Ep. 93: Kelly Ford Buckley, Edison Partners | Driving Enterprise Value Through Execution-Focused Growth Strategies

Ep. 93: Kelly Ford Buckley, Edison Partners | Driving Enterprise Value Through Execution-Focused Growth Strategies

On this episode, Shiv interviews Kelly Ford Buckley, General Partner at Edison Partners, a growth equity firm with over 39 years of experience investing in high-growth software companies in secondary markets.

Kelly dives into Edison's hands-on approach to value creation, emphasizing their preference for taking on execution risk over product or market risk, and how they use maturity assessments across five centers of excellence—like go-to-market, product, and finance—to identify and prioritize opportunities for portfolio companies.

She shares real-world examples of transforming pricing models, aligning sales and marketing for faster growth, and building operational muscle to scale without paralysis, while stressing the importance of capital efficiency in today's macro environment. Kelly also discusses the role of AI as an efficiency tool rather than a distraction, the advantages of focusing on secondary markets for more grounded founders, and how Edison's domain expertise in verticals like fintech and healthcare IT drives repeatable success. This episode offers actionable insights for investors and operators looking to maximize enterprise value through focused, low-risk execution.

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Ep. 135 : Tyler Newton, Catalyst | Growth Investing and Creating Value from Entry to Exit

Ep. 135 : Tyler Newton, Catalyst | Growth Investing and Creating Value from Entry to Exit

On this episode, Tyler Newton, Managing Partner at Catalyst, makes the case for a disciplined approach to growth investing that sits between VC and buyout—and what operators and investors can learn fr...

25 Kesä 41min

Ep. 134: Christian Chauvet, Lee Equity | Vertical Investing and Value Creation in Healthcare and Financial Services

Ep. 134: Christian Chauvet, Lee Equity | Vertical Investing and Value Creation in Healthcare and Financial Services

On this episode, Christian Chauvet, Partner at Lee Equity, shares how vertical focus creates a structural advantage in healthcare and financial services investing—and what it takes to build and scale ...

18 Kesä 36min

Ep. 133: Michelle Noon, Clearhaven Partners | Partnership-Driven Software Investing in the AI Era

Ep. 133: Michelle Noon, Clearhaven Partners | Partnership-Driven Software Investing in the AI Era

On this episode, Michelle Noon, Managing Partner and Founder of Clearhaven Partners, joins Shiv Narayanan to break down how investors and operators build enterprise value in software companies through...

16 Kesä 42min

Ep. 132: Eugene Polevoy, Blue C Capital | The Independent Sponsor Model and Alignment-First Deals

Ep. 132: Eugene Polevoy, Blue C Capital | The Independent Sponsor Model and Alignment-First Deals

On this episode, Eugene Polevoy, Founder and Managing Partner at Blue C Capital, joins the show to unpack the independent sponsor model—how the firm closes nine-figure deals without raising a committe...

4 Kesä 39min

Ep. 131: Matt Amico, Turn/River Capital | Growth Engineering and the FVCP Framework

Ep. 131: Matt Amico, Turn/River Capital | Growth Engineering and the FVCP Framework

On this episode, Matt Amico, Partner and Co-head of the Investment Team at Turn/River Capital, walks through the growth engineering playbook his firm uses to drive returns across its software portfoli...

29 Touko 39min

Ep. 130: Bobby Ocampo, Blueprint Equity | The Missing Middle and Hands-On Value Creation

Ep. 130: Bobby Ocampo, Blueprint Equity | The Missing Middle and Hands-On Value Creation

On this episode, Bobby Ocampo, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Blueprint Equity, discusses how to identify whether a bootstrapped business has what it takes to scale, and what it takes to build the...

21 Touko 41min

Ep. 129: Arjan Hannink, Keensight Capital | Building an Embedded Value Creation Team at Scale

Ep. 129: Arjan Hannink, Keensight Capital | Building an Embedded Value Creation Team at Scale

On this episode, Arjan Hannink, Partner at Keensight Capital, explains how their growth buyout firm structures hands-on value creation support across a portfolio of B2B software and IT services compan...

19 Touko 34min

Ep. 128: Amy Kramer, Level Equity | Go-To-Market Benchmarks, Outbound Efficiency and AI Visibility

Ep. 128: Amy Kramer, Level Equity | Go-To-Market Benchmarks, Outbound Efficiency and AI Visibility

On this episode, Amy Kramer, Head of the Go-To-Market Operating Group at Level Equity, shares findings from their 2026 Go-To-Market Insights Report—a benchmark study covering sales efficiency, marketi...

14 Touko 40min

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