Two former executives at Brighton Park Capital and BV Investment Partners have, respectively, launched their own PE firms this year with the goal of taking small software and technology companies to the next level.
Jeff Machlin, who left growth equity shop Brighton Park Capital in January, started Greenwich, Connecticut-based Wingman Growth Partners the following month and recently began raising money for a debut fund, a regulatory filing shows. Machlin leads a team of about seven, including Partner Eric Anderson, who previously served as a vice president at software investor Vista Equity Partners.