In this episode, Adam Waglay, CEO and Co-Founder at Butterfly Equity, explains why food is an attractive sector for private equity, and why B2B enablers like ingredients and packaging offer a way to play consumer trends without betting on a single brand.

Hear how a dedicated transformation team embeds operators inside portfolio companies, how the playbook differs across three business models and where AI is creating the most leverage in food businesses today.

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On this episode, John Dickie, Partner and Co-Head of Private Equity at HighVista Strategies, explains how HighVista evaluates the lower middle market managers it backs. Learn what separates the managers LPs back fund after fund from the rest, the role fund size plays in that decision and the conversations that show whether a value creation playbook holds up in practice.

Hear how a sharp slowdown in fundraising is reshaping private equity and what it means for new managers trying to raise their first fund. Then learn how LPs weigh single-asset deals against diversified fund commitments and how AI is changing the way investors think about opportunity and risk across a portfolio.

The information contained in this podcast is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, investment advice.

On this episode, Taylor McKinley and Chris Cassidy, partners on the investment and growth teams at Mainsail Partners, break down how 40-plus operators and a deal team work as one. Learn why engaging companies a year or more before investing helps win deals and how operating support gets factored into the investment thesis and diligence.

Hear why companies at $5–10 million of ARR need practical help rather than just more advisors, how to weigh where limited capacity goes across a portfolio after close and how a hands-on team of former CTOs can accelerate AI product development. Then learn what it takes to build this model at your own firm—letting portfolio needs dictate specialist hires, hiring people who have run the functions themselves and embedding collaboration in the culture.

The information contained in this podcast is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, investment advice.