Dispatches from the Frontier
Musings on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Friday, August 27, 2004
Onshoring Manufacturing in New Mexico
Musings on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Friday, August 27, 2004
Onshoring Manufacturing in New Mexico
Carlos Perea of Entrada Ventures in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is an engineer, a Stanford MBA, the former Manufacturing Manager at Intel’s largest semiconductor fabrication plant, helped develop operations in Israel and Ireland, and held the roles of CFO and President of high-technology startups. Just don’t call him a venture capitalist.
Nevertheless, Carlos is a growth capital investor. Along with his partner, John Gerhart, Carlos is in the midst of the first phase of a two-phased search fund. Their goal is to acquire and add value to an established manufacturing business, in part by growing the acquired company in New Mexico—maybe even relocating the business to New Mexico...