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Carlos Eduardo Espinal MBE

Seedcamp
Venture Capital LinkedIn
#145
LinkedIn Rank
1,653
Benchmarker Score
25
Posts
1,461
Likes
96
Comments
58
Avg Likes
4
Avg Comments
1,557
Total Engagement
62
Engagement Rate
0.7
Posts/Week
Monthly
Posting Regularity
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Data last refreshed: April 20, 2026

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20 posts

Finding new investors is part of a founder’s core duties. A warm introduction is always better, but you will eventually hit the limit of your personal network and need to rely on cold outbound emai...

Founder & Startup Advice Article Fundraising Founder Journey Apr 07, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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One thing that I've learned is that sometimes the best companies are built not on inspiration, but from frustration. When we first met Steven Hunter and Huss E., they had both walked away from ca...

Investment Announcements Article Fintech SaaS Series C Valuations Revenue Growth Mar 31, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Keeping investors informed is a vital way to connect with your most loyal advocates. Composing these communications can be tricky. We previously offered advice with the PPP approach (see comments f...

Founder & Startup Advice Article Founder Journey Fundraising Seed Stage Mar 23, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Huge achievement for Nik Storonsky and the entire Revolut team!

Portfolio Company Wins Article Fintech Portfolio Management Mar 11, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Thanks for sharing your insights from experiences learned Kate McGinn! Kate does a brilliant job reframing product–market fit as a moving, relational target rather than a static milestone, especia...

Founder & Startup Advice Text Product-Market Fit Artificial Intelligence Product Development Feb 26, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Avoid rolling out AI backwards: pick a tool, mandate it, then hunt for problems. It looks orderly, but it often kills learning and produces automations nobody trusts. A better approach is to start...

Founder & Startup Advice Article Artificial Intelligence Automation MLOps AI Safety & Ethics Feb 25, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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A friend said something that’s been stuck in my head: faster companies can take slower companies’ customers simply by showing up when everyone else slows down. I wrote up what it means for mindset ...

Founder & Startup Advice Article Operational Excellence Competitive Advantage Customer Acquisition Feb 16, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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And a fun start to this partnership with bumping into Roxanne VARZA in Stockholm of all places!

Ecosystem & Community Building Video (LinkedIn Source) N/A Feb 11, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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It’s been such a privilege to work with Victor Riparbelli and Steffen Tjerrild and the whole Synthesia team alongside long time friends like Evan Nisselson. The journey to date has been nothing but...

Portfolio Company Wins Image Generative AI Artificial Intelligence Portfolio Management Jan 27, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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We’re moving from a trust-centric world to a trust-reduced one. Venture capital doesn’t stop in moments like this, but it does adapt. When trust erodes, some industries are amplified, others stru...

Market Analysis & Trends Article Macroeconomics Market Cycles Industry Trends Investment Thesis Jan 09, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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At the start of every year, we tweak how we create space before things accelerate. The format changes, but the goal does not. No offsite. No deck marathon. Just a focused reset to process what happ...

Team & Firm Culture Article Company Culture Leadership Team Building Dec 10, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Exciting opportunity to work with us in the new year! We promise it will be a career highlight of a lifetime!

Team & Firm Culture Article Hiring & Talent Company Culture Dec 10, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Most startup weekly (or relevant interval) investor updates say a lot but communicate very little. Clicks instead of traction. Admin tasks instead of momentum. It’s noise, not progress. I’ve rew...

Founder & Startup Advice Article Operational Excellence Startup Metrics Fundraising Dec 04, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Amazing work from our colleague James Wright to help founders with the most critical element of early stage growth: people.

Team & Firm Culture Image Hiring & Talent Team Building Company Culture Nov 13, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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My colleague Kate McGinn set herself the challenge of understanding the founder journey first-hand. Rather than leave Seedcamp to pursue it, she spent time inside Seedcamp company Ferry to learn by...

Founder & Startup Advice Text Founder Journey Nov 04, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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I've known Jay Bregman since the day when he transformed transport in London many years ago, and he's been pioneering new markets ever since. The Seedcamp team is excited to back him and Ritu Malho...

Investment Announcements Image Digital Health Fundraising Seed Stage Oct 20, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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If you missed our first opportunity to work together a week or so ago.. this is an even newer opportunity for you if you are interested in helping build out our ecosystem!

Ecosystem & Community Building Image N/A Oct 14, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Being a startup founder and CEO is often times about making difficult decisions very quickly and constantly task switching with colleagues in different functions. Recently I went to visit a searc...

Founder & Startup Advice Article Leadership Operational Excellence Team Building Oct 13, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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We'd love to work with you! If you're passionate about communications... everything ranging from social media, photography/video, telling stories, working with founders, working in a fast paced en...

Team & Firm Culture Image Hiring & Talent Social Media Marketing Brand Building Oct 08, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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So great to be part of David Mytton and the Arcjet team's journey!

Portfolio Company Wins Text Portfolio Management Oct 08, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Rank History

Apr 2026
#148

Content Categories

Founder & Startup Advice 8
Portfolio Company Wins 5
Team & Firm Culture 5
Ecosystem & Community Building 3
Investment Announcements 2

Topics & Themes

Fundraising Portfolio Management Hiring & Talent Team Building Company Culture Founder Journey Operational Excellence Fintech Artificial Intelligence Regulation & Policy Seed Stage Leadership Digital Health Social Media Marketing Brand Building B2C International Expansion Sustainability Clean Energy

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 94 of 376 in Venture Capital

Posts
51
Carlos: 25 ↓
Likes
21,855
Carlos: 1,461 ↓
Comments
1,662
Carlos: 96 ↓
Avg Likes
291.4
Carlos: 58.4 ↓
Avg Comments
20.9
Carlos: 3.8 ↓
Benchmarker Score
25,178
Carlos: 1,653 ↓
Posts/Week
2.4
Carlos: 0.7 ↓
Avg Post Length
447 chars
Carlos: 333 ↓
Trending Topics (Top Quartile)
Artificial Intelligence Regulation & Policy Industry Trends Founder Journey Fundraising