Jose del Barrio

Founder and Managing Partner

2015 - Current

Samaipata is a Pan-European early-stage fund investing in digital businesses with network effects. Currently managing €150m across different vehicles. Our first fund was launched in 2016 (€30m) and our second fund in 2020 (€110m). If you dare to be bold. To think differently. To better the world. We’ll back you. Get in touch!

Board Member

2023

Samaipata led Embat's Seed round in Q1-23

Board Member

2018

Investor

2021

Board member

2018 - 2021

Board Member

2020

Samaipata led Retraced's seed round in Q4 2020

Board Member

2019

Samaipata led Geomiq's Seed round in Feb 2019

Board Member

2018

Samaipata led Matera's €2m seed round in June 2018

Early stage Investor

2017

Mentor

2017

We are the Leading Global Community Of, By, and For High-Impact Entrepreneurs, those who dream bigger, scale faster, and pay it forward.

Board Member

2015 - 2021

(acquired by ISRG, owned by JD Sports, $3b Market cap) It was an honor to serve as board member and lead investor of Deporvillage from our first investment until it was sold to ISRG, owned by Jd Sports (€3b market cap). Deporvillage is a high-growth e-commerce company in the sports and wellness space. We saw the business grow from €5m to ~€200m in revenue in just six years. As lead investors, we were proud to support the founders along the journey, finding the right buyer for the company as well as negotiating the successful exit. Deporvillage was the first "home run" for Samaipata.