Idea Brunch with Chris Drose of Bleecker Street Capital

Chris Drose shares his experience launching a short-only fund, whistleblowing, and his favorite investment themes

Welcome to Sunday’s Idea Brunch, a weekly interview series with underfollowed investors and emerging managers. We are very excited to interview Chris Drose of Bleecker Street Capital!

Chris launched Bleecker Street Capital, an activist short-biased fund just this month. Before that Chris was an analyst at Kingsford Capital, a dedicated short-selling fund, and at Steamboat Capital, a long-short hedge fund. Chris gained national attention in 2015 for exposing problems at American Addiction Centers, which filed for bankruptcy last year.

Chris, how has your experience been launching a short-only fund and why did you decide to launch one just five years out of college rather than getting more experience working for others?

We just started managing outside capital this week and I am honored to be entrusted with my LP’s capital. It is something I have thought about for a long time and I think it’s the right time to take this step. There’s a variety of reasons why I decided to do it, but I have …