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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 eq...

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, Larr...

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. I...

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. S...

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 contr...

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 g...

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 incept...

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 an...

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 partnership...

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 Partner...

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 Cap...

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 sp...

In this episode we speak with John Clendening, the Founder and CEO of Earned Wealth, a tech-enabled financial services firm focused exclusively on the needs of medical professionals. Because Earned understands the ins and outs of a doctor's career, clients benefit from specially trained fiduciary advisors and technology that plans and adjusts for changes throughout a doctor's working life.  Earned...

In this episode we speak with Larry Cheng and Sean Cantwell, Co-founders and Managing Partners at Volition Capital, a Boston-based growth equity firm that invests in founder-owned companies in the software, internet, and consumer sectors. The firm was founded in 2010 and has over $1.7 billion in assets under management. Larry focuses on investment opportunities in transactional internet applicatio...

In this episode, we speak with Chen Amit, the Co-founder and CEO of Tipalti, the only global payables automation solution to streamline all phases of the accounts payable and payment management workflow in one holistic cloud platform. In 2010, Chen Amit and Orez Zeev created Tipalti to transform global payables with true, end-to-end automation that removes the pains and risks of paying suppliers a...

In this episode, we speak with Amir Nathoo, the Co-founder and Head of Outschool, a community marketplace of live online classes for kids. In 2015, Amir founded Outschool with Nick Grandy and Mikhail Seregine. The company’s mission is to inspire kids to love learning by providing them with innovative learning opportunities outside of the regular classroom. The classes are offered by independent te...

In this episode, we speak with Vijay Tella, the Co-founder and CEO of Workato, a platform for intelligent integration and workflow automation. In 2013, Workato was founded by Vijay Tella, Gautham Viswanathan, and Harish Shetty. Their intention was automating workflows through a no-code platform. Prior to Workato, Vijay was CEO of Qik, a consumer video communications company acquired by Skype. Work...

In this episode we speak with Carmine Petrone, a Managing Director at Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors with over $94 billion in assets under management. Carmine joined Advent in 2010 and focuses on making investments in the healthcare and healthcare technology sectors. Prior to Advent, he worked for Thomas H. Lee Partners, where he was a...

In this episode we speak with Darren Cohen, the Co-Head and CIO of the Goldman Sachs Growth Equity team, a position he has held since 2018.  Darren manages a $5.2 billion global growth fund and oversees one of the largest dedicated growth equity platforms in the world focused on the Enterprise Software, Financial Technology, and Healthcare Technology sectors.  He manages a talented, diverse team o...

In this episode, we speak with Brian Beutler, the Founder and CEO of Alianza, which delivers the only true cloud-native, carrier-grade communications platform built for service providers. In 2009, after previous years of helping businesses embrace cloud communications, Brian decided to take that same model and help service providers with their next-generation infrastructure. Service Providers that...

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Robert Mittendorff, a General Partner and Head of Healthcare at B Capital, a multi-stage global investment firm with over $6 billion in assets under management. The firm partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs to shape the future through technology by investing out of multiple funds from seed to late-stage venture growth, while focusing primarily in the technol...

In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder and CEO of Armada, Dan Wright. Armada is the world’s first full-stack edge computing platform, revolutionizing connectivity, compute, and AI solutions. Armada enables companies to rapidly deploy, operate and monitor a complete modular data center to the remote corners of the world. Before Armada, Dan was the CEO of DataRobot and COO of AppDynamics. He...

In this episode, we speak with Mitchell Green, the Founder and Managing Partner at Lead Edge Capital, a growth equity firm with over $5 billion in assets under management. Investing in software, internet, and tech-enabled services businesses globally, the firm specializes in helping growth-stage companies scale.  Lead Edge Capital has an interesting model that combines elements of private equity,...

In this episode, we speak with Sami Inkinen, the Founder and CEO of Virta Health. Virta is an online specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Created in 2014, Virta’s innovations in nutritional biochemistry, data science, digital tools, and clinical expertise are shifting the diabetes treatme...

In this episode, we speak with Andrew Adams, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT, one of the leading growth investment firms with $5.3 billion in assets under management. Founded in 2014, the firm invests in companies driving transformation in healthcare and fintech, two uniquely complementary and high-growth sectors. With deep domain expertise and strategic resources, the firm partners w...