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In this episode, we speak with Jake Heller, Head of Tech Growth Equity Americas of KKR.
Prior to joining KKR in 2019, Jake was at Spectrum Equity, where he focused on growth investments in software, information services and internet businesses. He started his growth equity career at Symmetric Capital and also spent time as a strategic consultant at the Parthenon Group in their global private equity practice.
Jake served four years as a commissioned officer in the United States Navy and finished his career in Naval Special Warfare as the Commander of a high-speed assault boat team. He is a decorated veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom including the Bronze Star with distinction for Valor in Combat.
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In this episode, we speak with Ross Devor, a Partner at Thoma Bravo, which is one of the largest software investors in the world with approximately $138 billion in assets under management.
Ross co-heads Thoma Bravo’s growth equity platform, a dedicated fund focused on making minority investments in high growth software and technology companies.  He leads the team’s close collaboration with founders and management teams to implement world-class operating principles and help realize their visions and growth potential.
Ross was recognized by GrowthCap as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors of 2023.
Ross supports Boys and Girls Club of Miami-Dade and Feeding South Florida.
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In this episode, we speak with Bill Gibson, CEO of Deposco, a provider of cloud-based supply chain applications for retailers, distributors, 3PLs and brand companies.
Deposco’s Bright Suite of omnichannel fulfillment supply chain applications allows fast-growing companies to rapidly scale their warehouse management and order management operations, so they can see what inventory they’ve got, where it is, and where to position it to fulfill demand.
Bill first got his start in 1993 as an account executive at Manugistics. From there, he went on to Grotech Ventures and then became a Managing Partner at The Albermarle Group.
Bill was recognized as one of the Top 50 SaaS CEOs of 2023 by The Software Report.
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In this episode, we speak with Garrett Stephen, Managing Director, Co-Head of Origination & Structuring at First Eagle Alternative Credit, a credit-focused investment manager with $21 billion of assets under management, $5.7 billion of which is invested through its direct lending platform focused on private equity-backed U.S. middle market companies across various industries.
Garrett became part of First Eagle in 2020 upon the firm’s acquisition of THL Credit, which he had joined in 2012. Previously, he worked in the restructuring group of Lazard’s investment banking division. Before that, he specialized in corporate turnarounds and restructurings across a variety of industries at CDG Group, a middle-market restructuring firm. 
First Eagle Alternative Credit was recognized as one of the Top Private Debt Firms of 2023 by GrowthCap.
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In this episode, we speak with Tianyi Jiang (TJ), CEO and Co-Founder of AvePoint, an independent software vendor of SaaS solutions to migrate, manage and protect data.
More than 17,000 customers trust AvePoint’s Confidence Platform to optimize their SaaS operations and secure collaboration. AvePoint’s SaaS solutions are also available to managed service providers via more than 100 cloud marketplaces.
TJ co-founded AvePoint in 2001 and has served as the company’s CEO since 2005.  TJ was recently named a Top 50 SaaS CEO of 2023 by The Software Report.
TJ launched MaivenPoint, an edtech company that enables educators, students and organizations to create engaging learning experiences to meet their unique, evolving needs.
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In this episode, we speak with Rashmi Gopinath of B Capital, a multi-stage global investment firm that partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs to shape the future through technology. With $6+ billion in assets under management across multiple funds, the firm focuses on seed to late-stage venture growth investments, primarily in the enterprise, financial technology and healthcare sectors.
Rashmi is a General Partner and Head of Enterprise Investing at the firm. She focuses on enterprise software investments in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, devops, and artificial intelligence and machine learning. She has over two decades of experience investing and operating in enterprise technologies and was recognized as one of the Top Software Investors of 2023 by GrowthCap.
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