DeMeireles: Minority investors only control capital sources, funding targets, and hiring
Marco De Morales · Allan Jean-Baptiste and Marco DeMeireles – Under-covered Venture Markets and Teams at Ansa Capital (Manager Meetings, EP.36) · Sep 1, 2022 · at 36:50
Marco DeMeireles, co-founder of Ansa Capital, reflects with interviewer Andy Golden on the key controllable foundations established during their firm's first year of operations.
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“There's not a lot of things you can control in our business in minority investing. There's a couple that you can try. Who you take money from, who you give money to, and who you hire are closer to those things that you can control.”
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