Spain

14 statements across 8 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement May 29, 2020 by Avi Meir · said 86 times in 40 episodes since 2015 · across every show →

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Everything said about Spain, oldest first

May 29, 2020
Disclosure
Meir: TravelPerk went remote weeks before Spain mandated lockdowns
“We stopped using the office a week or two before it was mandatory here in Spain.”
Avi Meir May 29, 2020 ▶ 5:13 20VC: TravelPerk's Avi Meir on Why 2021 Will Be A Record Year For Business Travel, The 3 Priorities For All Founders During COVID, What VCs Can Do To Really Support Their Founders In A Recession
Nov 2, 2022 negative
What-if
Ilishayev: GoPuff should have exited Spain immediately after acquiring Dija
“We got into Spain via the Deja acquisition, and We probably should have pulled out immediately instead of waiting to pull out.”
Rafael Ilishayev Nov 2, 2022 ▶ 34:42 GoPuff CEO Rafael Ilishayev: The Plan to Make GoPuff Profitable by 2024 | 20VC #944 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 29, 2024 bearish
Opinion
Asparouhov: Western Europe is in societal collapse from socialism and regulation
“When you look at United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, et cetera, they're all just like completely, you know, sort of falling into societal collapse all for, you know, sort of slightly different reasons, but it comes down to a complete lack of, you know, sor…”
Delian Asparouhov Jul 29, 2024 ▶ 3:57 Delian Asparouhov: Inside the Walls of Founders Fund: What the World Does Not See | E1183 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 13, 2024 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Hudack: 99% of people in Spain used WhatsApp when Facebook acquired it
“When Facebook bought WhatsApp, I think 99% of people in Spain had WhatsApp. It was some of the most incredible market penetration ever.”
Mike Hudack Sep 13, 2024 ▶ 23:28 Mike Hudack: How Facebook, Monzo and Deliveroo Build Great Products | E1201 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 28, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Khachab: Spanish restaurants order from 18 suppliers compared to four in US
“The average restaurant in the US and Germany orders from four and a half different suppliers. Yeah. So say one for fish and one for meat and one for drinks and so on. France we had nine, much more specialty, more focused on food and so on and so forth. In Spai…”
Daniel Khachab Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 56:53 Daniel Khachab: "We Are in the Middle of a Cold War for AI Talent" | E1220 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2025 positive
Insight
First-Generation Food Delivery Platforms Left Massive City Supply Unlocked
“There was the generation one of food delivery in, in the case of Spain, Barcelona, where we started the business, it was Just Eat that basically had a marketplace where they aggregated restaurants that did the delivery themselves, but there wasn't a marketplac…”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 2:43 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2025
Disclosure
Glovo Rejected a €100M Acquisition Offer Despite Half the Board Favoring It
“I think a hundred million. And we had half of the board was in favor of taking it.”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 47:54 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Feb 2030
Online Grocery Penetration in Spain Will Grow to Between 20% and 30%
“Two percent of groceries industries online. We're fully convinced that this two percent will turn into 20, 30%.”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 46:48 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Oscar Pierre Faces a Potential Six-Year Prison Sentence Over Glovo's Labor Model
“And unfortunately, the, yeah, the country where we suffer from regulation the most is Spain. I'm not going to go into the details, but it's so extreme that I'm now in a criminal process for so the, yeah, the prosecutor, the general attorney accused me with six…”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 59:32 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2025
Disclosure
McDonald's Once Accounted for 70% of Glovo's Order Volume in Spain
“At some point it was very scary because 70% of our volume in Spain was McDonald's, but I was okay because I knew this was just, it was just part of the customer flow.”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 15:55 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2025
Insight
Food Delivery Network Effects Stop at National Borders
“When you cross the border, it doesn't matter how big and how well-known your brand is in Spain. You go to Portugal and you start from zero.”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 6:59 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Feb 26, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Spain's Offline Grocery Market Is €120B With Only 2% Online Penetration
“The groceries offline market is a hundred and twenty billion out of which only two percent is online. Two percent of groceries industries online.”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 46:39 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 12, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Delivery Hero became market leader in Spain, Italy, Poland, and Norway
“We entered as a number two and number three, number four player in those markets. And we are now the largest.”
Niklas Östberg Mar 12, 2025 ▶ 15:35 Niklas Östberg, Founder @ Delivery Hero: Competing with Uber and Doordash in a Capital Arms Race · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 19, 2025
Assertion Open
Hacker: Duolingo proactively restored user streaks during Iberian power outages
“By the way, also when there's, you know, there was a power outage in, in Portugal and Spain, we proactively extended their streak, so, so they don't lose it.”
Severin Hacker May 19, 2025 ▶ 50:29 Duolingo Co-Founder, Severin Hacker: How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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