My guest today is Carina Szpilka, General Partner at K Fund. 

• Carina Szpilka
• 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