In this episode, we speak with Max de Groen and Scott Kirk, Partners at Bain Capital, one of the world’s leading private investment firms with approximately $185 billion in AUM. The firm pioneered the value-added approach to investing and has been at the forefront of growth investing since its founding in 1984.

Max joined Bain Capital in 2011. He is a Partner on the North American Private Equity team. He focuses on supporting the growth of cutting-edge cybersecurity, digital infrastructure, and horizontal application businesses.

Scott joined Bain Capital in 2019 and is a Partner on the Bain Capital Tech Opportunities team. He co-leads the team’s investments across application software and information services, most notably focusing on vertical SaaS, SMB platforms and B2B marketplace investments. Previously, Scott was a senior investment professional with TCV.

Max and Scott were recognized by GrowthCap as Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors of 2023.

Max supports YMCA. To learn more about this organization click here.

Scott supports Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. To learn more about this organization click here.

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In this episode, we speak with the Founder and CEO of Masterworks, Scott Lynn. Specializing in the art investment market, Masterworks securitizes blue-chip artworks between $1-20 million per painting and sells shares to over 200,000 investors via their site.

Blue-chip art has historically retained its value and appreciated in times of high inflation. Masterworks was founded in 2017 by Scott to make the art market more accessible to investors.

Scott is an early Internet entrepreneur with a focus on online advertising, martech, and fintech. Over the past 15+ years, he’s founded, acquired, sold, or remained a controlling shareholder in over a dozen tech companies. Prior to Masterworks, Scott founded Payability, V2 Ventures, and Virtumundo.

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In this episode, we speak with Jeeta Bandopadhyay, Co-founder and COO of Tookitaki.

The company operates in the financial crime prevention space and is a pioneer of the concept of combating financial crime through a community-based platform.

This collective effort, known as the Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) ecosystem, enables financial institutions to acquire knowledge, collaborate, and utilize typologies to counter emerging financial crime patterns, thereby ensuring their own safety and security.

Tookitaki was recognized as one of the Top 100 Financial Technology Companies of 2023 by the Financial Technology Report.

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