How I Left PE, Bought 2 SaaS Businesses (Raising a Fund Next?) | Donza Worden Interview
Former institutional investor Donza Worden (co-founder, Clear Peak Capital) breaks down why many private equity pros aren’t truly investors—and what he’s doing differently as an independent sponsor who closed two platforms in year one (IT services & vertical SaaS).
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & who Donza is (2 platforms, Capitalpad)
00:25 The spicy tweet: “Most PE investors aren’t really investors”
00:56 Why PE ≠ investor training: incentives & slow feedback loops
02:24 Donza’s origin story: island → banking → PE
04:27 The hangar conversation that changed his life
06:05 PE associate programs…
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