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Why our operating model starts with culture

Ask most investors what it takes to be best-in-class and you’ll hear the same answers: find great deals, have a strong investment strategy, create value.
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🛫 Meet Alba Topallaj, Software Investor at Copilot Capital 🛫

From Advent International to PSG and Accel-KKR, Alba has built her career around scaling software businesses.
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AI's brutal truths are a playbook for software growth

Coatue’s "10 brutal truths about AI" is a must-read on the trends driving the highest valued tech businesses right now. But they contain vital lessons for smaller software businesses too.
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Meet Kemar England, Investor at Copilot Capital

At Copilot Capital, we’re always hunting for opportunities in numbers, beyond just financial results. With his consulting background and operational experience, this is one of Kemar England’s core strengths as an investor.
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✈️ How we're prioritising people over performance in private equity ✈️

One of my big ambitions for Copilot Capital was to show that a better managed, 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 could outperform the traditional model.
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Private equity support means more reporting. But that's no bad thing for founders

Business metrics and reporting are vital to building transparent and constructive private equity partnerships, but new reporting demands can be daunting for portfolio businesses at the outset.
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It’s uncomfortable for founders, but scaling software businesses always requires new senior talent

🚨Founders be prepared: you need to change senior team as you scale🚨
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Meet Dave Sun: Software Investor, Copilot Capital

As soon as Copilot Capital founder John Messer decided to start a B2B software fund, Dave Sun, his old friend from London Business School , was top of his list to build Copilot with.
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