First Republic Bank

First Republic Bank, established in 1985 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, provides a range of private banking, private business banking, and wealth management services. The bank serves a diverse clientele, including individuals, businesses, family offices, and non-profit organizations, primarily in metropolitan areas across the United States. Its offerings encompass various deposit products, such as checking and savings accounts, as well as a comprehensive suite of lending solutions, including residential and commercial mortgages, home equity lines of credit, and personal loans. First Republic also specializes in wealth management services, which include investment management, trust services, and financial planning. The bank operates through multiple offices located in key cities such as Los Angeles, Boston, and New York City, ensuring accessibility and personalized service. In addition to traditional banking services, First Republic provides online banking, mobile banking, and student loan refinancing, emphasizing a commitment to relationship-based service and responsiveness.

Samir Kaji

Managing Partner

5 past transactions

Pacaso

Debt Financing in 2021
Pacaso is a platform that modernizes co-ownership of second homes, making the process of buying and selling more accessible and efficient. It allows prospective buyers to specify their desired location, budget, and anticipated time spent in the property. Pacaso collaborates with real estate agents to help find suitable homes and establishes a professionally managed LLC tailored for co-ownership. Buyers can purchase a share of a home, ensuring access for a designated period each year, while Pacaso temporarily acquires the remaining share before reselling it to qualified buyers. The company manages the property and offers a mobile app to facilitate easy scheduling and coordination among co-owners, effectively reducing the complexities and costs associated with traditional homeownership.

CommonBond

Series D in 2018
CommonBond, Inc. provides online lending services to students to pay for higher education in the United States. It refinances and finances undergraduate and graduate student loans, parent PLUS loans, and MBA student loans. The company enables students to gain access to fixed and variable rate student loan products for refinancing existing student loans after graduation or to finance an MBA while in school; and offers SmartSave, a product that enables customers to move the monthly savings from their student loan refinancing into a compound wealth generating cash account. In addition, it enables businesses to manage their student loan debt of its employees. CommonBond, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

Annapurna Pictures

Debt Financing in 2017
Annapurna Pictures is a film production and finance company that serves as a one-stop shop for filmmakers. It has provided the film industry with a critical improvement of mature, adult dramas in recent years.

Gradifi

Acquisition in 2016
Gradifi, Inc. develops online programs to pay student loan debt. The company operates a platform that allows employers to make deposits into their employee's student loans. It partners with companies to develop employer student loan paydown (SLP) plans, rewards programs, and brand loyalty programs. Gradifi, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. As of December 9, 2019, Gradifi, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of E*TRADE Financial Corporation.

Electric Entertainment

Debt Financing in 2014
Electric Entertainment is a full service film, television, and new media production company and studio headed by veteran producer Dean Devlin along with Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan. Electric recently wrapped its fifth season of TNT’s action-packed drama “Leverage.” Electric’s other television credits include TNT’s “The Librarian” starring Noah Wyle which was the highest rated movie on cable that year (2004), its sequel, “The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines” and the third installment of the franchise, “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice.” Along with Bryan Singer’s Bad Hat Harry production company, Electric produced SyFy Channel’s “The Triangle,” which won an Emmy for its Visual Effects, and was the highest-rated miniseries on the cable channel since “Steven Spielberg Presents TAKEN” (2002). Electric’s most recent film projects include MGM’s Flyboys and Sony Picture Classics’ politically-charged documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?, which was nominated by the Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Documentary Feature. Electric launched Electric Visual Effects (EFX), which uses the new division as its in-house effects arm allowing the filmmakers they work with to stretch their dollars way beyond traditional effects budget boundaries. The EFX crew has been assembled from industry veterans Devlin had previously collaborated with on his global box-office hits including Independence Day, Godzilla, The Patriot, and Eight Legged Freaks. EFX is headed by veteran visual effects producer Mark Franco, whose career spans over twenty-five years and includes productions such as Titanic, Batman & Robin, Armageddon and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Electric recently launched its international theatrical film and television sales and acquisitions division, which is headed by Sonia Mehandjiyska. Devlin is currently in pre-production on his feature directorial debut, GEOSTORM, which he is producing with Skydance Pictures’ David Ellison and Dana Goldberg and his Electric Entertainment team of Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan.
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