker that enables access to all the crypto market with only one account. Atani aggreg…
Dec. 12, 2023

Jose Bayon - CEO of Enisa

My guest today is Jose Bayon, CEO of Enisa.   ENISA is a state owned company integrated into the Spanish Government’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism. ENISA's mission is to promote entrepreneurship and support…
Nov. 29, 2023

Isabel Rodriquez

My guest today is Isabel Rodriquez, Partner at King & Wood Mallesons: Isabel is the head of the Investment Funds team at King & Wood and the preeminent attorney in Spain for all things venture capital.  She advises LPs a…
Nov. 20, 2023

Juan Montero, Fence

My guest today is Juan Montero, Founder and CEO of Fence. Fence is building internet native debt capital markets.  The first offering is a SaaS product that allows asset based lenders to monitor a portfolio of loans in r…
Nov. 7, 2023

Rika Christanto, LifeX

My guest today is Rika Christanto, Partner at LifeX Ventures. Rika is a global investor, based in Madrid.  She and the team at LifeX invest in software and AI companies focused on improving outcomes in health and climate…
Oct. 31, 2023

Gioia Cerbelli, GP Bullhound

My guest today is Gioia Cerbelli, VP of GP Bullhound and co-founder of Calafia Syndicate. Gioia brings a wide lens to our study of the Spanish venture market, advising founders when selling their company to large interna…
Oct. 23, 2023

Carina Szpilka, K Fund

My guest today is Carina Szpilka, General Partner at K Fund.  Carina and her partners founded K Fund in 2016, marking an important milestone in the growth of the Spanish venture market.  The K Fund founders emphasized op…
Oct. 17, 2023

Sonia Fernandez, Kibo Ventures

My guest today is Sonia Fernandez, Partner at Kibo Ventures.  Sonia brings a multi-decade perspective on building technology companies in Spain.  She is both an operator, having led the Spanish offices for MercadoLibre a…
Sept. 28, 2023

Trailer

Today, Spain is the fastest growing large economy in Europe.  A rapidly growing technology industry is driving optimism and creating new global champions for the Spanish economy.  Companies like , , , and all begun in Spain…