# #151 Growth Equity with Isabelle Tashima of Volition Capital

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Podcast: [Alt Funds Network](https://stenobird.com/podcast/alt-funds-network-6503747)
Published: 2026-07-03T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Background: Isabelle Tashima, Senior Associate at Volition Capital - a Boston-based technology growth equity firm. Description: ​​On the Alt Funds podcast, host Mike Schroeder interviews Isabelle Tashima of Volition Capital, who explains growth equity as the middle ground between early-stage venture capital and mature, often leveraged private equity. She describes Volition’s focus on capital-efficient tech companies with proven products and customers, typically investing as a minority partner around $5M+ in revenue with $20–$70M checks, and targeting 5x+ outcomes over 5–10 years. Tashima outlines Volition’s diligence process, emphasis on founder-team alignment, repeatable go-to-market motions, and key KPIs, plus a “pull vs. push” operating model supported by internal resources. They discuss AI’s impact, preferring revenue-backed, AI-enabled and verticalized opportunities over large pre-revenue rounds, and share lessons from Chewy and challenges forecasting demand in inventory-driven D2C businesses.

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