Growth Investor with GrowthCap‘s RJ Lumba

Bahram realized that something was wrong in the fitness and health club industry and set off to fix it. He started Life Time Fitness in 1992 with the goal of redefining the industry by employing a razor-like focus on the customer experience. With this founding principle, Life Time Fitness has grown to 140 locations across 39 major markets in the U.S. and Canada. Going beyond the confines of the tr...

Paul Teti is a former member of the U.S. National and Olympic rowing teams. He competed in the Sydney, Athens, and Beijing Olympic games. In addition, over the course of his career, he won 10 national championships, three World Cup medals, and a Pan American Games gold medal. Now a Partner at Normandy Real Estate Partners, Paul leverages many of the skills he developed as a competitive athlete to...

With more than two decades of financial and operational experience at mid- and large-sized software companies, Eric Johnson joined Nintex as CFO in 2014. Alongside the company’s 2018 majority investment from Thoma Bravo, Eric was appointed CEO. In his new role, Eric sits at the helm of one of the leading providers of intelligent process automation solutions in the market. Since its founding in 200...

On the heels of recent investments in MasterClass and KeepTruckin, we spoke with Roseanne about her professional journey, what makes a great investor, and how she rose to the top of a traditionally male-dominated field.

Now investing out of Insight’s recently raised $6.3 billion Fund X, we catch up with Ryan to discuss where he will spend time in the future and what he looks for in a great investment.

With a background in operating roles at Portal Software and McAfee, as well as investing roles at Partech Ventures and Adams Street Partners, Dave Welsh brings a wealth of knowledge to his current role as KKR's Head of TMT Growth Equity.  As Dave explains throughout our conversation, KKR's focus is different than other growth equity investors. 

After graduating from West Point and leading a successful career as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot and Army Captain, Leo Rinaldi set his sights on private industry.  Leo started at McKinsey before transitioning to senior strategy roles at Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase.  He is now a partner at a boutique financial institution advisory firm.  A few recurring themes of Leo's career have been leadersh...

Vinay Kashyap is a partner at Mainsail where he focuses on growth equity investments in predominantly bootstrapped companies.  Over the years, Vinay has developed a unique understanding of the issues facing the bootstrapped entrepreneur.  As such, Mainsail's approach to investing has evolved in an effort to specifically address the issues facing bootstrapped businesses.  At it's core, as Vinay des...

Ken shares with us his experience and insights working with some of the world's top brands as well as his views on the evolution of effective marketing strategies past, present and future.  

Bo's work highlights CEOs who have built unique organizations by resisting the temptation to grow too fast too soon and instead focusing on what they wanted to build over the long term.

With deep roots in media, Eric Hippeau has established himself as a leading venture and growth stage investor.  Eric’s experience is highlighted by roles such as Chairman and CEO of Ziff-Davis, CEO of the Huffington Post, Managing Partner of SoftBank Capital, Co-Founder of NowThis News, and most recently Co-Founder and Partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures. We sat down with Eric to discuss the growth...