Investing in the Future of Sales, and Marketing | Jorge Martinez-Arroyo of COREangels EnterpriseTech

In this episode of The Startup Vagabond, Grant Watkins sits down with Jorge Martinez-Arroyo, Managing Director and Co-Founder of COREangels EnterpriseTech, a micro VC fund specializing in MarTech, SalesTech, and AI-powered customer innovation.

💡 Topics Covered:

– How Jorge transitioned from banking and consulting to early-stage investing

– The power of specialized VC funds in an increasingly crowded ecosystem

– Why Europe is over-regulating AI and losing its edge

– The importance of investing in coachable founders and “smart money” relationships

– Global trends: from startups moving teams abroad for cost savings to AI disrupting marketing, sales, and product development

– What founders get wrong: building for investors instead of customers, and how to fix it