Growth Investor with GrowthCap‘s RJ Lumba
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Each week, GrowthCap‘s RJ Lumba speaks with a CEO, investor or other key industry leader to uncover insights and strategies for accelerating growth and succeeding in business.
Episodes
- Flexible Capital for Fintech: Portage Capital Solutions’ Devon Kirk
In this episode, we speak with Devon Kirk, General Partner at Portage Capital Solutions, the flagship growth strategy within Portage, focused on providing flexible capital solutions to later-stage fintech and financial services companies.…
- Leader in Direct Lending: Deerpath’s Reed Van Gorden
In this episode, we speak with Reed Van Gorden, Managing Director of Deerpath Capital, a leading provider of cash-flow based senior debt financing to lower middle market companies across a diverse range of industries and transaction types.…
- Deep Sector Expertise in Private Equity: THL Partners’ Co-CEO Todd Abbrecht
In this episode, we speak with Todd Abbrecht, Co-CEO of THL Partners, a premier private equity firm investing in middle-market growth companies exclusively within three sectors: healthcare, financial technology & services, and technology &…
- Private Credit Strategist: Kayne Anderson’s Frank Karl
In this episode, we speak with Frank Karl, Managing Director of Kayne Anderson’s Private Credit strategies and President of Kayne Anderson BDC. Kayne Anderson Private Credit, the direct lending arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, has d…
- Hyper-Growth Investor: Left Lane Capital’s Vinny Pujji
In this episode, we speak with Vinny Pujji, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Left Lane Capital, a New York- and London-based global venture capital and growth equity firm investing in hyper-growth consumer and technology businesses with…
- Alternative Credit Veteran: Magnetar Capital’s Michael Henriques
In this episode, we speak with Michael Henriques, Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager at Magnetar, a multi-strategy alternative investment manager with more than $22 billion in AUM. Founded in 2005, the firm invests across public and priv…
- Private Credit Leader: Deutsche Bank’s Alexander Gorokhovskiy
In this episode, we speak with Alexander Gorokhovskiy, Managing Director and Head of North American Corporate Direct Lending and Venture Debt at Deutsche Bank Private Credit & Infrastructure (“DB PCI”). DB PCI provides financing, structuri…
- Leading Consumer Investor: TSG’s Adam Hemmer
In this episode, we speak with Adam Hemmer, Managing Director at TSG Consumer, a leading consumer-focused private equity firm with approximately $13 billion in assets under management. With a 35+ year track record of building iconic brands…
- Championing Middle-Market Growth: TPG Twin Brook’s Founder Trevor Clark
In this episode, we speak with Trevor Clark, Founder and Managing Partner of Twin Brook Capital Partners, TPG’s middle-market direct lending business. Founded in 2014, Twin Brook provides tailored, cash flow–based financing solutions to mi…
- Private Credit Investor: Star Mountain Capital’s CEO Brett Hickey
In this episode, we speak with Brett Hickey, Founder and CEO of Star Mountain Capital, a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm. Founded in 2010, Star Mountain focuses on providing debt and equity capital to established…
- Driving Growth and Value: Level Equity’s Co-Founder & CEO Ben Levin
In this episode, we speak with Ben Levin, Co-Founder and CEO of Level Equity, a lower middle market private investment firm focused on providing capital to rapidly growing software and technology-enabled businesses. Founded in 2009, Level…
- Veteran Software Investor: PeakSpan’s Phil Dur
In this episode, we speak with Phil Dur, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of PeakSpan Capital, a leading growth equity firm focused exclusively on high-growth B2B software companies. Founded in 2015, PeakSpan manages $2.5 billion in assets an…
- High-Growth Tech Investor: Apax Digital’s Dave Evans
In this episode, we speak with Dave Evans, Partner at Apax Digital, the technology and growth equity investment arm of Apax Partners. Apax Digital focuses on growth equity and buyout investments in high-growth enterprise software, consumer…
- Infrastructure Software Investor: Delta-v’s Dan Williams
In this episode, we speak with Dan Williams, Partner at Delta-v Capital, an investment firm focused on growth-stage software and technology services businesses. Founded in 2009, Delta-v Capital has provided flexible growth capital solution…
- Private Equity Pioneer: VSS’ Jeffrey Stevenson
In this episode, we speak with Jeffrey Stevenson, Managing Partner of VSS Capital Partners, a private investment firm that invests in healthcare, business services, and education companies. Since its founding in 1987, VSS has partnered wit…
- Business & Consumer Services Investor: Charlesbank’s David Katz
In this episode, we speak with David Katz, Managing Director at Charlesbank Capital Partners, a $24 billion AUM middle-market private equity firm that spun out of the Harvard Management Company in 1998. Drawing on its endowment heritage, C…
- Critical Technologies Investor: AE Industrial Partners’ Kirk Konert
In this episode, we speak with Kirk Konert, Managing Partner at AE Industrial Partners—a private investment firm with $7.2 billion in assets under management, focused on specialized sectors including national security, aerospace, and indus…
- Lower-Middle Market Leaders: Altamont’s Randall Eason and Keoni Schwartz
In this episode, we speak with Randall Eason and Keoni Schwartz, Co-Founders and Managing Directors at Altamont Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on transforming and scaling lower-middle market companies through deep operatio…
- Founder Focused Investor: Strattam Capital’s Bob Morse
In this episode, we speak with Bob Morse, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Strattam Capital, a private equity firm with over $1B in AUM, partnering with founder-led B2B software and technology companies positioned to become vertical mark…
- Top Software Investors: PSG’s Marco Ferrari and Tom Reardon
In this episode, we speak with Marco Ferrari and Tom Reardon, Managing Directors and Co-Heads of North America at PSG, a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to navigate transformational…
- Seasoned Growth Lender: Wellington’s Jeff Chapman
In this episode, we speak with Jeff Chapman, Head of Growth Lending at Wellington Management, a global investment firm with over $1.2 trillion in assets under management. Founded in 1928 and headquartered in Boston, Wellington offers a bro…
- Scaling Enterprise Software: Sumeru’s Mark Haller
In this episode, we speak with Mark Haller, Managing Director and Founding Principal of Sumeru Equity Partners, a technology-focused growth equity firm investing in leading enterprise software companies. Sumeru has invested more than $3 bi…
- Mastering Complexity: Transom Capital’s Russ Roenick
In this episode, we speak with Russ Roenick, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Transom Capital Group, an operationally focused private equity firm known for thriving in complexity and unlocking value in the middle market. Based in Los Ang…
- Growth Engineering: Turn/River’s Matt Amico
In this episode, we speak with Matt Amico, Partner at Turn/River Capital, a lower middle market private equity firm redefining growth with its proprietary growth engineering strategy—built to accelerate revenue and create lasting value. Ma…
- Focused Growth Equity: Long Ridge’s Kevin Bhatt
In this episode, we speak with Kevin Bhatt, Managing Partner at Long Ridge Equity Partners, a specialist growth equity firm focused on the financial and business technology sectors. Kevin joined Long Ridge in 2010 and serves as a Managing…
- Cybersecurity Gamechanger: Horizon3.ai’s Snehal Antani
In this episode, we speak with Snehal Antani, Co-Founder and CEO of Horizon3.ai, a cybersecurity company that delivers autonomous penetration testing through its flagship platform, NodeZero. Designed to run real attacks in live environment…
- AI Infrastructure Builder: Chalk’s Marc Freed-Finnegan
In this episode, we speak with Marc Freed-Finnegan, Co-Founder and CEO of Chalk, a data platform that powers machine learning and generative AI with real-time, Python-native infrastructure for developers and data teams. Chalk recently rais…
- AI Compute Trailblazer: TensorWave’s Piotr Tomasik
In this episode, we speak with Piotr Tomasik, Co-Founder and President at TensorWave, a cutting-edge cloud platform purpose-built for AI workloads that delivers high-performance computing with AMD MI300X accelerators and a best-in-class in…
- Leading Financial Services Growth Investor: Lee Equity’s Mark Gormley
In this episode, we speak with Mark Gormley, Partner at Lee Equity Partners, a middle-market private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurs and management teams primarily in the financial and healthcare services sectors. Going on nea…
- Top Healthcare Investor: Berkshire Partners’ Chris Hadley
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 & cons…
- Focused Growth Investor: Eden Capital’s Dina Said Dwyer
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 servic…
- Excellence in Middle Market Investing: Oak Hill Capital’s Tyler Wolfram
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…
- Bold AI Investor: General Catalyst’s Marc Bhargava
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…
- Growth Private Equity Leader: Providence Equity Partners’ Michael Dominguez
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 tec…
- Private Credit Investor: Victory Park’s Brendan Carroll
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-own…
- Growth Equity Leader: Adams Street’s Brian Dudley
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 bi…
- Trusted Growth Investor: WestView Capital’s Matthew Carroll
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 compani…
- Software Growth Investor: Battery’s Satoshi Harris-Koizumi
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,…
- Powering Specialty Lending: Octane’s Jason Guss
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 Ja…
- Expansion-Stage Software Investor: Updata’s Jon Seeber
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 wh…
- Growth Equity Reimagined: Brighton Park Capital’s Mark Dzialga
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. Bri…
- Software Savior: PAR Technologies’ Savneet Singh
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 billio…
- Structured Equity Growth Investor: L2 Point’s Kerstin Dittmar
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 techno…
- Private Credit Innovator: Monroe Capital’s Zia Uddin
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…
- Growth Equity Leader: Norwest’s Ran Ding
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 c…
- Providing Lasting Healthcare Change: Omada Health’s Sean Duffy
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…
- Data-Intelligence Leader: Alation’s Satyen Sangani
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 4…
- Leading FinTech Growth Investor: Centana’s Eric Byunn
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 enterp…
- Excellence in Software Investing: JMI Equity’s Larry Contrella
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…
- Top Woman Growth Investor & Leader: Madison Dearborn’s Elizabeth Betten
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 Chic…