Tim Green

Hey Tim — similar PE background (IB → growth equity on my end). been thinking a lot about digital economy origination lately. would be good to connect.

Hey Tim, similar PE background — though I was doing growth equity at Treis in London not running european digital buyouts like you. origination was always the same story for me — clear thesis, decent relationships, but no proprietary system of record tying anything together. every deal virtually sourced from scratch, nothing compounding over time. curious if that's still how most funds operate or if I'm behind the times? — Russ

Hey Tim, looks like we share a similar PE background, though I was in London doing growth equity deals at Treis not building a buyout platform across the european digital economy like you've done at Apse. the pattern I keep seeing with most funds is weirdly consistent — strong thesis, solid network, but no proprietary system of record. the people, tools and ideas are never really connected. every deal virtually sourced from scratch, nothing compounds on itself. curious if that resonates or if you've built something different at Apse? — Russ

hey Tim — no worries if the timing's off. most funds I talk to have tried some version of building origination in-house — analyst pulling from Pitchbook or Grata, maybe using ChatGPT to help qualify, dumping it into a spreadsheet. each piece kind of works, but there's no system of record tying it together. the people, tools and ideas are all disconnected, so everything ends up out of sync. been helping a few funds like Axiom Equity work through that. curious if you've run into the same thing at Apse? — Russ

totally get it if origination infrastructure isn't top of mind right now — most funds have 10 things ahead of it on the priority list. the funds I've seen crack it early just tend to compound deal flow in a way that's hard to replicate later. if it ever moves up the list, I'm easy to find. — Russ

Tim — hope you're having a good Tuesday. wanted to reach out for two reasons: a) jealous of what you've built at Apse. though we both spent time in PE, I hope to one day launch my own fund and buy a great tech-enabled B2B services business. b) in the meantime I've been building highly bespoke deal origination engines for investors like you — just finished one for Axiom Equity in the UK also targeting B2B companies in high-growth verticals. It takes your thesis, maps targets across various data sources, and runs the full engagement cycle (email/linkedin/whatsapp) — connected live to the crm. Given we've already built this out, I wondered if you wanted to jump on a quick call and take a look under the hood? very best, Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23 PS: your work with Back Up sounds like a proper cause — glad people like you are behind it.