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▶ 22:04 · $SLOW-MOTION · US fund backs creators who launch product businesses after building audiences
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SeedRocket TV

Vender tu startup: todo lo que aprendimos después del EXIT

2025-11-26 · 12 company · 10 thematic
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blanca miñano

Founder of Skinvity, a beauty-tech company that scaled to 1M ARR in 2023 primarily through a systematic organic influencer marketing methodology across Spain and the US. Advocates for rigorous influencer measurement using tools like Metricool and professional content teams.

pablo carrayo

Pablo founded and sold a patent and trademark search software company (2023) to a Spanish sector-agnostic fund where he remains an LP. He now invests personally and via the fund, focusing on businesses with strong technology moats. He highlights the creator-led brand model (Slow Motion fund) as a new paradigm. Mentor at SeedRocket.

enrico

Enrico refounded Espamina (cloud email security), merged with a larger German player, executed three add-ons, and sold to Providence PE; the combined entity (Hornet Security) was later flipped to Proofpoint for ~$1B. He now runs Adendum Capital, deploying personal capital into early-stage cybersecurity with hands-on support. Mentor at SeedRocket.

juan pablo tejela

Juan Pablo co-founded Metricool, a bootstrapped social media management platform, with his wife. They executed two partial exits (Spanish growth fund 2022, Team Blue 2024) while retaining a significant stake and operational autonomy. He actively angels via a family office structure and emphasizes content-driven growth (45-person marketing team, 5 languages). Mentor at SeedRocket.

jesús monleón

Host of SeedRocket's 4Founders podcast; runs Go Trendier (a secondhand fashion marketplace) and 4Founders; actively applies AI learnings from guests to his own companies.

quote
“Yo soy un bellver a raíz de este podcast, tío. Soy un beliver de que hay un en Estados Unidos hay, yo creo que se llama slow motion, que hay un fondo... que solo se dedica a invertir en creadores de contenido que luego sacaron un negocio.…”
—pablo carrayo
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