Growth strategies fail in isolation. They compound in combination.
Compound Growth Network is the intelligence layer for PE-backed B2B portfolios. We orchestrate cutting-edge, founder-led AI-native agencies, track cross-portfolio benchmarks, and surface what's actually working before the budget runs out.
01 / 02 / 03 — The three pillars
Three things have to be true for a B2B portco to grow in 2026.
Founder-led, AI-native agencies
You work with the founder doing the actual work, not a junior delivery resource. Twenty cutting-edge agencies in their first 18 months. AI-native cost structures. None of the bloat, account managers, or overhead that full-stack shops carry into every engagement.
The right agency "cocktail"
Brand creates context. Distribution captures demand. Performance closes the loop. None works alone as well as it does together. CGN composes the stack for each portco and sequences it to amplify, not collide.
Benchmark quarterly
Cross-portfolio milestone data tells you whether a channel is working in 90 days, not nine months. Clean go/no-go signals for operating partners. No more discovering at month 9 that a strategy was never going to work.
CGN is the orchestration layer that makes all three work in concert across a PE portfolio.
Insights from the field
Three things most operators get wrong.
The cold email agency, the newsletter agency, and the paid acquisition shop each produce their deliverable. No pipeline shows up, because the deliverable was a component of a system that was never assembled.
Unless you know the right milestones for month 1, month 3, and month 6. Most operators don't, and they keep funding what was never going to work or kill what was two months from breakthrough.
Same channels. Same vendors. Same ICPs. 5x to 10x difference in growth between the top and bottom quartile portcos. The delta is knowable. Most firms have never measured it.
The network
Built for three sides of the same table.
For PE Firms.
A portfolio-wide growth intelligence layer. Free for the firm. We run the diagnostics, design the cocktails, and track quarterly benchmarks across your B2B portfolio. You bring an ecosystem to your founders, not just capital.
- Cross-portfolio delta analysis
- Vetted, founder-led agency cocktails
- Quarterly milestone scorecards
For Portfolio Companies.
The cocktail your full-stack agency won't sell you. A curated set of founder-led, AI-native agencies, sequenced to amplify each other. Milestone tracking so you know what's working in 90 days.
- Founder-led agency stack
- 90-day milestone tracking
- Confidential peer benchmark
For Agencies.
Warm pipeline into PE-backed mid-market companies. No commissions. Twenty cutting-edge agencies in the network. Quarterly performance-scored. Repeat failures get removed at renewal.
- Warm intros, zero commissions
- Quarterly performance reviews
- Nearshore talent support
The benchmark
How does your portfolio actually stack up?
We are publishing a cross-portfolio benchmark on what is actually working in B2B growth right now. Submit your portcos and get a named report on your portfolio plus an anonymized peer comparison. Free for PE firms and their portcos.
- Named report on your portfolio's channel performance
- Anonymized benchmark against peer firms in your category
- Optional 30-minute walkthrough of the findings
The team
KP
Founder
HBS MBA. 15+ years building B2B growth engines for PE-backed companies. Originated the cocktail thesis from inside the work.
Kevin
Partner
Two decades operating at the intersection of PE and growth strategy. Operating partner relationships and portfolio diagnostics.
Growth strategies fail in isolation. They compound in combination.