I’m 100% with you, François.
Javier Megías and Nacho had already built something powerful with Spainstartupmap, which I became a fan of and a contributor to, and which I used in a good number of talks to give a picture of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Spain and how it was evolving. With StartupXplore we will certainly stand up to AngelList and have an at-a-glance snapshot of Spanish startups.
I also like your point of view on mentor-investors. Since I can’t invest for the time being, I contribute hours of advice to startups in exchange for equity, and I love this model because it undoubtedly makes me much more involved in the project: I help them with their marketing strategy, sales, visibility and so on.
Thank you for being one of the most prominent players in the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem, despite being Belgian 😉
I’ve known Javier Megías (founder and CEO of Startupxplore) for 3 years. Perhaps you’ve seen the video interview he did with me back then… At that time Javier was a trainer, business angel and adviser to startups and investors. We kept in touch and crossed paths on several occasions. Javier is so active and so well connected that it’s hard not to bump into him every now and then 😉
Alongside his advisory projects, at the end of 2012 Javier and his partner Nacho Ormeño (@nacho_orme, CTO) launched Spainstartupmap, a map of the Spanish “startup ecosystem”, with startups, investors, accelerators, suppliers… SpainStartupMap was a preliminary step towards a more ambitious project: competing with AngelList as a website with information on startups, as a catalyst for funding rounds and as a platform for group investment (“syndicates“). And so Startupxplore was born.
I found the idea very interesting: bringing transparency to the ecosystem…
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