Ted Rector

Hey Ted — congrats on launching Longpine. Similar PE background here — been deep in industrial services origination lately. Would be good to connect.

Hey Ted, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not launching an industrial independent sponsor like you. most industrial services 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 Longpine? — Russ

Hey Ted, similar background, weirdly — I'm from Zimbabwe, did growth equity in London, not launching an industrial independent sponsor like you. most industrial services 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 Longpine? — Russ

hey Ted — 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 Longpine has cracked that or if it's the same pattern. — Russ

hey Ted — appreciate the connect either way. we documented the origination infrastructure we've built across funds — tech stack, workflows, prompts. free to share if it'd be useful at Longpine. either way, I'm around if origination ever becomes a conversation worth having. — Russ

Hi Ted, looks like we share a similar PE path — though I'm from Zimbabwe and ended up doing growth equity in London, not building an industrial buy-and-build fund. most industrial services 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 Longpine? Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Ted — something else 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. 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 Ted — 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 Longpine has a way more dialled setup — but figured I'd ask. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Ted — 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 Longpine. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23

hi Ted — 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 Longpine, happy to compare notes. Russell searchloop.ai linkedin.com/in/russellt23