In this fireside chat with ION Analytics, WestCap Partner and Co-Head of Investments Daphne Tong shared her insights on identifying a niche in private markets, her experience at Blackstone and GIC, and the unique operating equity model at WestCap. Takeaways: 🔎 Identifying a niche: Daphne emphasized the importance of understanding where a firm has the right to win and focusing on themes that are adjacent to their strengths. 🔎 WestCap’s operating equity model: WestCap’s model combines investment and operating teams to source and accelerate companies, with a focus on thematic investing and a “co-pilot” approach. 🔎 Talent acquisition: Daphne discussed the challenges of replicating WestCap’s operating equity model, citing the need for operators with a unique blend of skills and experience. 🔎 LP concerns: Daphne revealed that distributions are currently the single biggest concern for WestCap’s limited partners, who are focused on differentiated returns in a crowded market. Thank you for hosting us, Giovanni Amodeo and Mergermarket Hope you enjoy the episode: https://bit.ly/3YdDOH4
WestCap
Financial Services
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About us
WestCap is a strategic operating and investing firm led by a team that has founded, invested in, and operated tech-enabled marketplaces for over 20 years. Our investment partners are leading families and institutions from around the world, who have placed their trust in us, with flexible capital for whom we can compound returns over the long term with our lifecycle investing approach. We've built a reputation as value-add, operationally-focused investors to our partner companies, which welcome our involvement and aligned capital. In addition to private investing, we provide our investment partners with a full suite of solutions including private / public equity advisory as well as cash management solutions. WestCap was founded by Laurence Tosi, a passionate entrepreneur, investor, operator, and philanthropist. Tosi currently serves as Managing Partner of WestCap, bringing with him both his passion and track record for entrepreneurship and building leading disruptive businesses. His previous roles include serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Airbnb and The Blackstone Group, as well as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner at Merrill Lynch.
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- New York, NY
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We’re proud of our operating equity and appreciate the kind words from HUMAN CEO Stu Solomon in an interview with GovInfoSecurity: “They're operators at heart, and so they inherently understand what it means to build a good business.” We look forward to our continued partnership! Read the full interview: https://lnkd.in/gZvGc6Ua
Human Security Raises $50M+ to Take on Click-Fraud Defense
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From ad fraud and account takeover to account fraud and compliance, HUMAN has proven their platform can defend against the most prolific threats on the internet. WestCap is leading HUMAN’s $50M growth capital raise as the company is uniquely positioned to protect the integrity of today’s digital world. See today’s announcement for the details: https://lnkd.in/eJMXgYQm Congratulations to HUMAN CEO Stu Solomon and the entire team!
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Exciting news from World Aviation Festival 2024: FLYR and Riyadh Air | طيران الرياض have announced a strategic partnership that will shape the future of passenger travel. Through this partnership, Riyadh Air will utilize FLYR’s Offer and Order technology to deliver a modern retailing platform and experience to its customers. #aviationfest Read all about the partnership here: https://lnkd.in/gKauZR85
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Fantastic interview with Alex Mans 🛫, Founder and CEO at FLYR, about the state of the airline industry and how FLYR is leading the modernization of travel by helping travel providers create the experiences customers want, while operating with speed and efficiency. Check out the full conversation on Cheddar: https://lnkd.in/g376p-NV
Alex Mans 🛫, FLYR Founder & CEO, sat down with Cheddar’s Dave Briggs to talk about the future of the airline industry, some funny viral flying moments, and how FLYR is helping airlines create an Amazon-like shopping experience for travelers. Tune into this exciting interview here: 🔊 https://lnkd.in/g376p-NV
Have Airlines Finally Embraced Modern Technology Since the '80s and '90s?
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Looking forward to seeing some of you at InsureTech Connect in Vegas next week. I'm excited to dig into the innovation surrounding the underwriting, claims processing, and reinsurance parts of the insurance value chain. Please reach out if you’re around! #ITCVegas
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Next week, we're hosting an SF #TechWeek happy hour at our office in the FiDi! We’ll be pouring drinks and hosting a panel on how creativity 🎨 drives startup growth, featuring: - Allen Mask, Partner at WestCap and Managing Partner at CōLab - Brian Wakabayashi, Managing Director and Head of Brand Strategy at CōLab - Gabrielle Tenaglia, Fractional CMO at Lettuce Financial - Katie Mentus, VP User Experience and Design at Addepar - Matt Herrmann, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at JAM Branding If you’re in the City on Thursday, October 10th, RSVP here: https://lu.ma/5s3k3vrh
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This week, WestCap hosted go-to-market (GTM) leaders from across our portfolio for our annual GTM Summit in NYC to exchange best practices around aligning to the customer journey. Key themes included defining and testing your ideal customer profiles (ICPs), honing in on the sales-to-implementation process, and creating a framework for in-depth win, loss, and churn analysis. Thanks to everyone who joined us for the engaging discussion – and a special thank you to our guest speaker Charanya “CK” Kannan for sharing insights on strengthening the GTM and product relationship!
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Designed and built with feedback from our clients, Addepar Trading provides you with the flexible tools and centralized workflow you need to execute trades and rebalance at scale. Senior Director and Head of Trading Philip Senseny goes into more detail in our latest blog post: https://bit.ly/3N3plqA
The power of a seamless trading solution
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Congratulations to our portfolio company Addepar on their latest launches, Addepar Trading and Dashboards, which aim to streamline the portfolio management experience for both advisors and clients. Our in-house creative studio CōLab had the opportunity to support Addepar with the development of videos like the one below. Proud to have partnered with their team on this!
Announcing the launch of Addepar Trading, Addepar’s end-to-end trading solution. A pivotal extension to the Addepar platform, Addepar Trading is designed to deepen your portfolio management capabilities with scalable tools, optimized workflows and timely data. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3ZzYQR5