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ABOUT KAYNE PARTNERS FUND
Kayne Partners Fund (“Kayne Partners” or “KPF”), the Los Angeles-based dedicated growth capital group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., leverages its large firm resources to partner and invest in lower middle market, privately held, high growth, enterprise software and tech-enabled services businesses across North America.
The team has experience investing across media & telecommunications, supply chain & logistics, financial technology, healthcare IT, security and compliance, and business process outsourcing and automation.
Kayne Partners is deeply committed to the advancement of under-represented groups, and strives to foster an inclusive environment across our team, portfolio companies, and operator network. We are committed to having at least 50% women and minority team members.
Kayne Partners is deeply committed to empowering the growth of a more inclusive environment for women technology leaders…
The Women’s Technology Circle was borne out of KPF’s and Kayne Anderson’s commitment to DE&I initiatives and specifically to support our portfolio companies. During the COVID lockdown, the women of KPF facilitated conversations in virtual meetings with “beta” portfolio companies to pilot this initiative. The beta sessions received overwhelmingly positive feedback, and KPF knew it was onto something special. We wanted to expand the initiative across our portfolio companies and solicited the support of the broader Kayne Anderson leadership, which was unanimously granted. Our mission is to support future female leadership, promote knowledge-sharing, mentoring, and professional development through discussions, workshops, and guest speakers.
CORE VALUES
The core values of the Women’s Technology Circle aim to empower the advancement of female technology leaders by cultivating a safe and supportive community built on the foundation of knowledge sharing, mentorship, and leadership development that is further enriched with educational content such as the Speaker Series, peer groups, and mentorship.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Innovative approaches to career and leadership development to advance female leaders in technology.
COMMUNITY
A safe and supportive network of like-minded ambitious women, who are passionate about diversifying the technology industry.
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT
Valuable educational content such as events and speakers that align with furthering the core mission of our organization.
“Kayne Partners and Kayne Anderson view the work we are doing with Women’s Technology Circle as our opportunity to move with intention and purpose to close this gap. The goal is simple: to create a network for women to form meaningful relationships with other women in the technology industry and to help each other to grow by empowering one another from our collective experiences. As a woman who grew up in two notoriously difficult industries for women - finance and technology - this initiative is personal. I know how hard it can be to find good mentors, to seek advice, or to just have someone else to banter with about the day’s affairs, all as a function of asymmetric representation in the workplace. Our mission is to make it easier for women to excel in the technology industry, one person at a time.”
Nishita Cummings, Managing Partner, Co-Head of Growth Capital, Kayne Partners
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