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▶ 11:12 · Creator Economy · Influencer marketing becomes primary CAC channel; content creation is the new brand building
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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.

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