What's Wrong in Private Equity (w/ Lee McCabe)
What if the future of private equity looks exactly like its past? The days of cheap debt and multiple expansion are over, so the only way to...
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Private Equity Funcast
The PE Funcast is a weekly show featuring Devin Mathews and Jim Milbery -- partners at ParkerGale Capital. We discuss all things related to privately-owned middle market technology companies...
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Parker Gals: Angela McCoy, May River
Cass sits down with Angela McCoy, Managing Director at May River, a private equity firm investing in lower middle market industrial business...
Can You Still Trust Tech Due Diligence? (w/ Jason Gill & Kirby Montgomery, Code & Co.)
What if the thing founders are proudest of in diligence — "AI wrote most of our code" — is actually the reason investors should worry? Jim s...
Parker Gals: Caroline Carman, Rallyday Partners
In this episode of Parker Gals, Liz Xu sits down with her former JPMorgan colleague and friend Caroline Carman, Senior Associate at Rallyday...
How PE Firms Are Actually Using AI Right Now (w/ Kate Hopkins, OneGuide)
Devin and Cass sit down with Kate Hopkins, founder of OneGuide, to break down the 36 AI value creation plays private equity firms and portfo...
Parker Gals: Maggie Pugel, Frontenac
In this episode, host Cass Ziebel sits down with Frontenac VP Maggie Pugel for a candid conversation about breaking into private equity the...
Another False Start: PitchBook's H1 2026 Private Equity Data (w/ Steven Buibish)
The private equity market in 2026 was supposed to rip. So why has it fallen flat? Devin sits down with Steven Buibish, CFA, Director of US P...
Introducing "Parker Gals": Meet Cass & Liz
Welcome to Parker Gals — the podcast by and for women in private equity. Hosts Cass Ziebel and Liz Xu kick off the very first episode from P...
Private Equity's About to Get a Lot Less Private (w/ Kevin Hsu of Lumonic)
40% of PE firms and 60% of credit funds still track their portfolios on spreadsheets. That's now a way to monitor a few trillion in AUM. Pri...
PE GUY Meets an Actual PE Guy
PE GUY turned a Snapchat filter into millions of views and a seven-figure business. Host Devin Mathews (a real PE guy) conducts due diligenc...
From Sales Rep to $4B GTM Leader: The Playbook for Building Sales Teams (w/ Sam Levy of NetSuite)
Sam Levy's first sales job involved a phone book, a rotary phone, and 200 cold calls for one yes. He was still in college when he started a...
How a Tough PE Market & AI are Changing Exec Search (w/ Nick Cromydas of Hunt Club)
The deep Rolodex model for headhunters doesn't cut it anymore. PE's cookie-cutter hiring scorecards now miss the best candidates in a comple...
Financial Modeling Will Never be the Same (w/ Tarun Amasa of Endex)
In the past year, Excel AI plugins have become increasingly powerful, raising the question: Are Analysts and Associates about to become obso...
Private Equity is Coming For Your 401(k) (w/ PitchBook's Nizar Tarhuni)
Your 401(k) is about to get access to private equity, but how, in what form, and at what price are all still TBD. Which is kind of a problem...
Will AI Kill Consulting? (w/ IGS CEO Matt Umscheid)
AI is reshaping the consulting industry faster than the internet or remote work ever did. Some say the industry's days are numbered. So why...
How Private Equity Is Rethinking AI & Tech Due Diligence (According to Code & Co.)
Artificial intelligence is changing the rules of software investing, forcing private equity firms to adapt quickly and carefully. In this ep...
What's Working NOW At Private Equity Owned Companies
It's hard to execute today. Growth has slowed, and costs are up. If you own, advise, or operate a PE-backed company, this episode offers a b...
Inside Private Equity's AI-led Transformation (w/ Kyle Roemer of Accordion)
Everyone says they are one-shotting workflows with AI. We brought on the guy who can tell us what's actually happening in middle-market priv...
How We Broke Into Private Equity
How do you make the leap from the college quad to private equity? Associates Liz Xu and Niko Ivanisevic share their unexpected journey to th...
The Secret Formula to Drive Your Company's Growth
Most B2B software companies have more growth left in what they already sell. This framework shows exactly where to find it — and where to st...