Christian Stewart

Hey Christian — congrats on launching Sundance. Similar PE background here — been deep in B2B SaaS origination thinking lately. Would be good to connect.

Hey Christian, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not launching a SaaS growth fund like you. most B2B SaaS funds I talk to are running on PitchBook or Grata, maybe Affinity, and then basically Excel and email for everything else on the origination side. but proprietary deal flow stays inconsistent. nothing connects systematically — the firm's thesis and network intelligence don't feed into each other, so origination never builds on itself. does origination look different at Sundance? — Russ

Hey Christian, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not launching a SaaS growth fund like you. most B2B SaaS funds I talk to are running on PitchBook or Grata, maybe Affinity, and then basically Excel and email for everything else on the origination side. but proprietary deal flow stays inconsistent. nothing connects systematically — the firm's thesis and network intelligence don't feed into each other, so origination never builds on itself. does origination look different at Sundance? — Russ

hey Christian — one more thought on origination. after hitting this wall myself doing growth equity, I ended up building origination infrastructure for funds full-time — Axiom Equity, Noble Rock, Wingman, a few others. at my old fund we had every subscription going and I still spent half my time manually stitching origination together. the pattern I keep seeing is that the funds who systematise it early compound deal flow in a way that's really hard to replicate later. curious if Sundance has cracked that or if it's the same pattern. — Russ

hey Christian — no stress on any of this. we documented the origination infrastructure we've built across funds — tech stack, workflows, prompts. free to share if it'd be useful at Sundance. either way, I'm around if origination ever becomes a conversation worth having. — Russ

Hi Christian, looks like we share a similar PE path — though I'm from Zimbabwe and ended up doing growth equity in London, not launching a SaaS growth equity fund. most B2B SaaS funds I talk to are running on PitchBook or Grata, maybe Affinity, and then basically Excel and email for everything else on the origination side. but proprietary deal flow stays inconsistent. nothing connects systematically — the firm's thesis and network intelligence don't feed into each other, so origination never builds on itself. does origination look different at Sundance? Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Christian — more on the origination side. after hitting this wall myself doing growth equity, I ended up building origination infrastructure for funds full-time — Axiom Equity, Noble Rock, Wingman, a few others. the pattern I keep seeing is that the funds who systematise it early end up compounding deal flow in a way that's really hard to replicate later. happy to compare notes on what's actually moving the needle if you're interested. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Christian — something about this keeps rattling around. at my old fund we had a solid stack and smart people, and origination still felt like it restarted from scratch every cycle. took me a while to realise it wasn't a people problem — the tools just didn't talk to each other. imagine Sundance has a way more dialled setup — but figured I'd ask. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Christian — completely separate from all that. we put together a playbook on PE origination — the tech stack, the workflows, some of the prompts and automations that actually move the needle. happy to send it over if it'd be useful at Sundance. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Christian — I'll leave it here. the origination playbook is yours whenever — no expiry on that. I'm deep in this space all day, so if it ever becomes a conversation worth having, I'm around. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23