Carina Szpilka
Jun 18, 2025•44 min•Ep. 3
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Episode description
My guest today is Carina Szpilka, General Partner at K Fund.
Carina and her partners founded K Fund in 2016, marking an important milestone in the growth of the Spanish venture market. The K Fund founders emphasized operating experience, focusing on partnering with their portfolio companies to build great products and companies. Today, K Fund manages over 500M euros.
Carina and I discuss
- The impact of the recent Spanish Startup Law, a law Carina helped pass in her role as then President of Adigital.
- How the Spanish venture market has changed in the past 7 yrs
- The relationship between VC returns and the Spanish economy
- K Fund's growth into Latin America
- Her philosophy for investing
- And more
Here is the Deal Room report referenced by Carina in the conversation
Spanish Startups and Venture Capital - 2023
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