Marco Demeireles
Managing Partner at Ansa
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2022 - Current
Ansa makes high-conviction, thesis-driven investments in Series A-C companies, helping them navigate early growth and every stage that follows it. We concentrate our time and resources on a select group of businesses, actively supporting them on their journey from new idea to market leader and beyond. We are more than just investors — we are aligned and collaborative partners. www.ansa.co
Ansa Capital supports founders in expansion and focus is on new markets, innovative distribution, and modernizing legacy systems.
Investor
2024
Founded in 2021, Defense Unicorns transforms the way the U.S. Department of Defense builds and deploys secure cloud software and AI technologies. For more information, visit: www.defenseunicorns.com. Co-led $35M Series A and joined the Board.
Defense Unicorns is a software startup that provides open-source software and AI capabilities for National Security systems.
Raised $35,504,329.00 from Ansa Capital and Sapphire Ventures.
Investor
2020
Everlywell is a consumer health testing company that provides innovative, at-home kits and redesigned lab results. We are at the forefront of personalized medicine, focused on transforming the diagnostics industry.
Everlywell is a health care company that aims to provide modern diagnostics-driven care.
Raised $200,000,000.00 from Sixty Degree Capital.
Investor
2019
ShopShops is an interactive, livestreaming global marketplace that connects retailers and brands directly with cross-border shoppers. https://shopshopslive.com/ Early Investor and prior Board Member. Co-led Series A with Union Square Ventures (USV).
Member, Board of Directors
2019
Dadi is a men's health company that's reinventing the fertility industry. Particularly proud of all the families we've been able to serve and will help build in the years to come! Led the company's first priced financing round and setup/joined the Board as the first non-founder Director. Great memories, mission, and outcome for all.
Dadi offers sperm storage, male fertility report, and at-home collection kit.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Expa, TCG, Firstminute Capital, Curtis Lee, Third Kind Venture Capital, Nat Turner, Alex Chung, Firstminute Capital and Third Kind Venture Capital.
Investor
2018
Seed and Series A Investor. Co-founded by my wife, Joanne.
Kindbody is a fertility clinic network and family-building benefits provider for employers.
Raised $306,325,674.00 from Morgan Health, Parkway Venture Capital and What If Ventures.
Investor
2017
"Peloton is a cultural phenomenon and has redefined what it means to build a connected experience disrupting multiple industries simultaneously" I led Balyasny’s initial investment into the business, and subsequent private growth financings.
Peloton is an interactive fitness platform reinventing fitness with live and on-demand boutique studio classes.
Raised $2,169,707,000.00 from TCV.
Investor
2017
Coinbase is building an open financial system for the world. I led Balyasny’s investment in the Series D, and worked closely with the company in the years that followed.
Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.
Investor
2018
Zola is reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience. Led Balyasny’s investment in the Series D.
Zola is a wedding company that reinvents the wedding planning and registry experience.
Raised $240,849,999.00 from BAM Elevate, TCG, Legendary Ventures, Convivialite Ventures, BBG Ventures, Canvas Ventures, NBCUniversal, BAM Elevate and Comcast Ventures.
Investor
2018
Led initial funding in Autolabs alongside our friends at Eclipse in early 2018, prior to it's rebranding as BrightMachines and hire of Amar Hanspal (CEO). https://www.brightmachines.com/
Bright Machines brings together flexible factory robots with intelligent software, production data and machine learning.
Raised $437,000,000.00 from NVIDIA, BlackRock, Microsoft, Jabil, Shinhan Investment and Eclipse Ventures.