Episode description

Deepak Sindwani is a former software entrepreneur who has been a professional investor in software companies for over 20 years. Deepak is the co-founder and managing partner of Wavecrest Growth Partners, a growth equity investor in practical B2B SaaS companies. Wavecrest specializes in helping bootstrapped and capital-efficient founders of vertical B2B SaaS companies reduce risk and grow their companies from $5M-$10M ARR to $30M-$50M ARR and drastically increase the value of their companies. 

Growth equity funding is a practical version of institutional funding that is different than traditional “Get Big Fast At All Costs” big venture capital approach. With more reasonable growth and exit expectations, more help for founders and their teams, and more secondary for founders (to take some money off the table), growth equity partners can help ambitious founders scale their impact with an efficient approach. Unlike private equity (PE) majority acquisitions and “roll-ups”, growth equity investors want to grow businesses organically and support the founders in their journeys. 

This is an expert interview in which I ask Deepak to educate us about the growth equity funding game and answer typical questions for founders who are considering taking on a funding partner to efficiently accelerate growth after they reach $3M-$5M ARR. 

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