Marcos Gonzalez (VamosVentures) - Why he left PE to start a VC fund that invests in minority-led businesses
Our guest today is Marcos Gonzalez, Founder & Managing Partner of VamosVentures. VamosVentures is committed to creating a pipeline of diverse VC investors. Their investments include Stix, DRNXSMYTH, and Suma.
We also discuss:
- How he invests in both software and consumer businesses
- Approach to portfolio construction
- How to increase the number of diverse founders who are venture-backed
- His diligence process
- Why he’s bullish about Los Angeles
- Latin American products that will be adopted by the U.S. & much more
Thank you for listening.