In The Trenches

The Private Equity Perspective on Acquiring, Operating, and Selling Software Companies


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My guest today is Jordan Bettman. Jordan is a Partner and Co-founder of Radian Capital, a New York-based Private Equity firm focused on B2B software and technology-enabled services businesses. Radian currently has ~$500 million of assets under management, and is now investing out of their second fund.

Prior to co-founding Radian, Jordan was a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures for nearly a decade, where he focused largely on financial services and back-office technology investments. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of 5 private technology businesses, and through Radian has made direct investments (both majority and minority) in dozens more.

Jordan received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his B.S. from Cornell University.

Jordan & I discuss a wide range of topics (some specific to software, others around M&A more broadly), including how he evaluates software companies, how CEOs should evaluate potential acquirors, the pros and cons to CEOs of selling in a sellers' market, why deals fail, how to best align interests of buyers and sellers, and expectations of CEOs after they sell their company. 

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