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#363 - Jason Illian - GP & Co-Founder @ Highmount Capital - Growth Equity, Investing in Dude Perfect, Launching Koch Disruptive Technologies
Jason is the General Partner and Co-Founder of Highmount Capital, a unique investment firm focused on growth stage and middle market investments in transformative technology and other growth-related platforms. He is the former Managing Director and founding member of Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch Industries, the largest privately-held company in the US with over $130B in revenue. Jason was responsible for helping KDT grow to billions in AUM across 40+ companies.
We discuss:
- What makes a great venture partner
- What venture firms look for in late-stage companies
- The process of making a $100mm investment in DudePerfect
We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners.
https://www.thefortpod.com/survey
Links:
Dude Perfect
Highmount Capital
Jason on X
Topics:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:05:23) - Jason's Early career
(00:10:03) - What makes a great venture partner
(00:13:23) - Joining Koch Industries
(00:15:18) - Building the venture framework for Koch
(00:19:48) - What does a great late-stage company look like in the eyes of a venture firm?
(00:26:40) - Founding Highmount Capital
(00:29:56) - Building a great origination engine
(00:35:44) - Investing in Dude Perfect
(00:40:18) - The craving for family-friendly brands
(00:44:10) - How do you think about your role post-investment?
(00:46:44) - What are unique ways to make money in the creator economy?
(00:54:14) - Are the Dudes a technology business or technology-enabled business?
(00:57:34) - How do you find a CEO for a company like DudePerfect?
(01:01:18) - How is Highmount structured?
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Jason is the General Partner and Co-Founder of Highmount Capital, a unique investment firm focused on growth stage and middle market investments in transformative technology and other growth-related platforms. He is the former Managing Director and founding member of Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch Industries, the largest privately-held company in the US with over $130B in revenue. Jason was responsible for helping KDT grow to billions in AUM across 40+ companies.
We discuss:
- What makes a great venture partner
- What venture firms look for in late-stage companies
- The process of making a $100mm investment in DudePerfect
We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners.
https://www.thefortpod.com/survey
Links:
Dude Perfect
Highmount Capital
Jason on X
Topics:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:05:23) - Jason's Early career
(00:10:03) - What makes a great venture partner
(00:13:23) - Joining Koch Industries
(00:15:18) - Building the venture framework for Koch
(00:19:48) - What does a great late-stage company look like in the eyes of a venture firm?
(00:26:40) - Founding Highmount Capital
(00:29:56) - Building a great origination engine
(00:35:44) - Investing in Dude Perfect
(00:40:18) - The craving for family-friendly brands
(00:44:10) - How do you think about your role post-investment?
(00:46:44) - What are unique ways to make money in the creator economy?
(00:54:14) - Are the Dudes a technology business or technology-enabled business?
(00:57:34) - How do you find a CEO for a company like DudePerfect?
(01:01:18) - How is Highmount structured?
Support our Sponsors
Vesto: https://www.vesto.com/fort
Better Pitch: https://bit.ly/42d9L0I
Fort: https://bit.ly/FortCompanies
Follow Fort on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fort-companies/
Chris on Social Media:
The Fort Podcast on Twitter/X: https://x.com/theFORTpodcast
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefortpodcast
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/45gIkFd
Watch The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNX
Visit our website: https://bit.ly/43SOvys
Leave a review on Apple: https://bit.ly/45crFD0
Leave a review on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Krl9jO
The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
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