Inside seedcamp Playbook for Finding Billion Dollar Startups | Carlos Eduardo Espinal

About this episode

Carlos Espinal discusses his journey in venture capital and how Seedcamp identifies billion-dollar startups.

Today’s guest on the show is Carlos Espinal, Managing Partner at Seedcamp, one of Europe’s leading seed-stage venture capital funds, with early investments in companies like Wise, Revolut, and UiPath. In this episode, host Matthew Chung, founder of Work in Fintech, sits down with Carlos Espinal to unpack: ✅ Carlos early career & how he got into venture capital ✅ How Seedcamp spots billion-dollar founders before anyone else ✅ The key traits that separate exceptional founders from everyon...

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Chung

Guest: Carlos Espinal

Topics covered

• venture capital
• startup funding
• entrepreneurship
• founder traits
• investment strategies

Keywords

• Seedcamp
• venture capital
• billion-dollar startups
• founder traits
• investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seedcamp, Wise, Revolut, UiPath

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