Receptionist to $200M AUM: Elodie Dupuy, Full In Partners on SAAS Investing & 'Pushing Through Pain'

I’m so excited about this week’s guest! If you’ve been following our work at Beyond The Billion; there’s no better snapshot of why we do the work we do than this episode; where Elodie Dupuy represents the kind of fund manager we are so bullish on. Starting as a receptionist at Insight Venture Partners, she is today betting on herself. Elodie founded Full In Partners, a software-focused $200M growth equity fund based in New York City, getting into deals like Canva, and Vinted. How she got there? You’d have to tune in. TIMESTAMPS 03:33 - Gymnast "Pushing through the pain' grounding Elodie's journey 08:21 - Iconiq chapter, but not really? 09:03 - 'I didn't know I want to be a CEO, until I couldn't be' 09:30 - 'Why don't I have my own fund? That's rude' 15:29 - Lagging indicators in fund management? 20:41 - Trust vs ownership in equity 25:56 - Usercentrics & Cookiebot - THE deal 36:28 - 'When the tide goes out, it's easy to see who doesn't have a bathing suit on' 40:38 - Will the growth stage sustain? Distributions vs valuations? 48:17 - 'B2B SAAS will not go anywhere' FOLLOW FULL IN PARTNERS: https://fullinpartners.com/ Full In Partners is a premier NYC-based growth equity firm founded in 2019. The firm is focused on backing high-velocity, high-efficiency software and internet businesses while building better outcomes through proactive operational and strategic support. -- On Billion Dollar Moves, we travel across the globe in search of the unexpected leader. Every week, it is our job to deconstruct the Billion Dollar Moves of unicorn founders & funders; many of them, underestimated long before they became iconic. Many of them, unexpected leaders, just like you. This show is about unfiltered conversations about success, failure, fear, and courage in the pursuit of the next big thing in tech and venture. -- PODCAST INFO: Podcast website Watch on Youtube Join the community FOLLOW SARAH: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarahchenglobal Instagram: instagram.com/sarahchenglobal Twitter: twitter.com/sarahchenglobal