"We think this is one of the biggest turnaround and growth equity opportunities in history".
Mr. Blodgett, 31, identifies and directs investments in technology companies at North Bridge Growth Equity in Waltham, Mass.
They have started to do more "growth equity" deals, taking minority stakes in companies and using less debt.
Explaining why nutrition has been much maligned, head of growth, equity and livelihoods at Save the Children, David McNair said: "Nutrition has been the Cinderella issue of development.
It is involved in venture capital; in growth equity investments, which are in more developed firms that need capital to grow further; and in buyouts of existing firms.
The performance of the public funds has been excellent, with the biggest, the Growth Equity fund, having an average annual return of 24.9percentt since inception.
"This has been the perfect storm," said David Readerman, a partner and director of growth equity strategy at Thomas Weisel Partners, the San Francisco-based investment firm.
On East Market Street, Craig L. Ludwick, 34, who manages the Farmers Fire Insurance Company, put his 18-month-old son into an aggressive growth equity fund.
The City grandee has tabled an offer through his firm Promethean Investments, which is backed with cash by Rockbridge Growth Equity.
TPG as a company has long expressed interest in cybersecurity applications, having already invested in two start-ups through its growth equity arm.
David Readerman, director of growth equity strategy at Thomas Weisel Partners, a San Francisco investment firm, said that military contractors were increasingly of interest to him.
