Growth Investor with GrowthCap‘s RJ Lumba Trusted Growth Investor: WestView Capital’s Matthew Carroll
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May 7, 2025 Matthew Carroll, Managing Partner at WestView Capital Partners, shares invaluable insights on growth investing in middle-market companies. He discusses the significance of teamwork and humility among WestView's founders, revealing their enduring partnership over two decades. Carroll also dives into their 'control agnostic' investment philosophy and adaptive strategies in healthcare and IT sectors. Personal influences, like a supportive spouse and a late cousin, shaped his work ethic, reinforcing his commitment to community impact and first-generation college students.
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Founders United By A Team-First Origin
- The five founders formed WestView in 2004 to stay close to passionate owner-operators rather than chase ever-larger funds.
- They worried about ego and greed wrecking firms and intentionally built a teamwork-first culture that lasted 20+ years.
Control-Agnostic Positioning Opened A Market Niche
- WestView positioned itself as control-agnostic and focused on liquidity-based minority recaps when others moved to larger control deals.
- That market opening became a durable core strategy for the firm.
Focused Yet Flexible Sector Strategy
- WestView kept a sector focus on healthcare technology and IT services while remaining broader than a pure specialist fund.
- They call themselves a growth equity firm with an asterisk to reflect a wider lens on good companies.