Opinion

July 18, 2025

The substackification of VC

If all VCs become content creators, what does that mean for the industry?

Steph Bailey

6 min read

Two years ago, 23-year-old Rubén Dominguez Ibar was interning at Spanish VC Mundi Ventures and decided to write and publish some thoughts on a website which was “a bit of a thing”. 

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Steph Bailey

Steph Bailey is head of content at Sifted. Follow her on Twitter and LinkedIn

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