In this episode, we speak with Chris Hadley, Managing Director at Berkshire Partners, a 100% employee-owned investor in private and public equity. The private equity team invests in well-positioned, growing companies across business & consumer services, healthcare, industrials, and technology & communications. Founded in 1986, Berkshire is currently investing from its Fund XI, which closed in 2024 with $7.8 billion in commitments. The firm has completed over 150 investments and is known ...
Jun 25, 2025•30 min•Ep. 231
In this episode, we speak with Dina Said Dwyer, Founder and Managing Partner of Eden Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm focused on scaling private companies at critical inflection points in technology, business services, and education. Founded in 2015, Eden Capital partners with founders and management teams to grow businesses with proven, scalable models, deploying $20–$75 million through flexible investment structures. Drawing on over 40 years of international investment ...
Jun 18, 2025•20 min•Ep. 230
In this episode, we speak with Tyler Wolfram, a Managing Partner at Oak Hill Capital, a longstanding private equity firm that has been investing in the North American middle market for nearly 40 years. Oak Hill applies a specialized, theme-based approach to investing across services and digital infrastructure. Since 1986, Oak Hill and its predecessors have raised over $23 billion in initial capital commitments and co-investments and have invested in more than 110 companies. Tyler has been a Mana...
Jun 11, 2025•22 min•Ep. 229
In this episode, we speak with Marc Bhargava, Managing Director at General Catalyst, an investment and transformation firm partnering with entrepreneurs to build global resiliency and applied AI. Founded in 2000, General Catalyst has $36B in assets under management and recently raised an additional $8B to accelerate investments in early-stage ventures, company creation, and ecosystem transformations. With a focus on innovation, GC is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs navigate the next frontier ...
Jun 04, 2025•23 min•Ep. 228
In this episode, we speak with Michael Dominguez, Chief Investment Officer and Senior Managing Director at Providence Equity Partners — a leading private equity firm specializing in growth-oriented media, communications, education, and technology companies across North America and Europe. Since its founding in 1989, Providence has combined deep industry expertise with a collaborative investment approach, deploying over $40 billion across more than 180 portfolio companies to help build exceptiona...
May 29, 2025•22 min•Ep. 227
In this episode we speak with Brendan Carroll, Co-Founder and Senior Partner at Victory Park Capital (VPC), a global leader in alternative asset management specializing in private asset-backed credit. Founded in 2007 and now a majority-owned affiliate of Janus Henderson Group, VPC offers comprehensive financing and capital markets solutions through its affiliate platform, Triumph Capital Markets. With a global presence across 25 cities, VPC is at the forefront of innovative investment strategies...
May 21, 2025•23 min•Ep. 226
In this episode we speak with Brian Dudley, Partner at Adams Street Partners, a global private markets investment manager with investments in more than 30 countries across five continents. Adams Street is 100% employee-owned and has $62 billion in AUM across primary, secondary, growth equity, credit, and co-investment strategies. The firm strives to generate actionable investment insights across market cycles by drawing on over 50 years of private markets experience, proprietary intelligence, an...
May 14, 2025•22 min•Ep. 225
In this episode we speak with Matt Carroll, Managing Partner at WestView Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm with over $2.7 billion across five funds. Since 2004, WestView has been a trusted partner to middle-market companies in sectors like healthcare technology, IT services, software, and more, investing between $20M-$100M in companies ready to scale. Under Matt's leadership, WestView has successfully navigated the complexities of healthcare technology and outsourced services s...
May 07, 2025•24 min•Ep. 224
In this episode we speak with Satoshi Harris-Koizumi, Partner at Battery Ventures, a global, tech-focused investment firm with a track record spanning early, growth-equity, and buyout investments. Now investing from its 14th flagship fund, Battery Ventures XIV, and companion fund Select Fund II, together capitalized at a combined $3.8 billion, the firm has raised more than $13 billion since inception. Its core focus areas are application software, infrastructure software, consumer, and industria...
Apr 23, 2025•21 min•Ep. 223
In this episode, we speak with Jason Guss, Co-Founder and CEO of Octane, a financing platform assisting fast and confident powersports purchases by making financing as easy as cash and creating access through fair credit products. Under Jason’s leadership, Octane has raised both debt and equity amounting to approximately $2.6 billion. Prior to Octane, Jason worked at Capital One in Corporate Strategy. Since 2014, Octane has partnered with dozens of manufacturers and thousands of powersports deal...
Apr 09, 2025•25 min•Ep. 222
In this episode we speak with Jon Seeber, General Partner of Updata Partners, a leading technology-focused growth equity firm based in Washington, D.C. Led by an investment team averaging more than 25 years of technology experience, and who began their software careers working in operating companies, Updata invests in high-growth B2B software and software-driven businesses where the combination of capital and operating experience will help accelerate success. Updata has partnered with more than ...
Mar 26, 2025•18 min•Ep. 221
In this episode we speak with Mark Dzialga, the Founder and Managing Partner of Brighton Park Capital, a growth equity investment firm focused on entrepreneur-led, growth-stage software, healthcare, and tech-enabled services companies. Brighton Park Capital invests in companies that provide highly innovative solutions in partnership with great management teams. The firm brings purpose-built, value-add capabilities that match the unique requirements of each of its companies to build market leadin...
Mar 12, 2025•21 min•Ep. 220
In this episode we speak with Savneet Singh, the President and CEO of PAR Technology, a global leader in restaurant technology. Since taking the helm, he has led PAR’s transformation from near bankruptcy to a market cap of over $2.5 billion. Building on over 40 years of experience, PAR is recognized as one of the largest suppliers of point of sale systems in the United States, EMEA and APAC regions. Previously, Savneet co-founded GBI, a financial software platform for trading and storing physica...
Mar 05, 2025•20 min•Ep. 219
In this episode we speak with Kerstin Dittmar, the Founder, Chief Investment Officer, and Managing Partner of L2 Point, a private investment firm focused on structured equity investments in growth companies across the technology and technology-enabled, consumer, healthcare, and media sectors. Her creative structuring across the capital structure has made her a sought-after partner to growth companies looking for an alternative cost of capital product that minimizes the dilution of equity and the...
Feb 26, 2025•25 min•Ep. 218
In this episode we speak with Zia Uddin, President of Monroe Capital, a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, technology finance, venture debt, alternative credit, structured credit, real estate and equity. Since 2004, the firm has been successfully providing capital solutions to clients in the U.S. and Canada. As of January 1, 2025, Monroe had $20.3 billion in committed and managed capital. The firm is headquart...
Feb 19, 2025•27 min•Ep. 217
In this episode we speak with Ran Ding, General Partner at Norwest, a global venture and growth equity investment firm managing more than $15.5 billion in capital. Since its inception, the firm has invested in more than 700 companies and currently partners with more than 250 companies in its venture and growth equity portfolio. Ran joined Norwest in 2011. As a General Partner and Co-Head of the Growth Equity team, Ran focuses on growth equity investments across a wide range of sectors including ...
Feb 12, 2025•22 min•Ep. 216
In this episode, we speak with Sean Duffy, the Co-Founder and CEO of Omada Health, a virtual-first healthcare provider that nurtures lifelong health, one day at a time. Since 2011, Sean and his team’s mission has been to inspire and enable people everywhere to live free of chronic disease. They do this by building digital health programs that are evidence-based, performance-priced, and designed to delight their users. Omada is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Norwest Venture Partners, Fidelity, We...
Jan 29, 2025•21 min•Ep. 215
In this episode, we speak with Satyen Sangani, the Co-Founder and CEO of Alation, an enterprise software company, whose data catalog serves enterprises in organizing and consolidating their data. Nearly 600 global enterprises — including 40% of the Fortune 100 — rely on Alation to realize value from every data and AI initiative. Alation is backed by Thoma Bravo, Riverwood Capital, Salesforce Ventures and other notable investors. Since 2012, Satyen and his team have been passionate about helping ...
Jan 15, 2025•21 min•Ep. 214
In this episode we speak with Eric Byunn, Co-Founder and Partner of Centana Growth Partners, a growth equity firm with deep, relevant sector experience investing in and working with companies in financial services, fintech, and related enterprise software. Eric is a three-time awardee of GrowthCap’s Top Software Investors. He co-founded Centana in 2015 and previously worked over 20 years in growth equity and technology. He spent 13 years at FTV Capital, a multi-billion dollar growth equity fund, wh...
Dec 18, 2024•21 min•Ep. 212
In this episode we speak with Larry Contrella, Partner at JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. Today, the Firm’s portfolio represents $9 billion in combined revenue, $75 billion in aggregate enterprise value, and over 37,000 jobs. Larry joined the firm in 2010 and focuses on investments in B2B software businesses. For the sixth consecutive year, Larry has been recognized by GrowthCap as a Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investor, in addition to being recogn...
Dec 11, 2024•20 min•Ep. 213
In this episode we speak with Elizabeth Betten, Partner and Co-Head of Healthcare at Madison Dearborn Partners. Elizabeth was recognized by GrowthCap as a Top Woman Leader in Growth Investing of 2024. Madison Dearborn has a history in Chicago that dates back to the early 1980s when its founders built a $2.6 billion management buyout and venture capital portfolio at First Chicago Venture Capital. In 1992, the founders established MDP as an independent firm, and, since then, the firm has raised ag...
Dec 04, 2024•21 min•Ep. 210
In this episode we speak with Jeff Haywood and Steve LeSieur, Managing Directors and co-heads of Spectrum Equity’s healthcare investments since 2015. For the past two years, Jeff and Steve have been recognized by GrowthCap as Top 25 Healthcare Investors. Spectrum Equity is a leading growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support to innovative companies across the information economy. Since its founding in 1994, the firm has partnered with proven entrepreneurs and management teams to ...
Nov 27, 2024•27 min•Ep. 211
In this episode we speak with Mike Ettling, the CEO of Unit4, a software company that specializes in the professional services, public services, education, and nonprofit sectors. Mike was recognized by The Software Report as a Top 50 SaaS CEO of 2023. Unit 4’s integrated suite of AI-powered ERP software solutions built on a robust platform helps elevate businesses, delivering visibility and control over finances, projects, procurement, reporting, forecasting and payroll. The company has 2,700 co...
Nov 20, 2024•19 min•Ep. 209
In this episode we speak with Peter Chung, CEO and Managing Director of leading global growth investment firm Summit Partners. For over 40 years, Summit has partnered with profitable, category-leading companies and their leadership teams seeking to build best-in-class businesses by leveraging their deep industry expertise and their Peak Performance Group value enhancement platform. With over 80 growth equity investment professionals in their offices across North America and Europe, Summit has in...
Nov 13, 2024•19 min•Ep. 208
In this episode we speak with Jim Quagliaroli, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Silversmith Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm focused on partnering with, and supporting, the best entrepreneurs in growing technology and healthcare companies. Founded in 2015, the firm has $3.3 billion under management across four funds. Jim has served as Managing Partner of the firm since inception. He partners with passionate founders of growing SaaS companies focused on product leadership. Ov...
Nov 06, 2024•23 min•Ep. 207
In this episode, we speak with Chris Crosby, the CEO of Compass Datacenters, a company that designs and constructs data centers for some of the world’s largest hyperscalers and cloud providers on campuses across the globe. The company has taken in over $4 billion of capital and is backed by Ontario Teachers and Brookfield, among others. In 2011, Chris’ vision was to focus on greenfield projects and deliver customizable, scalable, sustainable, and low-cost data centers in an expedited time frame....
Oct 30, 2024•20 min•Ep. 206
In this episode we speak with Mike Uchrin, CEO & Co-Founder of Monogram Health, a leading multispecialty value-based provider of in-home, evidence-based care and benefit management services for patients living with polychronic conditions, notably, chronic kidney and end stage kidney disease. Backed by Frist Cressey, Norwest, and TPG Capital, Monogram Health has numerous value-based partnerships with leading health plans, integrated delivery systems, and risk-bearing primary care platforms to...
Oct 23, 2024•23 min•Ep. 205
In this episode we speak with Petri Oksanen, a Partner with Francisco Partners and Co-Head of the firm's European investing efforts focused on enterprise application software companies, with a particular interest in industrial, manufacturing, and other vertical sectors. Based in London, he joined the firm in 2005. Petri previously held positions at Morgan Stanley and Microsoft. Francisco Partners is a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-en...
Oct 16, 2024•23 min•Ep. 204
In this episode we speak with Frank Rotman, a Founding Partner and the Chief Investment Officer of QED Investors, a premier venture capital firm focused on the fintech ecosystem. QED has invested in 200+ companies over the past 15 years and currently has $3.6 billion under management. Prior to QED, Frank was one of the early architects who helped create what became Capital One. In his 13-year Capital One journey, Frank was responsible for many “firsts” that helped lay the foundation for what Cap...
Oct 09, 2024•30 min•Ep. 203
In this episode, we speak with David Anderson, General Partner at Ampersand, a Boston-based, middle-market private equity firm dedicated to growth-oriented investments in the healthcare sector with $3 billion of assets under management. Ampersand invests in companies that support the life sciences ecosystem, including laboratory products and services, contract manufacturing, pharma services and specialty pharma. David joined Ampersand in 2010. Previously, David spent six years with Covington Ass...
Oct 02, 2024•22 min•Ep. 202
