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Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Managing Partner at Seedcamp: European tech moved from small thinking to building for global stage
Description
Investing has shifted from backing products to backing teams, and now increasingly to backing execution, as building products becomes easier.
Carlos Eduardo Espinal, Managing Partner at Seedcamp, says the focus today is on founders who can attract strong teams and execute clearly from the start.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:08 - How Europe’s ambition has changed
2:07 - Where Europe still lags: growth capital and liquidity
5:11 - Why Seedcamp stayed early-stage
7:06 - Key decisions that shaped Seedcamp
10:29 - Adapting to faster markets and AI
12:04 - Generalist vs specialist investing
15:00 - Moving into deep tech, space and robotics
20:03 - How Carlos’ investing approach evolved
23:27 - New founder profiles in the AI era