All posts by RJ

How a Flextronics Spin-Off Raised $65M and is Revolutionizing the Global Supply Chain

10.28.15
Interviews

Nader Mikhail, CEO and Founder of Elementum, speaks with GrowthCap about reinventing how companies think about supply chain management and the dynamics of founding an internal venture within a Fortune 500 company.

Partnering with A-Players: Growth Equity Firm Frontier Capital on the Four Pillars of Value Creation

10.28.15
Interviews

Richard Maclean and Andrew Lindner, Co-founders of growth equity firm Frontier Capital, discuss the firm’s founding and core strategy of growth investing over the past two decades as well as their recipe for success in partnering with their portfolio companies.

GrowthCap’s Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors

09.29.15
Awards

It gives us great pleasure to announce this year’s top 40 under 40 investors in growth capital. “Having worked in growth financings for over a decade, and having spoken with hundreds of investors along the way I am now more encouraged and excited than ever about the future of the growth economy. The top investors on … Continue reading GrowthCap’s Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors

Sequoia Portfolio Company Solves Security Problem for the Enterprise Cloud

08.28.15
Interviews

Rami Tamir, CEO and Co-Founder of Ravello Systems, speaks with GrowthCap about enabling enterprises to leverage the benefits of the public cloud while maintaining the security and control of a private data center.

Patient Capital from Professional Investors: River Cities Works with Management to Find an Optimal Exit

08.28.15
Interviews

Carter McNabb, Managing Director of River Cities Capital Funds, explains his firm’s history and evolution into a leading growth equity investment firm for the healthcare and software industries.

Bracket Computing Reimagines Enterprise Infrastructure

08.28.15
Interviews

Kelly Battles, CFO of Bracket Computing, talks about the strengthening trend of enterprises tapping into the public cloud and how Bracket is disrupting the industry.

Bootstrapped Beginnings to $63 Million Series A

08.05.15
Interviews

Ian Siegel, CEO and Co-Founder of ZipRecruiter, speaks with GrowthCap about the genesis of his business and its vision of making recruiting more efficient for the SMB market.

Ex-Goldman Investors Break the Mold by Bringing Flexibility to Growth Investing

08.05.15
Interviews

Daniel Kim, Partner of Bregal Sagemount, explains his firm’s unique position in the growth investing industry and how having the flexibility to invest across a company’s capital structure can lead to the most optimal financing solution for all parties.

Understanding Growth Equity Valuations in B2B Software

07.02.15
Features

One of the major points of friction for a Chief Executive Officer raising growth equity is valuation. CEOs, in their attempt to maximize valuation (and therefore minimize dilution to current shareholders), will often point to the surge of “unicorns” — companies that have soared to a $1 billion valuation — or the stalwarts in their … Continue reading Understanding Growth Equity Valuations in B2B Software