GrowthCap‘s RJ Lumba speaks with Investors, Entrepreneurs, and Executives to uncover insights and strategies for accelerating growth and succeeding in business.
Episodes
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Jeff Crisan, who co-founded Silversmith Capital Partners in 2015. In his role as a Managing Partner, Jeff focuses on investments in Healthcare IT & Services. Jeff was recognized by GrowthCap as a Top 25 Healthcare Investor of 2022.
Silversmith Capital Partners is a Boston-based growth equity firm focused on partnering with and supporting the best entrepreneurs in growing technology and healthcare companies. Since its founding in 2015, the firm has raised four funds and has $3.3 billion of capital under management.
With more than 20 years investing experience, Jeff has led many of the firm’s key healthcare investments including Iodine Health, LifeStance Health (Nasdaq: LFST), MediQuant, Nordic, Panalgo (acquired by MMIT/Evaluate), Partners Surgical, Sound Physicians, Upperline Health, US Health Partners and Within3.
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Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Chris Gordon and Devin O’Reilly who lead Bain Capital’s healthcare investing efforts and have been working closely together for 17 years. Chris also co-heads Bain Capital’s overall North American private equity business.
Chris and Devin were each recognized by GrowthCap as a Top 25 Healthcare Investor of 2022.
Since joining Bain Capital in 1997, Chris has been actively involved in nearly all of the firm’s healthcare investing activity, and also helped launch Bain Capital’s dedicated life sciences investing effort in 2016.
Devin joined the firm in 2005. Previously, he served healthcare industry clients as a consultant at Bain & Co., and also held general management positions in the technology industry.
Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $160 billion in assets under management. The firm pioneered the value-added approach to investing and has been at the forefront of growth investing since its founding in 1984.
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Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Garheng Kong, Managing Partner and Founder of HealthQuest Capital, a leading healthcare focused growth equity firm. HealthQuest invests in commercial stage innovations across the healthcare spectrum from medical devices and technologies to biopharma and diagnostics, and beyond.
Garheng founded HealthQuest in 2012. He is a physician, scientist, and engineer by training, and has over two decades of experience investing in innovative healthcare companies with a long list of successes including 28 IPO and M&A exits.
Garheng received undergraduate degrees in both Chemical Engineering and Biological Sciences from Stanford, while on an athletic scholarship. He then earned a MD, PhD and MBA from Duke University, graduating at the top of his class in each instance. His early career included stints at GlaxoSmithKline, McKinsey and a medical device start-up, TherOx, before joining Intersouth Partners and then Sofinnova Investments.
Garheng was recognized by GrowthCap as a Top 25 Healthcare Investor of 2022.
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Sunday Aug 21, 2022
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Michel Tricot, Co-Founder & CEO of Airbyte, the new open-source data integration platform that syncs data from applications, APIs & databases to data warehouses, lakes and other destinations.
Airbyte is backed by Accel, Benchmark, and Altimeter Capital, among other investors. The company has raised over $180 million since its founding in 2020.
Prior to founding Airbyte, Michel was a Founding Member & Director of Engineering at rideOS and before that was the Director of Engineering for LiveRamp.
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Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Rick Song, Co-Founder & CEO of Persona, a company that enables businesses to seamlessly verify customer identities with a drop-in widget that can be integrated in less than 10 lines of code.
Persona is backed by Founders Fund, Index Ventures, and Coatue among other investors. The company has raised over $200 million since its founding in 2018.
Prior to founding Persona, Rick was an engineer at Square and during college was a KPCB Engineering Fellow.
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Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Amit Sharma, the CEO and Founder of CData Software, which is a leading provider of data access and connectivity solutions. Its mission is to simplify the way its users connect, integrate, and automate their enterprise data.
The Company is backed by Updata Partners and others and has raised over $160 million.
Amit has guided CData Software’s rise from startup to a fast growing and profitable software company trusted by some of the largest corporations across the globe.
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Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Michael Rovito, the President of Level Home and Dwelo. Level is redefining the smart home experience with revolutionary, award-winning smart access products. With the addition of Dwelo, Level now offers integrated hardware and software solutions for all residential properties.
The Company is backed by Walmart, Cox Communications, Lennar Corporation, and other notable investors.
Prior to Dwelo, Michael was the General Manager of InfiSense where he led the conceptualization and development of an IoT solution for energy efficiency measurement and verification.
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Sunday Jun 26, 2022
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Ariel Katz, the CEO and Co-Founder of H1, which provides authoritative information about every Healthcare Provider (HCP) worldwide, including academics, clinicians, and allied health professionals. Life sciences companies, hospitals and health systems use this platform to connect with established as well as emerging HCPs.
The Company is backed by Altimeter Capital, IVP, Menlo Ventures, Goldman Sachs and other notable investors.
Prior to H1, Ariel was the CEO and Co-Founder of ResearchConnection, the first searchable online database for all of the ongoing university research initiatives and research professors across the country.
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Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Matt Brown, Founder, CEO and Chairman of CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform for financial advisors who seek improved access to and education about alternative investment funds and products.
CAIS is backed by Apollo, Franklin Templeton, and Motive Partners, among others.
Matt has spent over 30 years at the intersection of wealth management, alternative investments, and platform design. He began his career as a financial advisor at Shearson Lehman Brothers and Smith Barney.
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Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
In this episode, we speak with Tre Sayle, a Partner at Thoma Bravo, where he heads the firm’s growth investment strategy. Tre led growth investments in FTX, Illumio, and ServiceTitan along with several other notable companies.
Thoma Bravo is one of the most successful software investment firms in the world with over 40 years of experience and more than $100 billion in assets under management. Throughout Tre’s 16-plus-year career at Thoma Bravo, he has been instrumental in orchestrating 22 deals representing approximately $50 billion of transaction value.
Tre was named a Top 25 Software Investor by GrowthCap in 2021.
We hope you enjoy the show.