LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY

Managing Partner at THCAP, an early-stage VC firm backing founders in the US, Canada & EU. Family, traveling, skiing and squash are my passions outside THCAP.

[El Punt Avui 🎗️ @elpuntavui]

LUIS GUTIÉRREZ ROY | “Ben aviat veurem una correcció saludable en el capital de risc”

✍️ Àlex Segura https://t.co/3JGnfUkHsH

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

@elpuntavui Moltes gràcies per l’entrevista @_alexsegura_ 🙏

[Ezra AI Labs @ezraailabs]

I'm thrilled to announce that Ezra AI Labs has raised a pre-seed round with participation from a16z speedrun, Telegraph Hill Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) Angels Fund, and other strategic investors.

Ezra is an AI interviewer that supercharges your recruiting teams. It learns your job, understands what you're looking for in a perfect candidate, conducts convenient and quick interviews with candidates, and evaluates them for you. It's built on top of my proprietary voice AI system that's low-latency and contextually-aware.

After 18 months of solo development, what started as a simple question — can AI truly understand the human elements of hiring? — has evolved into something our early customers are finding transformative. I'm excited to work with Jonathan Lai at a16z speedrun as we scale.

I'm now ready to grow the team (beyond just me!). If you're passionate about AI, recruiting, or building products that genuinely help people connect, I'd love to hear from you.

https://t.co/4HIrMz1xnq

#AIStartup #VoiceAI #Recruiting #a16zspeedrun #Hiring #TalentAcquisition #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #HRTech #VentureCapital

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

@ezraailabs Super excited to be a part of the @ezraailabs journey from the start 🚀

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

@Spshulem 🤦😅

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

@chudson @newmike Agree strongly but I have to admit we’ve seen notable exceptions across our portfolios w/ distributed teams from the start. Some led by 1st time founders, others led by repeat founders. No clear pattern. But again these are a minority so I generally prefer non-distributed.

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

https://t.co/lLI0MHO7P6

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

Bam!! 🔥 https://t.co/MhniFPoQpx

[TELEGRAPH HILL CAP @Thcap2]

💥 Cusp Capital and Stage 2 Capital invest €6.2 million in Taclia. Congrats ⁦@AlexCasals⁩ and ⁦@taclia_es⁩ team. Honored join your journey since the early days. And welcome to new partners ⁦@Stage2Capital⁩ and ⁦@CuspCapital⁩ https://t.co/PqRyNmYzZ6

[TELEGRAPH HILL CAP @Thcap2]

Felicidades ⁦@AlexCasals⁩ y a todo el equipo ⁦@taclia_es⁩. Gracias por dejarnos compartir vuestro viaje desde los inicios. Bienvenidos ⁦@Stage2Capital⁩ y ⁦@CuspCapital⁩ !! Ahora a seguir remando 🚣‍♀️ https://t.co/OVxhDYdxT7

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

@etarczynski Great thread, @etarczynski! As I was reading, could see myself and everything I’ve gone through since launching @Thcap2 over a decade ago. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, so keep up with it and you’ll get the rewards… eventually!

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

@CelpaxBart @4YFN_MWC @MWCHub @GSMA Look forward to the session, Bart!

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@TessRachel @lolitataub @Thcap2 Certainly 👋🏼

[Jason Yeh @jayyeh]

The VC slowdown is real

But 400+ brave VCs still invested over $1M in seed deals last month

If you're raising soon, maybe start with them?

To help, I made a list of 418 investors who led round over $1M

If you want it
1. Comment "Nov Leads"
2. RT + Follow so I can DM it

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

@jayyeh Nov leads 🙏

[Bill Gurley @bgurley]

I put together a list of "red flags" that might help keep you out of the investor hurt locker.
https://t.co/svVeysEUqm

[Varun Dalal @varundalal]

https://t.co/HfumBpGhcP

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

This 👇🏼

[Andrea Funsten @AndreaFunsten]

The goalposts for raising a Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A round have changed since the Spring. Here are benchmarks that I would aim for as a founder of a SaaS or b2b fintech company in this current market

𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒

[TELEGRAPH HILL CAP @Thcap2]

Great session on “Talent for the Mediterranean” organized by #bnew2022 with amazing speakers such as ⁦@talentdotcom⁩ ‘s co-founder, co-CEO ⁦@lucas_martinez⁩ 👏🏼

[LUIS GUTIERREZ ROY @LGROY]

Look forward to moderating next week’s Pitch of the 4 Best Startups of Mobility organized by ⁦@BnewWeek⁩