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Helping founders from industry scale.
You can hit the accelerator without losing control.
We provide founders of rapidly growing SaaS and technology-enabled services companies with a unique balance of capital and help.
Scale your sales & marketing, hire your first professional executives, better leverage your systems and processes, adopt best practices, expand your addressable market, and even acquire a competitor or complementary business.
We are your partners and sounding board. It starts with how we can help you -- not how you can help us!
We recently closed our second fund ($130 million) and manage over $200 million of fully-committed capital.
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Things about me
- I believe curiosity is key to professional success and personal fulfillment. I love partnering with and learning from curious entrepreneurs.
- I am involved in Juma Ventures, a great non-profit/social enterprise; its mission is inspiring.
- I played golf competitively growing up and was the co-captain of the Columbia University golf team.
- Given the opportunity, I am happy to name the entire 1986 New York Mets roster, including the coaching staff.
- Nate and I are pretty evenly matched in ping pong. A lot of our best business ideas come in the middle of very close matches.
Steve co-founded Growth Street Partners with Nate Grossman. Steve has extensive experience investing behind founders of vertical-focused B2B SaaS and technology-enabled services companies. Together, Steve and Nate currently sit on the Boards of ChildCareCRM, Visual Lease, Hotel Effectiveness, Suralink, HR Acuity, and BoardBookit — and were previously on the Board of Pear Deck before it merged with GoGuardian in 2020. In addition, in 2019 Visual Lease successfully completed a recapitalization with Spectrum Equity.
Prior to Growth Street, Steve was a Partner at Mainsail Partners, a growth equity firm based in San Francisco. Steve was previously a Board member at PayLease (sold to Francisco Partners), Netchemia (sold to PeopleAdmin), 3PL Central, Ncontracts, and nCourt (subsequently sold to Providence Equity). While a Board member, three of the companies successfully completed add-on acquisitions: Netchemia-SchoolSpring, Ncontracts-Strohl, and 3PL Central-iTracker. Prior to Mainsail, Steve led investment sourcing for Vector Capital, a multi-billion dollar technology private equity firm, where he helped to source three platform investments. He began his career as an investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch.
In 2018, Steve joined the Board of Juma Ventures, a San Francisco-based non-profit and social enterprise, to help at-risk youth. He earned a BA from Columbia University.

Things about me
- I got my master’s degree in Social Psychology. I love learning about how people make decisions and how seemingly small cues can have outsized impacts.
- I believe strongly in the Growth Mindset. I want to work with entrepreneurs who are driven by learning.
- I am the third oldest of six siblings. At any given time one of us is almost definitely on a tennis court.
- I never lose to Steve in ping-pong.
Nate co-founded Growth Street Partners with Steve Wolfe. Nate has extensive experience investing behind founders of vertical-focused B2B SaaS and technology-enabled services companies. Together, Nate and Steve currently sit on the Boards of ChildCareCRM, Visual Lease, Hotel Effectiveness, Suralink, HR Acuity, and BoardBookit — and were previously on the Board of Pear Deck before it merged with GoGuardian. In addition, in 2019 Visual Lease successfully completed a recapitalization with Spectrum Equity.
Prior to Growth Street, he was on the investment team at Mainsail Partners, a growth equity firm based in San Francisco. While at Mainsail, Nate sourced the firm’s platform investments in Ncontracts and 3PL Central and 3PL Central’s add-on acquisition of iTracker. He was a Board Observer at 3PL Central.
He lives in San Francisco and volunteers as a youth mentor at Huckleberry Youth Programs. Nate received a BA and MA from Stanford University.

Things about me
- I got my master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (which is fancier than Nate’s master’s degree). I am always open to a deep conversation about the human mind, including discussing how to best engage and motivate employees or even what makes two intelligent business people care so much about ping pong.
- Born and raised in the CITY of Chicago (Lincoln Park)!
- I love playing soccer, golf, and, more recently, road cycling. I also love cooking, making bread and pizza dough, and trying new whiskeys and wines.
- I have never played ping pong against Steve or Nate, but knowing what I know about them, I am confident I will beat both of them.
Ben is the Vice President, Operations. He leads the Operations Team at Growth Street Partners. Ben joined the Growth Street team in 2020 and works closely with the Growth Street portfolio company founders and executives to identify and execute on value creation opportunities. Ben also spends time with the Growth Street Investment Team assisting on due diligence of prospective investments to help identify operational opportunities.
Prior to joining Growth Street, Ben ran the revenue operations team at Kazoo, a Vista Equity portfolio company that sells employee experience SaaS. While at Kazoo, Ben helped to build and re-architect the customer and prospect database, to revamp the software price books, to install an Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) algorithm, and to set-up strategic analysis dashboards. Before Kazoo, Ben spent three years at Vista Consulting Group, Vista Equity’s consulting arm, where he worked with portfolio companies on value creation opportunities across the go-to-market, finance, talent, and product teams.
Ben is from Chicago. He earned his BS from Ithaca College and an MS from Florida Institute of Technology.

Things about me
- Having grown up with a fascination for the sciences, I’m continually amazed by how applicable the mental models of mathematics, biology, and the scientific method are to operating a business.
- My passion for working with rapidly growing businesses was sparked by the LEADER Project, where I had the opportunity to work alongside entrepreneurs in Haiti and Nepal.
- I’m a proud Canadian, Drake enthusiast, and Raptors fan, in that order.
- Unfortunately, none of the above translates well to the ping pong table.
Kevin is a Vice President. He joined as an Associate, shortly after Growth Street closed its debut fund, and was subsequently promoted to Senior Associate and then Vice President, Investments. In addition to evaluating investment opportunities, Kevin works closely with the founders and executives of Growth Street’s portfolio companies to help them scale their systems and processes.
Prior to joining Growth Street, Kevin was an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs. At Goldman, his responsibilities included market research in the technology, retail, and healthcare industries, financial analysis and modelling, and transaction process management.
Kevin earned his business degree from the Ivey Business School.

Things about me
- Growing up an avid sports fan, I have always been fascinated by the way data combines with psychology to create a successful outcome. The same applies to business.
- I enjoy working around passionate, competitive individuals – constantly pushing themselves and those around them for the betterment of the team.
- I am a hockey nerd and was a competitive player through college.
- My goalie reflexes from hockey only occasionally translate to the ping pong table.
Ben is an Investment Associate and joined Growth Street in 2020. In addition to evaluating investment opportunities, Ben works closely with the founders and executives of Growth Street’s portfolio companies to help them scale their systems and processes.
Prior to joining Growth Street, Ben was an investment banking analyst at Perella Weinberg Partners. In this role, Ben worked on a variety of M&A transactions for public and private corporate clients across several industries.
Ben earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Things about me
- I believe numbers and facts are the basis of all good decisions. I enjoy working with entrepreneurs to help define and collect the numbers and facts they need to inform their intuitions.
- I enjoy working with people who question everything; there is something to learn from every outcome and opinion.
- I was a competitive cyclist through college and the president of the UVM cycling team.
- I am in the final stages of a three-year long ping pong bluff; now that they’re both overconfident, I plan to beat Steve and Nate the next time we play.
Jake has worked with Growth Street since the firm’s inception, working closely with Pear Deck, ChildCareCRM, Visual Lease, and Hotel Effectiveness. Jake’s responsibilities include helping the founders and their teams increase sales, marketing, and customer success performance through the design, implementation, and optimization of revenue-related systems and technologies. Jake has a deep understanding of Salesforce and Apex, Salesforce’s programming language, and holds several certifications from HubSpot and Google.
Prior to Growth Street, Jake was an inbound marketing specialist at New Breed Marketing, a leading HubSpot partner agency. He worked with some of HubSpot’s fastest growing SaaS clients helping them implement best practices. In addition, Jake consults for multiple high growth SaaS and eCommerce companies, helping companies scale from fewer than 20 employees to over 300. He has witnessed the benefits of implementing and optimizing the systems, sales processes, and marketing strategies to navigate the challenges (and seize the opportunities) of rapid growth.
Jake received his BS from the University of Vermont and currently lives in Burlington, VT with his soon-to-be-wife and dog.

Katie Bullard
Senior Advisor, Go-to-Market
Things about me
- If I weren’t in tech, I’d be an interior designer. If you google, “Katie Bullard HGTV“, you’ll see evidence of my moonlighting career.
- I’ve worked as the right hand to three exceptional founders, and I love it because their passion and connection to the customer can’t ever be matched by another CEO.
- I love working with GSP because they take such a partner-oriented approach to everything they do! They aren’t just investors – they are your best allies.
- I’ve realized over time that the best leaders are the ones who realize that raising their game is about raising the games of others around them
Katie Bullard is a Senior Advisor at Growth Street Partners and was the President of DiscoverOrg / ZoomInfo from 2018-2019 and the Chief Growth Officer from 2016-2019. In addition, Katie is on the Board of ChildCareCRM, a Growth Street portfolio company.
At DiscoverOrg / ZoomInfo, Katie was responsible for leading the global marketing, product management, customer experience, and partnership functions. DiscoverOrg was on the Inc. 5000 list for 8 consecutive years and the Deloitte Fast 500 for 4 consecutive years.
Katie has over 15 years of experience at high-growth, investor-backed technology and data companies, and has a track record of consistently accelerating the growth and valuations of the businesses she works with – turning them into undisputed market leaders. Prior to DiscoverOrg / ZoomInfo, Katie served in executive leadership roles at Mitratech, Accruent, and D&B Hoover’s. She was named a 2018 Top 20 Women in Business to Watch by SLMA, and her marketing team earned the 2017 SIIA Marketing Team of the Year Award.

Dave Dutch
Senior Advisor, CEO Mentor
Things about me
- I am an unapologetic Michigan State Spartans fan!
- I worked with Nate & Steve before they started Growth Street. I believe in them. l believe in their model. I love the type and size of companies that GSP partners with.
- I love working with Founders because each story is so unique, and they have done something special that most people only talk about.
- I value partnering with “doers” more than “talkers”.
Dave Dutch is a Senior Advisor at Growth Street Partners and the CEO of OrderMyGear. Prior to OrderMyGear, Dave was the CEO of PayLease, an online payments platform for property management companies, where Steve served on the Board. Dutch joined PayLease in 2011 from CDS Global, where he was executive vice president. Since joining PayLease, Dutch has led the sale of PayLease for the third time in six years to one of the nation’s top growth private equity firms. Under Dave’s leadership, PayLease had two meaningful transactions, including a sale to Francisco Partners and then Vista Equity. Dave attended the United States Naval Academy and then Michigan State University for his MBA.

Things about me
- You can ask me anything you want about an LLC waterfall; I am an open book.
- I am an avid Bay Area sports fan, cheering on the Giants, Warriors, Niners, and my beloved Stanford Cardinal.
- Steve never accepted this challenge.
- My greatest accomplishment was captured on television.
- Nate and Kevin team up against Steve and me in epic ping pong doubles matches.
Lars serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Growth Street Partners. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the financial/operational functions in growth equity.
Lars previously spent eight years as CFO/Operating Partner at Mainsail Partners, where he worked closely with Steve and Nate. Previously, Lars worked with leading investment firms, including Golden Gate Capital and Storm Ventures. He is currently part-time, supporting a few other investment clients in the Bay Area.
Lars has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA Graduate School of Business.