Christine Jones

Hey Christine — similar PE background, been deep in rural growth equity origination thinking lately. Would be good to connect.

Hey Christine, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not investing in rural businesses like Blue Highway. most funds I talk to have a database — PitchBook or Grata — maybe a CRM, and then the origination setup is mostly Excel and email from there. 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 Blue Highway? — Russ

Hey Christine, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not investing in rural businesses like Blue Highway. most funds I talk to have a database — PitchBook or Grata — maybe a CRM, and then the origination setup is mostly Excel and email from there. 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 Blue Highway? — Russ

hey Christine — one more thought on origination. after hitting this wall myself doing growth equity, I ended up building origination infrastructure for funds full-time — Mentmore Capital, Axiom Equity, Noble Rock, a few others. at my old fund we had a solid stack and smart people, and origination still restarted from scratch every cycle. the funds who systematise it early end up compounding deal flow — the ones who don't keep resetting. curious if Blue Highway has cracked that or if it's the same pattern. — Russ

hey Christine — 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 Blue Highway. either way, I'm around if origination ever becomes a conversation worth having. — Russ

Hi Christine, looks like we share a similar PE path — though I'm from Zimbabwe and ended up doing growth equity in London, not investing in rural growth businesses like Blue Highway. most funds I talk to have a database — PitchBook or Grata — maybe a CRM, and then the origination setup is mostly Excel and email from there. but proprietary deal flow still feels thin. thesis, network, and intelligence never sync into one system — so origination resets every cycle instead of compounding. does origination look different at Blue Highway? Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Christine — been thinking more about origination. after hitting this wall myself doing growth equity, I ended up building origination infrastructure for funds full-time — Mentmore Capital, Axiom Equity, Noble Rock, 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 Christine — something about this keeps rattling around. when I was doing growth equity we had every subscription going — PitchBook, CRM, enrichment tools, the lot — and I still spent half my time manually pulling origination together across all of it. always wondered if that was just us being disorganised or if it's genuinely universal. imagine Blue Highway has a way more dialled setup — but figured I'd ask. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Christine — 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 Blue Highway. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Christine — I'll leave it here. playbook offer stands whenever. I spend most of my time building origination infrastructure for funds — if that ever becomes relevant at Blue Highway, happy to compare notes. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23