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The Private-Equity Firm That Wants the Family Photo to Stay on the Wall
Brightstar Capital Partners sells control without the scorched-earth script. Its pitch to founders is patient capital, an operator’s toolkit and a place at the table after the papers are signed.
The Holding Company That Never Plans to Sell
OwnersEdge buys healthy companies, folds their employees into one diversified ownership plan, and keeps the exit door shut. Its wager is that patient capital, shared services and a stake for the people doing the work can turn succession planning into a durable growth model.
Nestor
Nestor is an AI-powered, skills-based talent management platform - a self-described People Intelligence Platform - that helps HR leaders, managers, and employees map, activate, and deploy the skills inside an organization. Built around a market library of 20,000+ skills and an AI companion, Nestor connects performance management, employee engagement, and career development so companies can spot skill gaps, run an internal talent marketplace, and make workforce decisions based on capability rather than job titles.
Jeff Markowitz
Jeff Markowitz is an Advisory Partner at Greylock Partners, one of Silicon Valley's most storied venture capital firms, where he serves as a go-to resource for the firm and its portfolio companies on executive hiring. Before returning to Greylock in an advisory capacity, he spent over six years at Alphabet as Vice President and Talent Advisor directly to CEO Sundar Pichai, helping shape leadership and succession at the board and management team levels of one of the world's largest companies. His career bridges two worlds - the high-stakes art of executive recruiting (with stints at Heidrick & Struggles and a national search firm) and the operational intensity of venture-backed company building.
Rohini Mukand
Rohini Mukand is a Partner on the HR team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture capital firms. With a career spanning HR leadership at some of tech and retail's biggest names - Amazon (AWS and Alexa), eBay/PayPal, Ross Stores, and Delivery Agent - she now helps shape the people strategy behind a firm managing over $39 billion in assets. Educated at Swarthmore College in Sociology and Anthropology, she brings a humanist lens to the high-stakes world of building technology organizations.