The Wall Street Journal recognizes Strattam Capital’s Kippy Ball as a Woman to Watch.
San Francisco, CA – March 9, 2026 — The Wall Street Journal has named Kippy Ball to their acclaimed “Women to Watch” list. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Women to Watch list honors outstanding women in the private-equity and venture industries.
The Wall Street Journal initially planned the project as a one-time series of features, but the overwhelming feedback from those early efforts prompted them to make this list an annual tradition, establishing something akin to an honor society that recognizes exceptional women in the industry. Since those early years, they’ve included more than 200 women in the ranks of their “Women to Watch” and expanded the list to include private-credit professionals.
This year’s finalists were chosen from at least 80 nominees submitted over a roughly six-to-eight-week period. Each year, the selection process gets harder, signaling how the pool of exceptional female talent has grown.
Showcased among the growing community of talented women who have entered the “Women to Watch” rankings is Strattam Capital Principal, Kippy Ball. The well-deserved honor as a “Rising Star Dealmaker” is a testament to Kippy’s leadership, discipline, and commitment to excellence.
Learn more about The Wall Street Journal’s “Women to Watch” List
About Kippy Ball
Kippy Ball joined Strattam in 2024 and is currently a Principal focused on due diligence, deal execution, and portfolio company oversight.
Previously, Ms. Ball was a Senior Associate at Thoma Bravo, where she focused on software investments. Before Thoma Bravo, she was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs.
Kippy earned her B.A. in Mathematics, with minors in Economics and Scientific Computing, from Vanderbilt University.
About Strattam Capital
Strattam Capital is a private equity firm with over $1 billion in assets under management, investing in founder-led B2B software and technology companies that are poised to become vertical market leaders.
Strattam’s values of transparency, continuous improvement, and carrying forward the ownership mindset of founders led to the firm’s creation of “The Five Point Plan”, an investment process that emphasizes aligning with founders before signing. Strattam supports portfolio company leaders in building their teams, extending their reach, and adapting new technologies (today, AI) to solve the customer problems they understand so well.
Founded in 2014, Strattam is based in Austin and San Francisco. Since inception, the firm has completed more than 50 partnerships with founder-led businesses.
Learn more about Strattam’s Five-Point Plan
Source The Wall Street Journal