Founder Focus Ep 18: James Leathem of VendorPanel and their exit to Accel-KKR

About this episode

James Leathem discusses his journey with VendorPanel and the lessons learned in starting, scaling, and exiting a B2B technology business.

Our guest today is James Leathem , Founder and former CEO of VendorPanel. Tribe was a proud investor in Vendor Panel until its exit to Accel-KKR in late 2024 and merger with Unimarket. This episode is a "playbook" for founders and investors alike of starting, scaling and exiting a B2B technology business. We hope you enjoy! hello@tribeglobal.vc

People in this episode

Host: Tribe Global Ventures

Guest: James Leathem

Topics covered

• B2B technology
• founder playbook
• business exit
• scaling businesses
• venture capital

Keywords

• VendorPanel
• Accel-KKR
• Unimarket
• B2B technology
• business exit
• founder playbook
• venture capital

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VendorPanel, Accel-KKR, Unimarket

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