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$SPANISH-SECTOR-LEADER-FUND · Undisclosed Spanish fund buys category leaders across sectors, adds operational leverage
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$SKINVITYbullish· high· posblanca miñano
Bootstrapped cosmetic tech hit €4M revenue via systematic influencer marketing
Skinvity reached €4M ARR in year five with zero outside funding by running a disciplined influencer program: 10+ daily mentions, product-for-collaboration model, UTM/coupon attrib…
Undisclosed Spanish fund buys category leaders across sectors, adds operational leverage
Pablo Carrayo sold his patent/trademark software company to a Spanish fund that acquires market leaders in diverse sectors (including notaries); as an LP he observes the fund appl…
$ADENDUM-CAPITALbullish· high· posenrico
Enrico runs own-capital cybersecurity fund with hands-on model
Enrico deploys personal capital via Adendum Capital into early-stage cybersecurity, writing larger tickets than typical angels and providing hands-on operational support; currentl…
$METRICOOLbullish· high· posjuan pablo tejela
Bootstrapped social media tool hit $3M ARR via US influencers, partial exits to Team Blue
Metricool grew organically to 140 employees and tens of millions ARR without outside capital; US influencer marketing drove 1M to 3M ARR in 2023, leading to two partial exits (Spa…
$TEAM-BLUEbullish· high· posjuan pablo tejela
European roll-up keeps founders autonomous, enables cross-sell across 60+ brands
Team Blue, a PE-backed European industrial group, acquires majority stakes in hosting and SaaS companies but retains founders with full operational autonomy, fostering a network f…
Enrico built and sold email security leader to PE, later flipped to Proofpoint for ~$1B
Enrico refounded Espamina, merged with a larger German player, executed three add-on acquisitions, sold to Providence PE, which subsequently flipped the combined entity (Hornet Se…
US fund backs creators who launch product businesses after building audiences
Slow Motion invests in content creators (e.g., a DIY tools YouTuber) who first build audience trust via content, then launch physical product businesses that convert that trust in…
$INDEXA-CAPITALbullish· medium· posjesús monleón
Indexa used as core long-term passive allocation in post-exit portfolio
Jesús allocates long-term bucket to Indexa's robo-advised funds, believing time in market beats timing; he combines this with medium-term real estate flipping (12% target) and sho…
$ORCL···bearish· mediumenrico
Oracle's AI data center debt raises CDS spreads as contracts pay in 2027-28
Oracle borrowed heavily to build GPU data centers for AI workloads, but revenue contracts only start paying in 2027-28; credit default swaps have widened as the market questions n…
$MSFT···neutral· mediumenrico
Microsoft shifting capex from software to AI data centers, issuing debt for first time
Microsoft and Google are redirecting massive software cash flows into AI infrastructure build-out, even issuing corporate debt for the first time to fund data center construction,…
$GOOGL···neutral· mediumenrico
Google joining Microsoft in unprecedented data center debt issuance for AI
Google is mirroring Microsoft's pivot: pulling investment from software engineering into AI data center construction and tapping debt markets for the first time to finance the bui…
$GO-TRENDIERbullish· high· posjesús monleón
Fashion marketplace processes 200k+ monthly transactions, building AI marketing brain
Go Trendier operates a peer-to-peer fashion marketplace with 200k+ monthly transactions and 50k+ daily listings; the founder is consolidating all data into an AI layer to automate…