Why he left PE to start a VC fund that invests in minority-led businesses // Marcos Gonzalez, Founder & Managing Partner of VamosVentures

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The Consumer VC episode #255 with Marcos Gonzalez, Founder & Managing Partner of VamosVentures

Mike Gelb

Nov 11, 2022

Hey Friends,

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.

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