We are thrilled to share that Five Elms Partner, Ryan Mandl, has been named to GrowthCap’s Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors of 2023.
Please see the excerpt on Ryan from GrowthCap below:
Ryan Mandl is a Partner at Five Elms Capital, a leading growth equity firm that invests in high-growth, B2B software businesses globally. Joining in 2010, Ryan has spent his entire career investing in software businesses at Five Elms.
As a member of the firm’s Investment Committee, his biggest strengths span across the deal and company lifecycle, making him a valuable asset to the firm and a trusted partner to the companies he works with. Ryan has helped lead 17 investments and numerous exits, including the recent recapitalization of Apptegy with JMI Equity and the sale of Tagger to Sprout Social (NASDAQ: SPT). Other notable successful exits Ryan has been a key influence on include Service Fusion to Evercommerce (Nasdaq: EVCM), OnBoard to JMI Equity, and MemberClicks to Personify.
Ryan currently serves on the boards of seven Five Elms portfolio companies: Apptegy, AskNicely, ContractSafe, Field Agent, Playvox, SingleOps, and Skedda. When he is not focused on new deal generation, Ryan spends significant time on value creation efforts with each of his companies, helping to identify and execute significant growth levers including, product innovation, go-to-market initiatives, pricing and packaging, and M&A among others.
“At Five Elms, we believe the key to any successful SaaS business is its people. Our unique culture and partnership approach to investing has allowed us to earn the trust of more than 60 software companies over the past 17 years. I am honored to be recognized by GrowthCap along with so many highly respected investors.”—Ryan Mandl
Join us in congratulating Ryan and his fellow honorees on this achievement – we're incredibly proud to have him as part of our team!
Read more about the full list of winners, as well as selection criteria and methodology, on GrowthCap’s website here.