On this episode of Investors & Operators, Jordan sits down with Lauren Mulholland, Founding Partner at MiddleGround. Together, they discuss:

• the insanely fast growth of MiddleGround and the importance of being flexible
• how Fund I has shaped them for raising Fund II
• ‘Women's Wing’ program & the importance of female empowerment

...and so much more.

LAUREN MULHOLLAND is a Partner at MiddleGround where she is responsible for transaction sourcing and management of the Investment Team with John Stewart. She started her career in investment banking as part of the Financial Institutions Group at Banc of America Securities and then moved to Macquarie Capital to help launch a private capital markets platform. She subsequently worked at Monomoy Capital, where she was a Director on the investment team. Lauren received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as an MBA with Honors from Columbia Business School.

In March 2020, Lauren was named among Buyouts Women in PE 10 rock stars making waves in private equity. Then in May 2020, Lauren was named to PEI’s The Future 40 List. While Lauren is now a certified New Yorker, her native Iowa roots are easily identifiable thanks to her love of corn. Lauren likes to spend her spare time golfing and she and her husband, Brian, are the proud parents of three girls, Maddie, Cece and Ellie.