Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast
My guest on today’s show is one of Thoma Bravo’s leading enterprise software investors and a rare voice of optimism in the tech space. At a time when growth equity has taken a beating and investors are feeling overexposed to tech more generally, Holden Spaht is refreshingly upbeat.
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“We are optimistic that this is going to be a significantly better year for dealmaking than 2023,” he tells me.
In this episode, I ask Holden how he remains bullish on tech. We also explore how he developed a playbook for profitable growth and why margin expansion is foundational to every one of his deals, regardless of the company’s size.
“We don’t view [profitability] as a detriment to growth; we view that as fueling future growth and investment and acquisitions,” Holden says. “A lot of times we’re getting up to where we can achieve 50% margins and double-digit organic growth.”
The Private Equity Podcast
In our podcast series, Bain's Hugh MacArthur interviews leading experts on the trends and opportunities that will redefine the private equity industry.