Private Equity Sourcing, Culture, and Data Discipline at Monomoy

Renn Iaboni, Managing Director at Monomoy Capital Partners, joins Sean to discuss how disciplined sourcing, cultural alignment, and a 15-year proprietary data engine shape Monomoy’s approach to private equity. He shares how engineering training, relationship-driven BD, and resilience forged through career adversity inform the way he builds high-trust deal pipelines. Renn also details how Monomoy’s Beacon platform connects BD, investment, and credit teams to operate as one cohesive firm. It’s a candid look at what modern private equity excellence really requires — and why Monomoy’s model stands apart.

Episode Highlights

1:19 – Growing up in New York, engineering ambitions, and the winding path into private equity
3:04 – How engineering training equips professionals for ambiguity and problem-solving in PE
9:40 – Renn’s pivotal career setback at Macquarie and how building a new practice became an inflection point
14:46 – Why Monomoy’s integrated model works and how cross-functional collaboration is reinforced
17:53 – Inside “Beacon,” Monomoy’s proprietary CRM and sourcing engine
20:58 – A real case study: tracking Wapac for years and how long-term data compounds sourcing advantages
23:54 – Renn’s advice to his 22-year-old self and how energy, not passion alone, should guide career choices