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Finance calendar    Jan 21, 2026

Electrifying Growth Episode 64: Re-release: Growing Without Losing Sight of Your People

Founder of Baleon Capital & Fingercheck Board Member Shane Kim joins Managing Partner and host Chris Sugden for a conversation packed with timeless lessons on investing, leadership, and building through uncertainty.

Chris Sugden
Chris Sugden

 

 

This week on Electrifying Growth, Managing Partner Chris Sugden revisits an insightful conversation with Shane Kim, Fingercheck Board Member and Founder of Baleon Capital, on what it really takes to build enduring companies (and enduring investor-founder partnerships).

With 20+ years of experience across growth equity, fintech, and healthcare, Shane shares hard-earned lessons from working through multiple market cycles, like why the “smooth” success stories aren’t always the most instructive, and why the deals with turbulence often teach you the most about leadership, resilience, and execution.

Chris and Shane also break down what most people misunderstand about private investing: from the realities of building a firm and earning LP trust, to the role of a board as a strategic weapon.

If you’re building, scaling, investing, or leading through uncertainty, tune in!

 

 

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Chris Sugden

Chris is Managing Partner and Chairman of the firm's investment committee. A leading fintech executive and investor for over 25 years (before fintech was fintech), Chris' investment expertise and exits span payments, capital markets and wealth management segments, and track record includes leading dozens of new investments and over 60 rounds of financing.