Upwelling Capital GroupDirector
Feb. 2019 - Jan. 2022Davis,CAUpwelling is a boutique investment bank that assists institutional investors as large as $150B AUM with investment underwriting, deal sourcing, capital raising, market research, & secondary transaction services
- $115+ million in total of new capital raised or client assets sold for transactions I led - Led efforts to create Upwelling managed funds, conducting market research, competitive positioning, strategy creation, creating marketing materials, & identifying potential LPs
- Performed manager & operational due diligence, created underwriting models, & wrote investment memorandums used to raise nearly $70 million for Upwelling’s first secondary fund - Led a complex $750 million continuation vehicle transaction, raising $60 million from new investors - Conducted company & industry research on portfolio companies which provided client with valuable insights on comparable companies & short-term anticipated valuation changes, leading client to negotiate a better sale price
- Designed & wrote two proprietary research reports on tail-end funds featured in Secondaries Magazine & referenced on Adam Street Partners website, getting 10,000+ views, leading to increased brand awareness, in-bound contacts, client referrals, & millions of dollars in new business opportunities
- Implemented changes to internal operations & Salesforce to improve data retention, process management, client communication, marketing, & deal tracking, which improved client response times & team efficiency