Drew Kiran

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ABOUT DREW KIRAN

Founder → CRO → PE Operator | A decade scaling & fixing portfolio companies at K1 | Turnaround & Value CreationFounder → CEO → CRO → PE OperatorI\'ve held every seat at the revenue table. I\'ve been the founder staring at a missed quarter. I\'ve been the CRO handed a broken sales org with a 90-day clock. That experience isn\'t background — it\'s the whole point.The Fixer.At K1 Investment Management — one of the fastest-growing PE firms focused exclusively on B2B SaaS — I lead go-to-market value creation across the portfolio — the revenue side of the house. That means diagnosing why companies are stuck, identifying the 2–3 levers that actually move the number, and building the systems to make growth repeatable and predictable.At my core, I\'m a problem solver. Whether it\'s unlocking growth that\'s been sitting untapped, fixing what\'s broken, or finding entirely new avenues no one has thought to look down yet — that\'s where I thrive. The puzzle is always different. The obsession with solving it never changes.Between leading value creation at SBI across dozens of PE-backed companies and nearly a decade at K1, I\'ve spent the better part of 15 years inside PE-backed SaaS — as an operator, an advisor, and now as the person responsible for growing our portfolio companies. That kind of sustained track record in this seat is rare.That path — founder, CRO, consulting across PE firms, now operator at K1 — gives me a perspective you can\'t manufacture. I know what founders feel when the number isn\'t moving. I know what boards expect. And I know the difference between advice that sounds good and what actually works.If you\'re a founder:Follow me for unfiltered takes on what actually drives growth — not theory, not frameworks for frameworks\' sake. Real patterns from inside dozens of SaaS companies.