One of our goals as investors is to help our portfolio companies be as successful as possible. In addition to financial commitment, we strive to add value. Typically, the more information you share with us, the better we are able to understand your business and give relevant advice. …

As we move closer to 2030 “net zero” goals, the private sector is increasingly being held accountable for its environmental impact. It is expected to be instrumental in achieving emissions reduction targets, as well as meet other environmental goals including water & biodiversity preservation, or waste reduction & recycling. …

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, please send us your deck…

This article is part of a series we’re writing in collaboration with our network of Operating Partners at Samaipata. These posts strive to be useful & actionable for early stage startup founders, and cover most of the key challenges faced at this stage, ranging from tech hirings to culture growth…

We’re hiring a new Head of Growth Marketing! Please apply here 👈🏼 Who we are Samaipata is an early-stage pan-European venture capital fund. We are a founders’ fund led by two former entrepreneurs: José del Barrio, co-founder of the leading food-delivery platform in Spain (La Nevera Roja) sold to Rocket Internet for $100 million, and Eduardo Díez-Hochleitner founder of a 3D…

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? This is called “data network effects (nfx)”. Within a data network, they theoretically occur…

This article (Part 2) is a follow-up of an original post (Part 1) focused on defining network effects (nfx)and increasing returns how we understand it at Samaipata. So hopefully we can all agree now that network effects (nfx) are precious, as a powerful source of defensibility and value creation. The…

This article (Part 1) is an attempt to explain how we understand increasing returns and network effects at Samaipata. Part 2 is deep-diving into how to create network effects, how to measure them and what the future holds. Why we focus on Network effects at Samaipata: the power of Increasing Returns Historically we were living in a world of “diminishing returns”. As explained…

As we strive for transparency at Samaipata, this is an attempt 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, please do send…