Enterprise-Scale AI: SambaNova Systems’ Rodrigo Liang

In this episode, we speak with Max de Groen and Scott Kirk, Partners at Bain Capital, one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $185 billion in AUM. The firm pioneered the value-added approach to investing and has been at the forefront of growth investing since its founding in 1984. Max joined Bain Capital in 2011. He is a Partner on the North American Private Equity team. He focuses on supporting the growth of cutting-edge cybersecurity, digital infrastructure, and horizontal application businesses. Scott joined Bain Capital in 2019 and is a Partner on the Bain Capital Tech Opportunities team. He co-leads the team’s investments across application software and information services, most notably focusing on vertical SaaS, SMB platforms and B2B marketplace investments. Previously, Scott was a senior investment professional with TCV. Max and Scott were recognized by GrowthCap as Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors of 2023. Max supports YMCA. To learn more about this organization click here. Scott supports Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. To learn more about this organization click here. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to follow.

In this episode, we speak with the Founder and CEO of Masterworks, Scott Lynn. Specializing in the art investment market, Masterworks securitizes blue-chip artworks between $1-20 million per painting and sells shares to over 200,000 investors via their site. Blue-chip art has historically retained its value and appreciated in times of high inflation. Masterworks was founded in 2017 by Scott to make the art market more accessible to investors. Scott is an early Internet entrepreneur with a focus on online advertising, martech, and fintech. Over the past 15+ years, he’s founded, acquired, sold, or remained a controlling shareholder in over a dozen tech companies. Prior to Masterworks, Scott founded Payability, V2 Ventures, and Virtumundo. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode click to follow.

In this episode, we speak with Jeeta Bandopadhyay, Co-founder and COO of Tookitaki. The company operates in the financial crime prevention space and is a pioneer of the concept of combating financial crime through a community-based platform. This collective effort, known as the Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) ecosystem, enables financial institutions to acquire knowledge, collaborate, and utilize typologies to counter emerging financial crime patterns, thereby ensuring their own safety and security. Tookitaki was recognized as one of the Top 100 Financial Technology Companies of 2023 by the Financial Technology Report. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to follow.

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. I am your host RJ Lumba. We hope you enjoy the show. If you like the episode, click to follow. Jake supports NAVY SEAL Foundation.  To learn more about this organization click here.

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. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to follow.

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. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to follow.

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. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to follow.

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. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to follow.

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. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to follow.

In this episode, we speak with Bill Lucchini, CEO of Nextech, the complete healthcare technology solution for specialty providers. The company services more than 16,000 physicians and over 60,000 office staff members in the clinical specialties of Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, and Med Spa. Bill’s focus is on expanding the company's industry-leading product suite into a true end-to-end ecosystem designed specifically for specialty practices. He has spent his entire career in technology and software, most recently serving as CEO of Dealer-FX Group. Prior to that, he was with Sophos, OnForce and Intuit. Nextech was recognized as one of the Top 100 Healthcare Technology Companies of 2023 by The Healthcare Technology Report. Bill supports Tunnel to Towers Foundation. To learn more about this organization click here. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to follow.