Laura Veroneau
Optum Ventures
Managing Partner and Founding Team Member

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AAA
Laura is a Managing Partner and founding team member of Optum Ventures. Under Laura’s guidance and leadership, Optum Ventures has gained recognition as a leading platform in healthcare investing—now with 75+ portfoli... Read More

Matt Emery
JMI Equity
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AAA
Matt joined JMI in 2006 and focuses on JMI’s investments in high-potential software and AI-driven companies, including healthcare IT businesses. He has held numerous board positions at JMI portfolio companies during hi... Read More

Larry Contrella
JMI Equity
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AAA
Larry is a Partner at JMI Equity, where he leads both minority and majority investments in growth-stage software and AI-driven companies, forging trusted partnerships with founders, CEOs, and institutional investors to a... Read More

Danielle Waldman
Silversmith Capital Partners
Principal

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AAA
Danielle Waldman joined Silversmith in 2020 and is currently a Principal focused on investments in software and technology-enabled businesses, with particular emphasis on AI-native and AI-enabled platforms, developer and... Read More

Stephanie Schneider
Five Elms Capital
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AAA
Stephanie is a Partner at Five Elms Capital, a leading growth equity firm that invests in fast-growing B2B software businesses. With eleven years of experience at Five Elms, Stephanie has been instrumental in executing o... Read More

Nishita Cummings
Composition Capital
Co-Founder and Managing Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AAA
Nishita is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Composition Capital, a growth capital firm founded in 2024. Nishita’s successful track record as an investor stems from her expertise in growth-stage businesses, fundam... Read More

Leon Chen
Composition Capital
Co-Founder and Managing Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AAA
Leon is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Composition Capital, a growth capital firm founded in 2024. He leverages over 14 years of experience building deep relationships and providing hands-on support to growth-stage b... Read More

Maggie Schmitt
JMI Equity
Partner and Chief Financial Officer

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AAA
Maggie serves as JMI Equity’s Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the firm’s accounting, finance, tax, and treasury functions. She joined the firm as a senior accountant in 2009 from the audit and enterprise risk ser... Read More

Ben Levin
Level Equity
Co-Founder and CEO

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AAA
Ben is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Level Equity. He has been an investor in rapidly growing private companies since 1997 and one of the first institutional investors in numerous category-defining soft... Read More

Caitlin Vorlicek
Sageview Capital
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Caitlin is a Partner at Sageview Capital, a growth equity firm that empowers industry-defining innovators to build enduring software and tech-enabled businesses. In her role, Caitlin is responsible for helping to lead th... Read More

Chris Cavanagh
Guidepost Growth Equity
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Chris joined Guidepost Growth Equity in 2015 and is a Partner. At Guidepost, Chris focuses on investments in application software and data services. He currently sits on the Board of Directors at Atheneum, Atlas Technolo... Read More

Dr. Robert Mittendorff
B Capital
General Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Dr. Robert Mittendorff is a General Partner and Global Head of Healthcare at B Capital, where he leads venture and growth investments in category-defining healthcare companies. At B Capital, he has invested in and serves... Read More

Garheng Kong
HealthQuest Capital
Managing Partner and Founder

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Garheng is the Managing Partner and Founder of HealthQuest Capital, a private asset firm that currently provides growth capital to transformative companies that are improving value in the healthcare system. Prior to foun... Read More

Hilary Fleischer
Strattam Capital
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Hilary is a Partner at Strattam Capital, a private equity firm focused on investing in founder-led, independent B2B software and technology companies. She has played a pivotal role in shaping Strattam’s investment stra... Read More

Ryan Mandl
Five Elms Capital
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Ryan is a Partner at Five Elms Capital, a leading growth equity firm that invests in high-growth, B2B software businesses globally. Since joining Five Elms in 2010, he has spent his career investing in software businesse... Read More

Kapil Desai
Catalyst Investors
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Kapil is the youngest Partner in Catalyst Investors’ 25-year history and leads the firm’s healthcare practice. Since joining the firm in 2014, Kapil invests in software and tech-enabled services that support the deli... Read More

Karly Wentz
B Capital
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Karly is a Partner on B Capital’s Energy team, focused on investing in growth-stage energy and resilience technologies. Before joining B Capital, she was a Vice President at Stonepeak Partners, where she primarily focu... Read More

Adam Seabrook
B Capital
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Adam is a Partner at B Capital, leading the firm’s investments in healthcare and digital health. Prior to joining B Capital, Adam worked at Hyde Park Angels, one of the largest angel networks in the United States. At B... Read More

Bill Skarinka
PSG
Managing Director

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Bill is a Managing Director at PSG, where he plays a key role in leading investments across growth-stage enterprise software and technology companies. Within this role, he works closely with founders and management teams... Read More

Brian Hersman
JMI Equity
Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Brian is a Partner at JMI Equity, where he has focused on enterprise software investments since joining the firm in 2008. He serves as a director of Eptura, Greenlight Guru, Intradiem, Safe Software, SimpliGov, and Swift... Read More

David Klein
One Peak
Co-Founder and Managing Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
David is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of One Peak, a leading growth equity firm backing exceptional B2B software companies. With over 20 years of experience, David has built a reputation for identifying category-defin... Read More

Dina Berdichevsky
JMI Equity
Vice President

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: A
Dina is a Vice President at JMI, where she focuses on sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. Since joining the firm in 2019, she has served as a director at Unanet and works closely with portfolio companies in... Read More

Emila Damjanovic
Lead Edge Capital
Partner and Head of Investor Relations

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Emila is a Partner and Head of Investor Relations at Lead Edge Capital, where she oversees a global network of 700+ executives, entrepreneurs, and dealmakers that serves as a cornerstone of the firm’s strategy. Over th... Read More

Eric Byunn
Centana Growth Partners
Partner and Co-Founder

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Eric co-founded Centana Growth in 2015 and is one of its Partners. Before founding Centana Growth, Eric spent over 20 years in growth equity and technology. Eric works with portfolio companies Athennian, Cayosoft, Certif... Read More

Eugene Nogi
Guidepost Growth Equity
General Partner

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Category: Emerging Growth
Mark: AA
Gene is a General Partner at Guidepost Growth Equity where he leads the firm’s investing efforts in the infrastructure software and tech-enabled services sectors with FinTech, EdTech and GovTech vertical focus. He curr... Read More