Mastretta founders walk away from company
Mexican sports聽car聽startup Mastretta has hit a roadblock, with the company鈥檚 founders, brothers Carlos and Daniel Mastretta, announcing they have left the company due to differences with a key investor, believed to be Latin Ideas Ventures.
The two brothers founded Mastretta back in the 1980s but recently sought funding from a number of investment groups to help get the company鈥檚 first聽product,听,听. One of those investment groups was Latin Ideas Ventures, which the brothers had ceded control of the company to.
"It is the contention of the Mastrettas that the new management team made poor strategic decisions, failed to achieve any of the agreed goals, and wasted valuable funds that should have been earmarked for development,鈥� the Mastretta brothers said in a聽statement聽obtained by聽. 鈥淚t is also alleged that despite a contractual agreement being in place, investors have withheld the second installment of funding.鈥�
The full statement from the Mastrettas also revealed that the brothers repeatedly warned the new management about some of its bad decisions, including delays to the approvals program, and that the lack of progress being made as well as the halt in agreed聽funding聽forced the brothers to leave the company.
In the statement, the Mastrettas say they are willing to return once their concerns are addressed.
