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Alpine is a B-Corp certified firm, a Great Place to Work™, and has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2023. Alpine has $17 billion in assets under management and three offices across San Francisco, New York City, and Salt Lake City.

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We’d like to welcome Ericka Attles as an Office Coordinator at Alpine Investors. In her role, Ericka is instrumental in maintaining seamless day-to-day operations, catering to both visitors and internal team members at our New York City office.
 
When asked what she's most looking forward to in this role, she said: "I'm most excited about the opportunity to dive into innovative projects and collaborate with a dynamic team. Embracing the challenges and possibilities that lie ahead, I'm eager to contribute my skills and expertise towards achieving our collective goals and making a meaningful impact within the organization."
 
From our entire community—we’re thankful to have you on the team, Ericka!
 
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We're so thankful for the time we spent as a firm at Alpine Investors' Annual Retreat last week in Scottsdale, Arizona! Each year for our retreat, the Alpine team gathers in person to work on the business, rather than in the business.
 
In addition to catching up with colleagues and hearing from Alpine's leaders, we broke into small groups to share bright spot learnings across our portfolio companies and industries. Each of Alpine's departments also had time to think big and strategize for the future, inspired by keynote speeches from CEO and Founder Graham Weaver and President and Partner Mark Strauch, where they shared insights on what they've learned from seeing Alpine grow over 20+ years. And of course, in Alpine fashion, we celebrated with a "denim, diamonds and dancing boots" costume theme for our closing dinner and award ceremony among Scottsdale's red rocks.
 
Thank you to all our retreat attendees-- we appreciate your engagement and the energy you brought to the event. We're already looking forward to our next one!

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Please join us in welcoming Nidhi Badaya to the Alpine Investors team in her new role as the SVP of Monetization at Alpine Operations Group. In her role, Nidhi partners with portfolio companies to drive revenue and EBITDA growth through the most effective pricing, packaging and go-to market strategies. 
 
When asked what attracted her most to join the firm, she said it was Alpine’s people: "I loved getting to know Alpiners through my recruitment process and everyone I met spoke of the same values that I have: curiosity, collaboration and driving impact. I am so excited to partner with this incredible group of people.”
 
From our entire community-- welcome to Alpine, Nidhi!
 
#privateequity #peoplefirst

Axcel Learning, Alpine's professional education business, today announced a new partnership with KMK Optometry®, the premier provider of comprehensive optometry board exam test preparation and coaching services. The partnership with KMK marks Axcel’s entry into the healthcare education industry. 
 
Founded in 2005 by Kyle Cheatham and Melissa Cheatham, KMK is the trusted partner of choice for optometry students, revered for its commitment to empower students and aim to elevate patient care worldwide. For 20 straight years, KMK has been the #1 choice for Optometry board review with the industry’s only fully comprehensive review courses. “I am incredibly proud of not only KMK Optometry’s growth since the company was founded over 20 years ago, but also the thousands of students whose academic and career trajectories we have positively impacted to-date,” said Kyle Cheatham, Founder of KMK.
 
Under the visionary leadership of KMK Optometry’s CEO, Jonah Berg, and Axcel’s CEO, Jonathan Zeidan, KMK is poised to embark on an ambitious journey of expansion and innovation. 
 
The partnership with KMK Optometry reinforces Axcel’s commitment to driving innovation and excellence across the professional education landscape and now into the world of healthcare. Jono Zeidan, CEO of Axcel, shared his excitement about the partnership, stating, "We are thrilled to join forces with KMK, a beacon of excellence in education. Together, we are ready to shape the future of optometry education and beyond."
 
#Partnership #Education #Innovation #Empowerment #OptometryEducation

Today we welcome Noah Williamson to the Alpine Investors team in his new role as Office Coordinator. In his role, he will be instrumental in maintaining seamless day-to-day operations, catering to both visitors and internal team members at our San Francisco office. 
 
When asked what he's most looking forward to in his new role, he said: "I'm most excited about leveraging my competitive nature, servant leadership skills and experience in team environments to be a supportive and diligent Office Coordinator."
 
From our entire community-- welcome to Alpine, Noah!
 
#privateequity #peoplefirst

In a series for Women’s History Month, Sydney Hockett was featured by CRN as it profiles women about how they came up in the IT industry, lessons learned and what they want to pass on to others in the field. Hockett is vice president at Alpine Investors-backed Evergreen, a platform for managed IT companies, government service providers and application management companies. 

When asked what advice she would give to young women coming up in tech, private equity or finance, she advises women to follow their gut.
 
“I think the best thing you can do is learn to navigate the situations you're in and to write your own story,” Hockett shares. “Not everybody is going to come around to women being leaders in these spaces but you can learn to work with those people, and you’ll get a lot farther versus finding yourself in adversarial situations. It's kind of a roundabout way of saying I think the most successful women have found a really amazing balance of being true to themselves, being strong forces in their field, but at the same time having the ability to work with all different shapes and sizes of people that come along with that and situations they find themselves in.”
 
To learn more about Hockett and her perspective, read the full article on CRN: https://lnkd.in/eTU8D63H

In speaking with Wharton Fintech podcast hosts Wesley Aster and Djavaneh Bierwirth, Alpine Investors Founder and CEO Graham Weaver shares his experience founding the firm and gives his insights on personal growth, investing and hiring. 

In shaping the firm’s culture, for example, Weaver explains that it starts with each individual hired, no matter if there’s just a few employees with the company or hundreds—and leaders should look at the bright side of what a new hire can bring.
 
“When we had seven people at Alpine, I remember saying to myself, we can't hire anyone else because it'll ruin our culture,” Weaver says, in reflecting on a limiting belief he held. “And then we hired someone fantastic, and they made our culture better-- and we hired another person, and they made our culture better. That's our bar for each person we hire—theoretically, [they’re] making our culture better and better.”
 
To learn more about Weaver’s lessons learned and his insights, listen to the podcast here:

- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3wYklit 
- Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4a6zNrb
- Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/48UB17D

Today we welcome Larisa Owusu to the Alpine Investors team in her new role as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Associate. In her role, she will be play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing our organization's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
 
When asked what attracted her most to the role, she said, "I love Alpine's dedication to ‘continuous improvement.’ To me it signaled that the culture at Alpine is one that refuses to settle and constantly pushes and redefines what excellence can mean, and that is a project that I am excited to be a part of."
 
From our entire community-- welcome to Alpine, Larisa!
 
#privateequity #peoplefirst #dei

Matheson Financial Advisors, Inc.’ Managing Director David Cohen takes a hands-on approach to his banking and advisory work with clients—and his experience representing Horrocks in its recent sale to Alpine Investors-backed Trilon Group is no different. 

This holistic advisory experience proved valuable for Horrocks, a full-service civil engineering firm that’s been an integral part of improving infrastructure for communities in the western United States since 1968, as it went through a 2023 acquisition by Trilon, a platform for infrastructure consulting businesses. Trilon’s mission is to design smarter infrastructure solutions that support stronger communities by backing top firms across the U.S. 

Trilon is home to more than 4,000 expert staff who work with government agencies to plan, repair and expand existing infrastructure while also developing modern solutions to age-old problems including water safety, transportation access and resilience to natural disasters. 
 
In a Q&A for our website, Cohen shares more about his experience working with Alpine and Trilon and explains why he feels confident for the future of Horrocks alongside Trilon’s partnership.
 
Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/evjfTSTA

#privateequity #mergersandacquisitions #civilengineering #peoplefirst

The hospitality sector is full of strategic insights that can apply to any business, regardless of industry. That’s according to Actabl CEO Steven Moore, who recently shared his insights in an authored article for Forbes. Actabl, an integrated business intelligence, labor and operations software company, is a partner of Alpine Software Group (ASG), Alpine's software platform that buys, builds and operates vertical SaaS companies. In sharing his strategies, Moore’s first suggestion is to remember that people power your business.
 
“It’s nearly impossible to overstate the importance of great people,” Moore writes. “Your team is responsible for creating your products, delivering them to customers and providing ongoing support. The relationships that you build, internally and externally, matter. Excellence in execution is certainly important, but how you get there can determine if that excellence is sustainable. For example, we spend a lot of time considering how we can make sure people are better off for having worked with us.”
 
To learn more of Moore’s strategies inspired by the hospitality industry, read the full article on Forbes: https://lnkd.in/eqMQfrxX

#thoughtleadership #growth #software #strategy #hospitality

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