Mitch Baruchowitz, Merida Capital Holdings - Is The Trade Over? No…It’s Just Getting Going In Some Ways | #274

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

The Idea Farm

Business, Investing, Management

4.7 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In episode 274, we welcome our guest, Mitch Baruchowitz, a Managing Partner at Merida Capital Holdings, a private equity firm targeting fundamental growth drivers underpinning the rapid development of the cannabis industry. In today’s episode we’re talking about investing in the cannabis space. We hear what piqued Mitch’s interest in the cannabis space and what the process was like to get a cannabis license in Connecticut and build and operate a 65,000 square foot facility. Mitch explains what led him to start Merida Capital and how he knocked it out of the park with his investment in the unicorn GrowGen. We chat about what types of investments he looks to make and what the impact of COVID and 2020 elections have had on the space. As we wind down, Mitch shares why he launched a SPAC in 2019 before the craze began and what that process was like. Please enjoy this episode with Merida Capital Holdings’, Mitch Baruchowitz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mepp Faber Show, where the focus is on helping you grow and preserve your wealth.
0:11.0	Join us as we discuss the craft of investing and
0:13.5	uncover new and profitable ideas all to help you grow wealthier and wiser.
0:17.2	Better investing starts here.
0:18.8	Matt Faber is the co-founder and chief investment officer at Cambria Investment Management.
0:23.3	Did it industry regulations, he will not discuss any of Cambry's funds on this podcast.
0:27.2	All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of
0:31.2	Cambria Investment or its affiliates. For more information opinion of Cambria Investment Management or its affiliates.
0:33.4	For more information, visit Cambria Investments.com.
0:39.6	What's up, friends, fun show for you today.
0:42.2	Our guest is managing partner at Merida Capital where he
0:45.3	focuses on structured investments in private equity and the cannabis industry.
0:50.3	In today's episode we're talking about investing in the cannabis space. We hear what led our guests to the cannabis space in general
0:56.0	What the process was like to get a license in Connecticut and build and operate a
1:01.0	65,000 square foot facility.
1:04.0	He then explains what led him to start Merida Capital,
1:06.6	and while he examined the case study of his early investment
1:09.6	in the unicorn rocket ship Grojin, we chat about what types of investments he looks to make,
1:15.2	what the impact of COVID in 2020 elections have had on the space. As we wind down,
1:20.3	our guest explains why he launched a SPAC in 2019 way before the craze began way before
1:25.8	SPACs were cool and what the process was like.
1:29.8	American Farmland is disappearing at an alarming rate.
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