Growth Investor with GrowthCap‘s RJ Lumba

Entrepreneurs who have built their business with no outside capital understand the skill it takes and greatly appreciate when seeing others who have done it. Sana Commerce has been growing 50% each year for the past 12 years and now has approximately 400 employees.  The secret to their success is a combination of favorable market conditions and a culture which emphasizes entrepreneurship and empow...

In this episode, we chat with Nehal Raj, a Partner at TPG, which is a leading global alternative asset firm founded in 1992 with approximately $85 billion of assets under management. Nehal co-leads the firm’s investment activities in software and enterprise technology across its private equity platforms (TPG Capital, TPG Tech Adjacencies, TPG Growth, and The Rise Fund). Nehal shares with us the in...

In this episode we chat with Gus Warren, Co-Founder and CEO of Bindle, a company that is revolutionizing the way health data can be quickly and securely shared prior to entering a venue. A perfect confluence of events led to Bindle’s inception, allowing Gus and his five co-founders to leverage recently developed technology and domain expertise across multiple areas to solve a very timely problem....

In this episode, we chat with David Butler and Rick Firmine of Argosy Real Estate Partners, a fund manager with $1.3 billion currently under management. It has invested $5.5 billion in gross real estate investments since inception and operates out of three offices in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco. Argosy has proven that a unique investment approach can lead to a sustainable competitive ad...

Adaptability has long been a feature of thriving businesses and industries. Add in the impacts of a global pandemic, and now companies are being forced to adapt in ways they never imagined. Enter Plex Systems, a company that has not only been able to meet the changing demands of its own market but has also provided solutions that have helped its customers to do the same. CEO Bill Berutti chats wit...

Mario Schlosser, CEO and co-founder of Oscar Health, is no stranger to the challenges that many people encounter when dealing with insurance companies. When Mario’s wife was pregnant with their first child, he became overwhelmed by the costly and complicated healthcare system and was frustrated when he found that their health insurance company was unable to help them navigate it. That’s when Mario...

Welcome to the GrowthCap podcast where we chat with CEOs, investors and other key industry leaders to uncover insights and strategies for accelerating growth and succeeding in business. I am your host RJ Lumba. In this episode, we chat with Paul Black, the CEO of Allscripts, which is a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions ranging from population health management to virt...

In this episode, we chat with Jake Sattelmair, Co-founder and CEO of Wellframe, a leading provider of digital health solutions that dramatically improves the patient and provider experience.  Jake is a Harvard and Oxford trained public health scientist and technologist, making him a unique person to tackle the task of improving the way healthcare is delivered. Jake shares with us his journey build...

In this episode, we chat with Russ Glass, CEO of Ginger, an on-demand mental health company. Through Ginger, Russ and his team are solving a massive problem that until now was often left without an adequate solution. An estimated 1 billion people around the world go undiagnosed and when we consider the societal cost of large segments of our population that are mentally unwell, we begin to understa...

In this episode, we chat with Hunter Madeley, the CEO of Vena, which is the leading enterprise software company for corporate financial planning and budgeting.   More than 800 companies globally choose Vena to streamline their finance processes.  The company is backed by JMI Equity and Centana Growth Partners.    Hunter shares with us his key insights into rapidly scaling an organization, leadersh...

In this episode, we chat with Teresa Mackintosh, the CEO of Trintech, which is the leading enterprise software company for finance professionals. Trintech has over 3,500 clients across the globe including the majority of the Fortune 100.  The company is backed by Summit Partners and Vista Equity.  Teresa shares with us her background and career experience as well as her insights into Trintech’s so...

In this episode, we chat with David Lessing, the Chief Revenue Officer of Addepar, which is the leading enterprise software company for wealth management professionals. Nearly $2 trillion in assets are currently managed on Addepar with $10 billion of assets added to the platform each week. David shares with us his background and career experience as well as his insights into Addepar’s solutions an...

As states begin to open up and main street slowly comes back to life, real estate investors are evaluating next steps on their current holdings while embarking on new opportunities.  In this episode we chat with Tore Steen the CEO of CrowdStreet, the leading commercial real estate investment platform for individuals seeking access to the asset class.  Tore shares his thoughts on real estate market...

In this episode, we chat with Dave Greenberg and Suken Vakil, General Partners of JMI Equity, the leading growth equity firm focused on the software sector. Since 1992 they have been highly regarded as the preferred capital partner for software CEOs and entrepreneurs. Investing out of their latest fund of $1.2 billion they take very seriously their role in supporting companies on their path to vic...

With the coronavirus severely impacting the U.S. and global economy, the need for liquidity is at an all time high.  Many business owners are beyond stressed having to layoff employees and not knowing whether they will be able to survive.   In today’s episode we chat with Brock Blake, the founder and CEO of Lendio, the largest marketplace for business loans in the U.S.  To date, Lendio has funded...

We’ve all heard of the gig economy.  There are millions of people in today’s world who earn a living as a freelancer.  And a good portion of these freelancers are enabled through online platforms both in finding gigs as well as learning new skills.  In today’s episode we chat with Matt Cooper, the CEO of Skillshare, an online learning community for people working in the creative field from design...

In this episode, we chat with Eric Kinariwala, the CEO and Founder of Capsule, a healthcare technology company that is forever changing the way we interact with pharmacies.  It was actually Eric’s terrible experience at a pharmacy one day that led to the idea behind Capsule.  And in just a few years since its founding in 2016, the company has made great strides towards becoming a pharmacy that wor...

In this episode, we chat with Steve Murray, a Managing Partner at Revolution Growth, which is a late stage growth fund that invests in private companies around the country.  The fund has nearly $1 billion in assets under management and is an integral part to the Revolution platform founded by Steve Case and Ted Leonsis. Steve joined the Revolution Growth team as a partner in 2016 bringing over 25...

In this episode, we chat with Ramzi Ramsey of Softbank Vision Fund, the iconic $100 billion venture capital fund.  The Fund is not only impressive because of its size but also because of the enduring vision and ambition of its founder, Masayoshi Son, and the team.  Ramzi focuses primarily on direct private company investments in the enterprise software space.  We cover quite a bit of ground in thi...

In this episode we chat with two time entrepreneur Paul Schneider.  Paul and his co-founder have bootstrapped two different software businesses (The Isadore Group and Socious) to a successful sale.  Typically, when we hear of someone selling a software business, or any business for that matter, we think that person must have developed a super unique product or service, or that person got lucky by...

In this episode, we chat with Ben Weinberg  and Josh Elser of Susquehanna Growth Equity, a leading growth equity firm founded in 2006 in affiliation with Susquehanna International Group.  Ben and Josh focus primarily on direct private company investments in the software space.  We cover quite a bit of ground in this conversation, from the genesis of Susquehanna International Group, now a global fi...

General Stanley McChrystal retired from the US Army as a four-star general after thirty-four years of service. He is a partner at the McChrystal Group, a leadership consulting firm based in Virginia and a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. General McChrystal recently coauthored Leaders, which explores how various leadership styles can be effective depending on...

Richard Stockton has always had a passion for real estate. After graduating from Cornell, Richard began his career in real estate centric roles at both PwC and Morgan Stanley. After a brief stint working for one of his former clients, he joined Braemar as CEO. Braemar is one of the market's leading REITs focused on full-service luxury hotels and resorts. The company currently owns 13 properties ar...

Like many great businesses, Associa comes from humble beginnings. John Carona founded the company in 1979 after taking out a loan against his wife’s Datsun. In the years following, the company has expanded beyond its Dallas Texas roots to provide association management services around the country. Today it is the global leader in association management serving over 5 million residents through 190...

NewSpring Capital is a leading private investment firm headquartered near Philadelphia. Founded nearly 20 years ago and with $1.8bn in assets under management, NewSpring has backed over 140 companies since inception. We recently spoke with Brian Kim, a partner in technology growth equity, as well as Lee Garber a principal who leads the firm’s holdings strategy. Both Brian and Lee were 2018 Top 40...