Phil Fretwell joins Scott Church on RedeCast

Phil Fretwell recently joined the latest episode of RedeCast, the podcast series from Rede Partners featuring founders and thought leaders across private markets.

In his discussion with Rede Senior-Partner and Co-Founder Scott Church, Phil shares the thinking behind the launch of AshGrove in 2019, what it took to close a debut credit fund during the pandemic and the two pillars that shape the strategy: operating in a less competitive segment of the market, and the belief that business model is a better barometer of risk than business size.

A candid conversation on underwriting software companies in an AI world, where AshGrove disagrees with the conventional wisdom on risk and opportunity within software, and why AshGrove chose Copenhagen for its first overseas office.

Listen to, or watch the podcast here.