L CAPITAL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Executive Assistant - Advisory / Montreal
Alana LaBella is an executive assistant at L Capital. She is responsible for supporting the senior leadership team with coordinating various operation needs, such as scheduling, travel and event planning, as well as onboarding new team members to systems. She supports relationship management with private equity co-sponsors, limited partners and executives.
Experience
Brings more than 15 years of experience providing support to C-level executives in professional services, including law firms, private equity and investment banking
Education
Bachelor's degree in Psychology with a minor in Communications from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner, Investments / San Francisco
Bart Foster is the co-founder and managing partner of L Capital. An experienced private equity investor and operating partner, he has led or co-led more than 35 private equity transactions and business transformations. In aggregate, Bart has invested more than $375 million in equity capital in the technology industry.
Experience
Prior to L Capital, was the operating partner responsible for software investments at Marlin Equity Partners
Previously led successful investments and business transformations in partnership with Francisco Partners, Battery Ventures, Golden Gate Capital, Warburg Pincus and TCV
Served as chairman of six companies with annual revenue ranging from $20 million to $650 million
Former executive with Oracle and Informatica, and an early career as a strategy consultant for Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Education
Job Titles:
- Vice President of L Capital Diligence & Advisory
- Vice President, Advisory / New York
Brendan Ward serves as Vice President of L Capital Diligence & Advisory and is responsible for business development and account management across the firm's client portfolio.
Experience
Prior to joining L Capital, served as Senior Director of Business Development at Apex Leaders, a private equity consulting firm specializing in thematic development, due diligence, portfolio advancement and board placements
Spent his earlier career in sales at research advisory firm Gartner and at software startups Seismic Software, Persado, and Datalogix
Education
BA degree in Marketing & Finance, Providence College
International Business Certificate, Mount Batten in London, where he also interned at Deutsche Bank
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Consultant, Search
Cathy Li is a senior associate at L Capital. She works with the partners on C-Suite executive search and pre-deal advisory engagements for private equity-backed portfolio companies. Her sector focus has primarily been in technology, technology-enabled services, financial services and business services.
Experience
Previously with Christie's affiliated real estate brand, Pacific Union, where she drove cross-border real estate investments and promoted the company's marketing and branding efforts in the U.S. and Asia
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate With L Capital Diligence & Advisory
- Senior Associate, Advisory / Boise
Cole Ishihara is a Senior Associate with L Capital Diligence & Advisory and is responsible for leading research and sourcing engagements across the firm's portfolio of clients.
Experience
Prior to his current role, Cole worked for Apex Leaders, a boutique private equity advisory firm focused on executive led thesis development, due diligence, and portfolio advancement engagements
Education
Job Titles:
- Senior Controller
- Vice President of Finance - Search / San Francisco
Evan Mullins is the senior controller at L Capital. He oversees accounting operations and helps to establish and monitor the policies, controls and procedures for the business. Evan also assists in internal operations and is responsible for financial reporting and analysis.
Experience
Knowledgeable across a range of business models ranging from SaaS software to e-commerce and professional services-as well as online retail and manufacturing
Expert in advising executives on ways to achieve financial goals and growth targets
Ability to grow small businesses, either in headcount and/or bottom-line profitability, by focusing on the foundation and fundamentals of accounting and operations.
Education
BS degree in Accounting, California State University San Marcos
Job Titles:
- Research Analyst
- Research Associate, Search / San Francisco
Gabriella Mahmoud is a Research Analyst at L Capital. She is responsible for conducting meticulous market research on C-Suite searches for PE-backed and public companies across various functions and industries, including tech and software.
Experience
Prior to her position as a Research Analyst, she worked as a Project Coordinator and Executive Assistant with L Capital
Previously, Gabriella served as an executive Search Coordinator at WittKieffer for the healthcare, non-profit and academic medicine practices
Gabriella served as an empathy, allyship and inclusion Researcher for Change Catalyst, a non-profit organization, focused on coaching, training and consulting for the Fortune 500, venture capital firms and the start-up community
Education
Job Titles:
- Senior Advisor, Investments / San Francisco
Gordy Holterman has 30 years of experience in investing, building and growing successful financial and technology organizations. His primary focus is on how technology and data science innovations are changing investment processes, wealth management and financial transactions. Gordy works with several emerging technology companies across the fintech, proptech, insurtech, and agtech segments. Gordy also sits on L Capital's Limited Partner Advisory Committee.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Project Coordinator
- Project Coordinator & Executive Assistant - Search
Harmony Dubnow is a project coordinator and executive assistant at L Capital. She is responsible for managing search assignments and spearheading marketing initiatives for the firm.
Experience
More than 10 years of experience in project management, luxury sales, and supporting top-tier leadership in the wine industry
Education
Associate's degree in Sociology, Napa Valley College
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President
- Executive Vice President, Search & Advisory / Boston
Jeff Yolen serves as Executive Vice President of Search. He advises private equity clients on CEO, CFO and board searches for technology companies. Working with CEOs, Jeff also leads engagements for C-level go-to-market roles. Finally, he leads many of the firm's pre-deal advisory engagements and is responsible for business development and account management across the firm's client portfolio.
Experience
Prior executive search roles at Russell Reynolds and JM Search
More than 15 years of operating experience as chief revenue officer or corporate development executive for companies including Virgin Management, Sphere (acquired by AOL), RealNetworks and Kozmo.com
Former venture partner at New Atlantic Ventures and Vulcan Capital
Education
Job Titles:
- Partner and COO of North America
- Partner, Search & Advisory / San Francisco
Joanna Chang is a partner and COO of North America. She advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies on talent strategy across the investment lifecycle. This includes identifying and bringing on board the right C-Suite leadership to support thesis development and diligence support to placing board directors, CEOs and CFOs to accelerate portfolio company performance during value creation. In addition, she has an emphasis on leading diversity mandates for her clients.
Experience
Track record serving growth and private equity sponsors as well as public corporations
Job Titles:
- Vice President of L Capital Diligence & Advisory
- Vice President, Advisory / San Francisco
Kate Rowley serves as Vice President of L Capital Diligence & Advisory and is responsible for research operations and customer success across the firm's client portfolio. In addition, she helps manage L Capital's investor relations and fundraising efforts.
Experience
Prior to joining L Capital, served as Director of Operations and Customer Success at Apex Leaders, a private equity consulting firm specializing in thematic development, deal origination, due diligence, board and executive placements
Spent her earlier career as an international healthcare project manager and a small business manager
Education
Job Titles:
- Senior Director of Research and Knowledge Management
- Vice President of Research, Search / San Diego
Liliana Corona serves as senior director of research and knowledge management at L Capital. She is responsible for building and managing a best-in-class research team that supports business development and executive search delivery for growth and private equity-backed portfolio companies. She brings domain experience across technology, business services, technology-enabled services, healthcare and financial services. In addition, her focus includes ensuring end-to-end operational excellence across the firm's service offerings.
Experience
Brings a decade of research and implementation experience in executive search serving growth and private equity clients as well as public corporations
Most recently was head of research at Bespoke Partners where she built, trained and scaled a research function from the ground up
Early career as head of research at a private equity diligence advisory and executive search firm that specializes in the software, healthcare IT and tech-enabled services sectors
Education
Job Titles:
- Associate With L Capital Diligence & Advisory
- Research Associate, Advisory / Boise
Marisa Mejia is an Associate with L Capital Diligence & Advisory and is responsible for leading research and sourcing engagements across the firm's portfolio of clients.
Experience
Previously worked for Apex Leaders, a boutique private equity advisory network focused on executive-led thesis development, due diligence, and portfolio advancement engagements.
Education
Job Titles:
- Principal
- Principal, Investments / San Francisco
Michael Misiaszek is a principal at L Capital. He is responsible for sourcing and evaluating new investments. Michael also supports the firm's current portfolio and helps manage investor relations and capital formation.
Experience
Former principal at a boutique private equity diligence advisory and executive search firm
Early career in FinTech and software consulting at FactSet Research Systems, building and managing investment strategies for large buyside and private equity clients
Education
Job Titles:
- Research Associate
- Senior Associate, Search
Miku Nozaki is a research associate at L Capital. She is responsible for conducting rigorous market research and executing on search delivery across various functions and industries, including tech and software.
Experience
Previous work in the sports marketing industry, bringing together partnership deals between teams, athletes and corporate brands
Conducted executive search at a firm specializing in PE-backed software, management consulting and market research
Education
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Partner, Search & Advisory / San Francisco
Simon Francis is a partner and co-founder at L Capital. His focus is serving founders and managing partners of private equity sponsors. With 25 years of experience, Simon has led and completed hundreds of retained search engagements. Today, his assignments are primarily CEO searches for private equity-backed portfolio companies and adding C-suite executives and board directors supporting "portco" CEOs. Simon is also the firm's specialist in GP-level retained searches, both building out portfolio operations/adding operating partners, as well as finding senior deal professionals.
Experience
Co-founder of the firm's private equity investing arm, as well as the diligence advisory business
A partner for nine years with CTPartners (formerly Christian & Timbers), where he was the global practice leader for private equity
Job Titles:
- CFO, CCO & Operating Partner, Investments / San Francisco
- Senior Finance and Operations Executive
Tony Condino is a senior finance and operations executive with extensive private equity experience. He serves as the Chief Financial Officer for L Capital and a finance operating partner for the firm's diligence & advisory offering. His expertise includes financial planning analysis, cash management, controllership, acquisitions, and strategic initiatives targeting maximization of enterprise value and returns.
Experience
Prior to L Capital, he served in critical portfolio management functions for Marlin Equity Partners during the firm's growth of assets under management (AUM) from $50M to $6.5B