GrowthCap, LLC, an advisory firm focused on family offices and institutional investors seeking to invest in established private companies, has released its fifth annual Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors list.
The list was compiled based both on nominations and a thorough review of each investor’s professional background, investment track record, approach to working with portfolio companies, and commitment to firm development.
This year’s list is presented in three categories (The Partners, The Founders, and The New Guard) and highlights a diverse group of growth investors across various investment styles.
The 2018 list included several stand out teams as well as individual performers.
The Insight Venture Partners team, now investing out of their recently raised $6.3 billion Fund X, represented some of the most active investors we have seen in recent years.
JMI Equity and Great Hill Partners continue to consistently perform at the top of the asset class.
TSG Consumer has seen success as they alter their investment approach to favor digital and technology-enabled derivations of traditional focus areas.
Individual top performers include TCV’s Kapil Venkatachalam, IVP’s Jules Maltz and Eric Liaw, and TPG’s Tim Millikin.
See the full list below:
THE PARTNERS
RYAN HINKLE
Firm: Insight Venture Partners
Title: Managing Director
JULES MALTZ
Firm: IVP
Title: General Partner
KAPIL VENKATACHALAM
Firm: TCV
Title: General Partner
JENNY BAXTER MOSER
Firm: TSG
Title: Managing Director
BOB NYE
Firm: JMI Equity
Title: General Partner
VINAY KASHYAP
Firm: Mainsail Partners
Title: Partner
ANIKA AGARWAL
Firm: Insight Venture Partners
Title: Managing Director
ERIC LIAW
Firm: IVP
Title: General Partner
RAFAEL COFIÑO
Firm: Great Hill Partners
Title: Partner
MATT EMERY
Firm: JMI Equity
Title: General Partner
ROSS DEVOR
Firm: Insight Venture Partners
Title: Managing Director
NISHITA CUMMINGS
Firm: Kayne Partners
Title: Partner
BEN WEINBERG
Firm: Susquehanna Growth Equity
Title: Managing Director
SUKEN VAKIL
Firm: JMI Equity
Title: General Partner
MICHAEL LAYMAN
Firm: TSG
Title: Managing Director
LEON CHEN
Firm: Kayne Partners
Title: Partner
NICK CAYER
Firm: Great Hill Partners
Title: Partner
JOSH ELSER
Firm: Susquehanna Growth Equity
Title: Partner
BRIAN HERSMAN
Firm: JMI Equity
Title: General Partner
DAN COSTELLO
Firm: TSG
Title: Managing Director
SCOTT HOCH
Firm: Frontier Capital
Title: Partner
DAN BALLEN
Firm: PIMCO
Title: Portfolio Manager, Senior Vice President
THE FOUNDERS
ALEX SOLTANI
Firm: Skyview Capital
Title: Founder, Chairman & CEO
DOMINIC ANG
Firm: Turn/River Capital
Title: Founder and Managing Partner
MATTHEW SAFAII
Firm: Arrowroot Capital
Title: Founder and Managing Partner
THE NEW GUARD
DREW LOUCKS
Firm: Great Hill Partners
Title: Principal
TIM MILLIKIN
Firm: TPG
Title: Principal
TEDDIE WARDI
Firm: Insight Venture Partners
Title: Principal
SRI RAO
Firm: Silversmith Capital Partners
Title: Principal
WON PARK
Firm: Guidepost Growth Equity
Title: Principal
MARC MUNFA
Firm: Silversmith Capital Partners
Title: Principal
JEFF HAYWOOD
Firm: Spectrum Equity
Title: Principal
BRIAN KIM
Firm: NewSpring Capital
Title: Principal
JOHN CONNOLLY
Firm: Spectrum Equity
Title: Principal
CRAIG BYRNES
Firm: Great Hill Partners
Title: Principal
LEE GARBER
Firm: NewSpring Capital
Title: Principal
BRIAN PETERSON
Firm: Silversmith Capital Partners
Title: Principal
TREY CHANDLER
Firm: Staley Capital
Title: Vice President
JOANNE YUAN
Firm: Turn/River Capital
Title: Vice President
ROBERT SHILTON
Firm: Kayne Partners
Title: Vice President