Video: Frog Capital's Mike Reid on growth equity's chance to shine
Unquote interviews Mike Reid from Frog Capital, which recently took the Venture & Growth Capital House of the Year gong at the 2020 British Private Equity Awards.
Senior partner Mike Reid recaps a busy year for tech-focused growth capital firm Frog Capital, including two standout exits, as well as fresh investment. He also argues that growth equity can benefit from some of the challenges currently affecting buyout and early-stage VCs' strategies in order to draw eyes from a fundraising point of view.
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