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Rubén Domínguez Ibar
Co-Founder & Partner

Rubén Domínguez Ibar

About

Rubén is a Spanish industrial engineer (ICAI–ICADE, Universidad Pontificia Comillas) turned early-stage tech investor and media founder. After a stint as an energy consultant at Endesa, he joined Mundi Ventures — a global early-stage fund managing ~€500M — as an intern and rose to analyst (2022–25), launching The VC Corner on the side in November 2023. He later led investments and media at Itnig Capital in Barcelona before going all-in on his own media company in late 2025.

Today he writes The VC Corner, The AI Corner, and co-writes The Founders Corner with Chris Tottman (Notion Capital) — 370,000+ subscribers combined — co-hosts the Compound podcast with Guillermo, and scouts for a16z Speedrun. He is one of the most-followed VC voices in the world.

By the numbers

370K+ newsletter subscribers: The VC Corner (145K), The AI Corner (152K), The Founders Corner (77K)

337,000 LinkedIn followers — ranked #1 SaaS & AI LinkedIn thought leader (Researchly, 2026)

a16z Speedrun scout · top-10 business influencer in Spain (Favikon, 2026)

Co-hosts Compound — his Mark Cuban episode hit 500 hours of watch time in under 24 hours

Newsletters
On the Mic Compound podcastMark Cuban: the blueprint to make a successful startup ▶ Compound podcastChris Best: how Substack went from 0 to $1B ▶ Compound podcastStaffan Helgesson (Creandum): building a $2B fund ▶ IESE PE/VC Conference 2025Panel: Do VCs really add value? ▶
Selected Investments
Photos
Rubén and Guillermo live at SlushRubén and Guillermo, Compound podcast
In the News TechCrunchNamed angel in Charms.ai $1.5M pre-seed ↗ Researchly#1 SaaS & AI LinkedIn thought leader (2026) ↗ FavikonTop-20 business influencers in Spain (2026) ↗ Muck RackCreator profile for The VC Corner ↗