Fordham Prep

University of Notre Dame

General Partner at Guidepost Growth Equity

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Guidepost Growth Equity (<a href="http://guidepostgrowth.com">guidepostgrowth.com</a>; formerly known as North Bridge Growth Equity), located in Boston, is a +$1 billion growth-focused private equity firm targeting the technology and technology-enabled services sectors.  The firm provides equity capital to fund liquidity, growth and acquisitions and invests $15-$75 million per deal.

Guidepost Growth Equity

General Partner

ThinkHR delivers HR knowledge solutions that combine the best of human expertise and innovative technology. The company's cloud-based software and live HR and compliance advisors help employers reduce risk, drive efficiencies, and resolve people-related issues quickly and efficiently. ThinkHR serves more than 125,000 employers and 850 business partners, including top insurance, payroll, and HR technology providers. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

ThinkHR

Board Member

Spoonflower (<a href="http://www.spoonflower.com">www.spoonflower.com</a>) is a website that allows anyone to upload their own designs to print on fabric, wallpaper, or gift wrap. Spoonflower is home of the largest community of independent fabric designers in the world.

Spoonflower

WP Engine provides managed WordPress hosting for mission critical sites around the world. Amazing support, enterprise class, & optimized for WordPress.

WP Engine

Board Observer

Lucid is a software company delivering the power of human answers on a massive scale. We built Fulcrum, the first global marketplace for market research sample (that means human beings who answer questions), and introduced programmatic buying and selling to the market research industry. We also created Federated Sample, a full-service sample provider that, using our proprietary technology, empowers our clients to do world-class market research.

Lucid, LLC

BrightTALK Inc. provides webinars and videos marketing platform where professionals exchange ideas and insights with peers.On December 23, 2020, BrightTALK was acquired by TechTarget, Inc. (TTGT).

BrightTALK

Leapfrog Online, Inc. provides digital direct-marketing services serving the automotive, financial services, telecommunications, education, and home services industries.  On April 3, 2017, iProspect, a subsidiary of Dentsu Aegis Network, acquired Leapfrog Online (<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/dentsus-iprospect-acquires-performance-shop-leapfrog-online-1491235200">https://www.wsj.com/articles/dentsus-iprospect-acquires-performance-shop-leapfrog-online-1491235200</a>)

Leapfrog Online

Served on the Board of Directors of Reward Gateway, a London-based provider of SaaS-based technology that powers employee benefits, recognition, communications and engagement.

Reward Gateway

Served as an Observer on the Board of Directors of PlanSource, a leading provider of cloud-based health exchange and benefits administration technology.Acquired by Vista Equity Partners in March 2019.

PlanSource

Served on the Board of Directors of bswift prior to the company's sale to Aetna in November 2014 for $400 million.

bswift

Great Hill Partners, located in Boston, MA, provides equity capital to growing businesses in its targeted sectors.  The firm invests in a wide variety of transaction types, including buyouts, recapitalizations, consolidations, growth equity, and going-private transactions.  The firm targets companies with an enterprise value of $100-$500 million.

Great Hill Partners

Vice President

Great Hill Partners, located in Boston, MA, provides equity capital to growing businesses in its targeted sectors. The firm invests in a wide variety of transaction types, including buyouts, recapitalizations, consolidations, growth equity, and going-private transactions. The firm targets companies with an enterprise value of $100-$500 million.

Chris Cavanagh