Growth Investor with GrowthCap‘s RJ Lumba

In this episode we chat with Robert M. Lee, the Founder and CEO of Dragos, which is an industrial cybersecurity company that detects and responds to threats in industrial controls systems.  Dragos has raised over $360 million and is backed by Blackrock, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Canaan Partners, and others. Robert M. Lee is a recognized pioneer in the industrial security incident response and threat intelligence community. He gained his start in security as a U.S. Air Force Cyber Warfare Operations Officer. He went on to build the industrial community’s first dedicated monitoring and incident response class at the SANS Institute. We hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode, Ron Schneidermann, CEO of AllTrails, discusses the journey of the most trusted outdoors platform. He talks about discovering AllTrails, finding the right investor, exploring the app's functionality, and the global availability of outdoor activities.

In this episode we chat with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman and CEO of iCapital, which has transformed the way the wealth management, banking, and asset management industries facilitate access to private market investments. Lawrence began advising and working with iCapital shortly after its 2013 founding to lead key strategic and business development initiatives. He was a partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he spent 17 years, most recently serving as the co-head of the Global Technology Banking Group. As of December 31, 2021, iCapital services more than $108 billion in client assets across more than 900 funds. Employing more than 700 people globally, iCapital is headquartered in New York and has offices across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia.  

In this episode we chat with Peter Christodoulo, a Partner at Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses. Peter joined the firm in 2008 and focuses on investments in the financial technology and application software sectors.  He currently serves on the board of directors of Allston Trading, Dynamo, NMI, Paradigm, PayScale, SourceScrub, TS Imagine, and Verifone, and is also involved in FP's investments in Betterment, GAINSystems, NextCapital, Prosper Marketplace and Renaissance.  We chat about how he approaches his relationship with each company he invests in, the value he and the firm bring to management teams and FP’s commitment to ESG, among other topics. We hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode we chat with Kabir Shahani, the CEO of Amperity, a high-growth SaaS company that enables organizations to take control of their customer data, systematically improve customer relationships, and foster brand loyalty. Prior to co-founding Amperity, Kabir led the commercial software division for IMS, following the acquisition of Appature, a company he co-founded in 2007. He’s raised over $180 million from notable investment firms including Tiger Global Management, Madrona Venture Group and HighSage Ventures. We hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode we chat with Borya Shakhnovich, the CEO of airSlate, a global SaaS technology company that provides no-code business process automation, e-signature and document management solutions. He’s raised over $130 million dollars from notable firms including Morgan Stanley, General Catalyst and Silicon Valley Bank.  We talk about the near ubiquitous use cases for the airSlate solution, Borya’s journey as an entrepreneur and the value his investors have provided. The company generates over $100 million in revenue. We hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode we chat with Gabriel Dalporto, the CEO of Udacity, the market leader in digital talent transformation.   Udacity works with the world’s leading companies to teach labor forces critical tech skills through its powerful and flexible digital education platform.  Gabe was previously at the helm of LendingTree having led one of the biggest and most successful turnaround and growth stories of a public company in the past decade. He earned graduate and undergraduate degrees in Nuclear Engineering from MIT and the University of Florida, respectively. We hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode we chat with Angela Ceresnie, the CEO of Climb, which is an innovative student lending platform that makes career creation and transformation more accessible, affordable, and accountable.  The company is driven by a mission to empower individuals to unlock their career potential – no matter what their credit profile. Angela first joined Climb as the Chief Operating Officer in 2016 and quickly helped shape the operations, culture, and future of Climb, earning her the role of CEO in 2018. Prior to Climb, she co-founded and was COO/CFO of Orchard Platform — a provider of software and data products offered to institutional investors to purchase loans from marketplace lenders.  Orchard was acquired by Kabbage. Earlier in her career, Angela spent nine years running credit risk analytics teams at American Express and Citibank. We hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode we chat with Amr Kronfol, a Managing Director at Warburg Pincus, one of the most well-known private equity institutions in the world.  Founded in 1966, Warburg Pincus has raised 20 private equity funds, which have invested more than $97 billion in over 960 companies in more than 40 countries.  Amr makes growth investments at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and consumer/retail.  We chat about what he looks for in a CEO, the value that Warburg provides to its portfolio companies, and the areas he is most focused on in the healthcare sector. We hope you enjoy the show.  

Welcome to the GrowthCap podcast where we chat with CEOs, investors and other key industry leaders to uncover insights and strategies for accelerating growth and succeeding in business. I am your host RJ Lumba. In this episode we chat with Greg Marsh, the CEO and Founder of KeyMe, which has disrupted the locksmith industry becoming the nation's most trusted 24-hour emergency locksmith.  The company also has a network of self-service key duplication kiosks located in thousands of retail locations across the country.   Greg shares his insights into the evolution of KeyMe, his entrepreneurial journey and the massive potential that lies ahead for the company.    KeyMe is growing rapidly and has raised over $150M from top-tier investors including Battery Ventures, BlackRock, Brentwood, Comcast Ventures and others. We hope you enjoy the show.