Funds of Focal: Stephanie Chan, Investment Manager at Samaipata

Jack Richardson
Focal Demo Day
Published in
2 min readAug 10, 2023

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As an ardent admirer of Samaipata’s exceptional work, we’re stoked to share with you this week’s conversation with Stephanie.

Samaipata is a pan-European fund investing in digital businesses with network effects at the early stage.

Samaipata’s investment strategy?

At Samaipata, they focus on making big change, but making change together by investing in the biggest waves of innovation. They care for individuals that dare to be ambitious and push the boundaries.

A recent investment Stephanie is excited about

Nory — a verticalised SaaS for restaurants to optimise back-end operations. Nory recognises that the hospitality industry deserves better and has the ambition to help businesses not only survive but thrive.

The Nory team

Why partner with Focal?

‘To find and meet the top-quality seed founders in UK and Europe’

Favourite member of the Focal team, and why?

Hector — welcome to the game — having a notable mention from Stephanie, she also recognises Taos and Jack for how they have been ‘instrumental to making the magic happen.’

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