Startup CPG Podcast: Inside Founders & Funders with Alex Malamatinas from Melitas Ventures and Alex Michaelson from Leisure Hydration
- MelitasVentures
- Mar 3
- 1 min read
In this episode of the Startup CPG Podcast, host Daniel Scharff brings together Alex Malamatinas, founder and managing partner of Melitas Ventures, and Alex Michaelsen, founder of Leisure Hydration, for a candid conversation on what it takes to raise and invest in CPG. The discussion covers how founders can best prepare for investor conversations, the relationship-building that happens long before a pitch, and why fluency in the numbers (e.g., margin, velocity, and cash flow) is non-negotiable when it counts.
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