Wafra

Wafra Inc. is a privately owned investment manager based in New York, founded in 1985. The firm primarily serves institutional clients, including government agencies and private entities, managing a diverse range of investment accounts such as pooled vehicles, real estate funds, and private equity funds. Wafra focuses on alternative investment strategies, including structured products, Islamic finance, and tactical trading, while also managing client-specific equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. The firm invests globally in public equity, fixed income, direct equity, and real estate markets, employing a combination of fundamental analysis and strategic asset selection to build its portfolios. With additional offices in locations such as Austin, London, Kuwait, and Bermuda, Wafra operates as a subsidiary of Wafra Intervest Corporation.

Julia Birman

Vice President

Tom Boonyasai

Vice President

Aaron Bothner

Vice President

Stephanie Derr

Managing Director

Ian Esterhuysen

Managing Director

Robert Gaffney

Senior Managing Director

Hamm, David W.

Senior Managing Director

Hattori, Maki

Managing Director

Catherine Kim

Senior Associate

George Konopsky

Managing Director of Leasing

Chris Leak

Managing Director

Christopher Luboja

Director

Varun Mago

Senior Managing Director

Emilio Mena Jr.

Managing Director

Stephen Moseley

Managing Director

David Pasquale

Managing Director and Portfolio Manager

Pratik Patel

Managing Director

Avantika Saisekar

Managing Director

Steinberger, Paul

Managing Director

Edward Tsai JD

Managing Director

Mitchell Y. Williams

Senior Managing Director

Tom Rotherham Winqvist

Managing Director

Mohamad Yatim

Managing Director

Jonathan Zanger JD

Managing Director

15 past transactions

Niobrara Capital Partners

Private Equity Round in 2025
Niobrara Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm located in New York, New York. The firm specializes in investing in companies within the technology sector, focusing on opportunities that demonstrate growth potential and innovation. By leveraging its expertise and network, Niobrara Capital Partners aims to support the development of its portfolio companies and drive value creation over the long term.

Constrafor

Debt Financing in 2024
Constrafor is a SaaS and fintech company focused on enhancing productivity and cost-efficiency in the construction industry. Its cloud-based platform simplifies and standardizes essential back-office tasks for general contractors and subcontractors, including subcontractor procurement, contract management, certificates of insurance, invoicing, and payments. The platform facilitates streamlined interactions among stakeholders, enabling multiple bids on projects and efficient communication with suppliers. Additionally, Constrafor provides subcontractors with receivables financing options, such as an Early Pay Program, which accelerates the invoice payment cycle and increases cash flow, allowing them to take on more projects. Overall, Constrafor aims to transform the construction procurement process, making it more efficient and effective for all parties involved.

Aquila Air Capital

Acquisition in 2024
Aquila Air Capital is a specialty finance platform focused on providing asset financing in partnership with industry participants as well as purchasing and leasing aircraft, engines and other aviation equipment. Aquila Air Capital is backed by Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing and Kepler Hill Capital, a private equity firm focused on special situations and whose principals have invested in and built three prior aviation platforms.

IIG

Private Equity Round in 2023
IIG engages in offering public and private organisations the services required to plan, implement, and maintain telecommunications infrastructure. Their services include route development, network optimization, construction management, optical equipment planning and installation, fiber optic assurance, test and turn up, and route maintenance.

Oak Hill Capital

Secondary Market in 2022
Oak Hill Capital is a private equity firm founded in 1986 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with additional offices in New York, Bangalore, and Menlo Park. The firm specializes in investing in middle-market companies across various sectors, including services, industrials, consumer, media and communications, healthcare, and technology. Oak Hill Capital focuses on buyouts and complex investment situations, typically seeking to invest between $10 million and $400 million, often taking a majority stake in the companies it supports. Its investment strategy encompasses a wide range of industries, including commercial and residential services, transportation and logistics, healthcare services, consumer brands, and technology infrastructure. The firm primarily targets North American markets, aiming to enhance the growth and operational efficiency of its portfolio companies through strategic investment and management.

Thompson Street Capital Partners

Private Equity Round in 2022
Thompson Street Capital Partners is a private equity firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, established in 2000. The firm specializes in investing in middle market companies, focusing on growth capital, recapitalizations, management buyouts, corporate divestitures, and take-private transactions. It primarily targets businesses in manufacturing, distribution, and services, particularly in niches like engineered products, healthcare, technology, and specialized manufacturing. The firm seeks to partner with management teams and typically invests in companies with revenues between $20 million and $200 million and EBITDA ranging from $1 million to $20 million. Thompson Street Capital Partners aims for control or majority positions in its portfolio companies while selectively considering minority investments in growth firms. It does not engage in investments in start-ups, real estate, or food and beverage sectors.

Jiko

Series A in 2020
Jiko is an innovative bank headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York City and Reykjavik. It operates a unique financial platform that focuses on U.S. Treasury bills, providing users with a combination of yield, safety, and scalability. By integrating a nationally chartered bank with a registered broker-dealer, Jiko allows customers to hold cash in the form of Treasury bills, ensuring secure custody. The platform also serves as a financial portal, enabling users to invest in Treasury bills while managing their finances digitally. This approach aims to empower individuals to control their money more effectively and achieve financial success in today’s fast-paced economy.

TierPoint

Private Equity Round in 2020
TierPoint, LLC is a national provider of information technology and data center services, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 2010, the company emerged from a strategic combination of respected data centers and IT solution providers. TierPoint offers a range of services, including Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) through its TierPoint Cloud, which supports public, private, multi-tenant, and hybrid deployments for production, disaster recovery, and backup. Other offerings include colocation, managed security, cloud computing, backup and business continuity services, and professional services. The company also features Cloud-to-Cloud Recovery options to safeguard workloads and Connect Point, an online tool for exploring capabilities and connectivity across its data centers. TierPoint serves various industries, including education, healthcare, finance, and technology, and maintains a presence in multiple states across the United States.

Bindable

Private Equity Round in 2018
Bindable is a Boston-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in insurance distribution solutions. It serves a diverse range of clients, including insurance companies, intermediaries, financial institutions, and affinity groups. The company offers a comprehensive digital platform that includes custom scripting, extensive training, and dedicated follow-up tools, facilitating better customer engagement and monetization. By providing technology-enabled services, Bindable enables its partners to diversify their insurance products and expand their market presence effectively.

TSG Consumer

Private Equity Round in 2017
TSG Consumer Partners is a private equity firm established in 1987 and headquartered in Larkspur, California. The firm specializes in investments within the branded consumer sector, focusing on a diverse range of categories that include food, beverage, beauty, personal care, household products, apparel and accessories, and e-commerce. TSG Consumer Partners aims to support growth in consumer-focused companies, leveraging its expertise to enhance brand value and market presence. As a Registered Investment Adviser, the firm combines strategic investment with operational support to foster innovation and development within its portfolio.

ArcLight Capital

Private Equity Round in 2017
ArcLight Capital Partners is an energy-focused investment firm. Formed in 2001 by co-founders Daniel R. Revers and Robb E. Turner, the firm has demonstrated the ability to invest broadly and profitably across the entire energy industry, while protecting against downside risks. The firm's investment performance is the result of the firm’s conservative investment approach, deep asset-level knowledge, and market experience. ArcLight has a proven track record of delivering superior returns across the energy industry value chain. ArcLight manages over $10 billion in five funds.

TowerBrook Investors III

Private Equity Round in 2015
TowerBrook Capital Partners is a private equity investment firm founded in 2001, with headquarters in London and additional offices in Frankfurt, Madrid, New York, and Paris. The firm focuses on creating value through a differentiated investment strategy, targeting sectors such as healthcare, commercial products, manufacturing, and information technology. TowerBrook has established a reputation for successfully managing investments across various industries, including business-to-business services and commercial services. The firm typically invests between $75 million and $250 million per deal, aiming to capitalize on special situations and credit opportunities.

Molecular Imprints

Venture Round in 2008
Molecular Imprints, Inc. (MII) was founded in Austin, Texas in 2001, spun out of the University of Texas. Molecular Imprints has applied for over 700 patents, resulting in a growing portfolio of over 100 patents issued covering imprint tools, imprint materials and masks/templates, process technology and imprint-specific device designs. Jet and Flashâ„¢ Imprint Lithography (J-FILâ„¢), powered by their IntelliJetâ„¢ Drop Pattern Generator Drop Pattern Generation System, is the heart of Molecular Imprints' advanced nanoimprint technology, allowing precise placement of photoresist on substrates in picoliter quantities, enabling uniform and consistent nanoimprinting of features down to 10nm and below at very low cost. Molecular Imprints delivers this value to customers through integration of a unique set of core competencies and partnerships that cover lithography, precision nanomechanics, fluid dynamics, surface chemistry and materials formulation.

Get2Chip

Venture Round in 2000
Get2Chip is a developer of Volare, an architectural platform designed for chip manufacturers and IP providers to facilitate rapid system-level synthesis. The company offers an integrated front-end design environment for system-on-chip (SoC) development that encompasses tasks typically handled by separate behavioral, logical, and physical synthesis tools, as well as a floor planner and a static timing analyzer. By providing a comprehensive solution that includes ESL, RTL, and gate-level design, Get2Chip aims to streamline the design process and enhance efficiency in the semiconductor industry.

WARP Solutions

Series B in 2000
WARP Solutions is committed to leading the eBusiness revolution by providing the best Internet infrastructure components and architecture on the market. Our pledge is to deliver the best possible quality of experience to all of our customers. The WARP experience is characterized by exceptional reliability, compatibility, scalability and security.
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