Private Equity FunCast

Jim Milbery and Devin Mathews

Your favorite GP's favorite podcast. Occasionally insightful, always entertaining. Deep dives into how private equity works, what happens after the deal closes, how money gets raised, and how companies get bought and sold. And everything in between with healthy doses of pop culture and humor. Straight from the team at ParkerGale Capital. For educational and entertainment purposes only. Not investment advice. Additional disclosures at www.parkergale.com.

  1. 3D AGO

    When And How To Sell Your Company

    Selling a company isn't just about price - it's about timing, preparation and process. In this episode, Devin sits down with Ryan Milligan to break down how to sell a company - from timing the exit to running a competitive process and getting a deal across the finish line. They walk through the full private equity playbook including when to sell, whether or not to hire a banker and how deals move from early conversations to signed LOIs and closing. If you've ever wondered how exits happen behind the scenes, this episode illustrates how it really goes down.

    59 min

  2. MAR 25

    You Just Bought A Company. Now What?

    Everyone loves the chase but what happens when the ink dries on the deal and you actually own a company? In this episode, Jim sits down with Paul Stansik to pull back the curtain on how the combined deal, ops, and management teams come together in the first few weeks and months post-close. They break down what life looks like immediately after an acquisition, including setting up governance, identifying talent gaps and figuring out where the real opportunities (and risks) are hiding. Jim and Paul also hit on the softer side of what happens during the early-hold period, and the importance of curiosity, connection, and trust-building inside ParkerGale's approach to value-creation. Ever wonder what your investors are thinking about during the first few months of a new investment? Curious about what happens when diligence is over and things get real? This is the episode for you.

    53 min

  3. MAR 18

    How Private Equity ACTUALLY Buys Companies

    It all starts with an acquisition, but most people don't understand how private equity firms actually find and buy companies. Devin sits down with Ryan Milligan to break down the mechanics of deal sourcing, banker-led processes and direct founder relationships.  From the early days of rotary phones ringing with deals to today's hyper-competitive sourcing environment, we discuss how firms build pipelines, win founders over, and decide which companies to buy.  If you've ever wondered how private equity truly functions behind the scenes, this is your go-to guide for the entire process.

    1h 24m

  4. MAR 11

    How to Survive Raising Your First Private Equity Fund

    Raising your first private equity fund is humbling. Like Lloyd Dobler holding a boombox outside an LP's window, you need to be committed and creative. It took us over 150 meetings and almost 2 years to get to the finish line. One LP fell asleep mid-pitch. We got stranded in a monsoon in Connecticut. Kenny the Associate torpedoed us in Manhattan. Jim got locked out, and Devin had to fly solo. We survived. You can too. From hiring a placement agent to practicing your pitch to getting LPs to tell you what they want, to recharging your batteries on the road so you can keep going til the end. This is everything we wish someone had told us. Always Be Closing. Kinda.

    1h 18m

  5. MAR 4

    How do you start a private equity firm from scratch?

    In this episode, Devin and Jim rewind to 2014 — and a $12 bottle of Cabernet at the Macaroni Grill — where they hatched the plan to leave their firm and build a new private equity firm from nothing. This is the insider's guide they wish they'd had.

    1h 13m

  6. FEB 25

    Private Equity Predictions 2026

    It's our annual Predictions episode (and by annual, we mean just the years we remember to record one). Devin and Jim offer their hot takes on fundraising, liquidity, why artificial general intelligence (AGI) is still years away, and whether or not the world is officially "over-softwared." PE FunCast New Episodes Every Wednesday Follow us on social media and subscribe to our Substack! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parkergale-capital Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/pefuncast Substack: https://substack.com/@pefuncast Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/PE-FunCast/61580605382460/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=UXSOfkHvpixQjCyB&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14VqLVUrhVD%2F%3Fmibextid%3DwwXIfr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pefuncast X: https://x.com/PEFunCast

    50 min

  7. JAN 16

    Software Holdcos in Australia

    Devin sits down with Funcast listener and Terem Capital CEO Scott Middleton. Terem is a software holdco in Australia, and Scott shares his strategy, investment criteria, sourcing approach, and the difference between US holdcos.

    57 min

  8. 2025-12-12

    AI-First (Whatever That Means): Hiring Product & Engineering Leaders with Sean Lucq from SPMB

    Jim sits down with Sean Lucq (Partner at SPMB Executive Search) to talk about the art of hiring senior engineering and product leaders—especially now that every job description on Earth has "AI" duct-taped to it. We get into why sticking with one great search firm beats "random recruiter roulette," why tech interviewing is tough (spoiler: engineers aren't always born interviewers), and the eternal tension between the two key roles - CTO (big brain science/vision) and VP Engineering (keep the trains running, preferably on the tracks). Then it's on to the AI gold rush: what a normal Head of Engineering should actually be doing with AI (hint: practical stuff like code review, QA, automation), why "Head of AI" is usually a totally separate job, and why "10 years of LLM experience" belongs in the same bin as Web3 buzzword soup. We also cover who's moving jobs right now, why PE can feel like a saner bet than venture (less "moonshot," more "actual exit"), and what candidates must be able to explain: what you did, and how it moved the business—numbers included. Plus: a few recruiting war stories, including the kind you can't make up and the kind that makes you grateful for a boring Tuesday.

    57 min
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About

Your favorite GP's favorite podcast. Occasionally insightful, always entertaining. Deep dives into how private equity works, what happens after the deal closes, how money gets raised, and how companies get bought and sold. And everything in between with healthy doses of pop culture and humor. Straight from the team at ParkerGale Capital. For educational and entertainment purposes only. Not investment advice. Additional disclosures at www.parkergale.com.

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  • Creator
    Jim Milbery and Devin Mathews
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
  • Episodes
    309
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright ParkerGale Capital 2022 All Rights Reserved
  • Show Website
    Private Equity FunCast

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