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Jeffrey Stewart

Co-Founder & Managing Director · GPO Fund

OperatorInvestor$100M+ Raised

Capital raised

$100M

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About Jeffrey

Serial founder of Inc. 500 companies, fintech CEO who scaled across borders, and author of "Global IPO – The Great Rewiring of Capital Markets." Has personally raised and transacted over $100M and led $500M+ in deal flow. Through GPO Fund he backs growth-stage tech founders building globally scalable companies — with a contrarian view that public markets are infrastructure, not an exit.

On the podcast with Jeffrey

Jun 4, 2026 • Episode 117
Global IPOs vs Late-Stage VC: A Founder's Guide to Control
The US venture capital system is broken, forcing companies to stay private longer and build massive preference stacks, argues Jeff Stewart. He makes the case that for companies doing "$10, $20 million, $50 million, $100 million in revenue," a global IPO offers a superior path to evergreen capital, M&A currency, and talent, bypassing the limitations of the US mega-cap market.

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Jeffrey Stewart

About Jeffrey

On the podcast with Jeffrey

Global IPOs vs Late-Stage VC: A Founder's Guide to Control

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