Park West Asset Management

Park West Asset Management LLC is an employee-owned hedge fund sponsor that offers its services primarily to private investment vehicles such as foundations, endowments, high net worth individuals, and institutional investors. The firm manages separate client-focused portfolios and launches hedge funds for its clients. With a focus on the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States, Park West employs long/short, event-driven, and credit/high yield investing strategies. Founded in November 2002, the firm is headquartered in Larkspur, California, with an additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Sang Hun Park

Principal, Managing Member and CIO

28 past transactions

Kyte

Series A in 2021
Kyte’s mission is to offer the most compelling and most customer-centric way to get a car for consumers on top of fully virtualized cloud fleet ecosystem.

connectRN

Venture Round in 2021
ConnectRN, Inc. operates an online platform for hospitals and healthcare institutions to communicate with available nurses. The company’s platform provides various tools to connect healthcare providers to qualified and available staff via an alert system that is sent to their mobile devices. Its nurse management Web dashboard streamlines communication between nurses and nurse managers to ensure open shifts are filled. ConnectRN, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Newton, Massachusetts.

Epic Games

Venture Round in 2021
Epic Games is an American video game and software company that creates games and offers its game engine technology to other developers. It specializes in developing games, engine technology and operates a game store that empowers others to make quality games and 3D content, thereby providing game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality devices. It was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.

Ulab Systems

Series D in 2020
uLab Systems Inc. develops a software technology for digital dental treatment planning for orthodontists. It offers uLab to create combination treatment plans to tailor each plan based on patient’s individual needs. Its uLab enables orthodontists to create aligner movement plans and print custom aligners. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Redwood City, California with an additional office in Shanghai, China.

Dwolla

Venture Round in 2021
Dwolla, Inc. develops application program interface (API) solutions that facilitate bank transfers, manage customers, and verify bank accounts. The company offers Access API that enables users to link bank accounts and initiate transfers within their platform. It also provides Dwolla Dashboard and Admin, an intuitive interface for managing customers, viewing transactions, and finding business trends. Dwolla, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa.

ThredUp

Private Placement in 2019
thredUP is the nation's most trusted online marketplace for buying and selling like-new clothing. Fusing fashion resale and e-commerce, customers send consignment quality clothing in a pre-paid Closet Cleanout Bag, earn cash upfront for their clothing, and can shop favorite styles and brands at thredUP.com for up to 90% off retail. Based in San Francisco, thredUP was founded in 2009 by James Reinhart, Oliver Lubin, and Chris Homer. The company is advised by current Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, former eBay COO, Brian Swette and backed by world-class investors.

Goat

Series F in 2021
GOAT Group is the world’s largest marketplace for authentic sneakers. Its brands offer the greatest selection of sneakers available through company-operated retail stores, e-commerce sites and mobile apps under the GOAT and Flight Club brands. Through its innovative technology and service, GOAT Group has changed the landscape of sneaker commerce and has quickly become the world’s most trusted source to discover, buy and sell authentic sneakers. The company is backed by strategic investor Foot Locker, Inc. as well as some of the leading names in venture capital including Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Matrix Partners, Upfront Ventures, Webb Investment Network and Y Combinator.

Camus Energy

Series A in 2021
Camus Energy is building an open source Grid Management Software as a Service (GMaaS) platform to enable the future DSO. Providing grid operators and load serving entities with advanced situational awareness, insight, and control, Camus’s platform empowers industry leaders to safely and strategically manage a rapidly changing grid environment. Camus’ founders and partners are leveraging experiences from other industries – including the founders’ pioneering work building Google’s global traffic management platform – to address new opportunities on distribution grids.

Dutchie

Series D in 2021
Dutchie is an online cannabis ordering platform connecting consumers to local dispensaries. Users can type in their address, find cannabis retailers in their area, view menus, and order via web or mobile for delivery or pickup. It makes buying cannabis easy, safe, and convenient. The platform allows consumers to order from their favorite local dispensaries.

FirstString Research

Series B in 2018
FirstString Research, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops therapies for inflammation-based medical conditions. It develops and commercializes therapeutic products that enable physicians to treat unmet medical needs. The company’s therapeutic approach focuses on mitigating excessive inflammation, calming the inflamed tissue, and rebooting the body’s normal injury response mechanism to allow the healing process to become engaged. FirstString Research, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Relief Therapeutics SA. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. As of July 27, 2017, FirstString Research, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Relief Therapeutics Holding AG.

FirstString Research

Private Placement in 2017
FirstString Research, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops therapies for inflammation-based medical conditions. It develops and commercializes therapeutic products that enable physicians to treat unmet medical needs. The company’s therapeutic approach focuses on mitigating excessive inflammation, calming the inflamed tissue, and rebooting the body’s normal injury response mechanism to allow the healing process to become engaged. FirstString Research, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Relief Therapeutics SA. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. As of July 27, 2017, FirstString Research, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Relief Therapeutics Holding AG.

PLx Pharma

Private Placement in 2020
PLx Pharma is a pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for prescription and over-the-counter markets in the United States. The company offers PL2200 Aspirin, a molecular complex of aspirin and phosphatidylcholine; and PL1100/1200 Ibuprofen, which are oral drug products containing a molecular complex of ibuprofen and phosphatidylcholine.

HESKA

Private Placement in 2020
Heska is dedicated to perfecting and supporting the core technology and services that truly impact the quality of pet care and help to ensure positive outcomes for veterinarians and their patients. Heska was created by veterinary professionals for veterinary professionals. Our pledge to customers is to stand behind sound science, following best medical practices even when it’s easier to follow the crowd. After all, once you get through all the claims and the fine print, what’s really important is the accuracy of a diagnosis and the efficacy of a treatment.

Bobbie

Series B in 2022
Bobbie Baby, Inc. produces organic infant nutrition products. It sells its products online through its website and also offers food delivery services. The company serves the customers in the California. Bobbie Baby, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Camus Energy

Series A in 2021
Camus Energy is building an open source Grid Management Software as a Service (GMaaS) platform to enable the future DSO. Providing grid operators and load serving entities with advanced situational awareness, insight, and control, Camus’s platform empowers industry leaders to safely and strategically manage a rapidly changing grid environment. Camus’ founders and partners are leveraging experiences from other industries – including the founders’ pioneering work building Google’s global traffic management platform – to address new opportunities on distribution grids.

Jerry

Series C in 2021
Jerry is an AI financial service startup that negotiates loans and insurances for american families. The company constantly looks for savings on your fixed costs (subscriptions like insurance, loans, etc) and does all the work to negotiate better rates and paperwork to switch and save money automatically. Like all best things in life, Jerry is completely free for members!

Ulab Systems

Series E in 2021
uLab Systems Inc. develops a software technology for digital dental treatment planning for orthodontists. It offers uLab to create combination treatment plans to tailor each plan based on patient’s individual needs. Its uLab enables orthodontists to create aligner movement plans and print custom aligners. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Redwood City, California with an additional office in Shanghai, China.

Leap

Series B in 2021
Leap is a marketplace for Distributed Energy Resources to participate in the energy market. It allows every connected device to help balance the grid, and get paid for it and access wholesale markets through a single API and help build the flexible, renewable grid of the future. Leap aims to make global energy markets accessible to anyone, starting with demand response and expanding into generation and ancillary services. Leap was founded by Thomas Folker and Remco Van Den Elzen.

Clearco

Series C in 2021
Clearbanc provides growth capital for web-enabled businesses through its 20-minute term sheet. The company offers fast, affordable growth capital to eCommerce and B2B/SaaS companies. Its investments range from $10K - $10M and its portfolio spans small businesses across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to some of the fastest-growing consumer brands. Launched in 2015, Clearbanc uses proprietary underwriting technology to offer more capital at quicker speeds and more flexible terms than other financing alternatives.

Parthenon Therapeutics

Series A in 2021
Parthenon Therapeutics is inventing a novel class of anti-cancer therapies that reprogram the tumor microenvironment (TME). The interplay between cancer cells and their surrounding microenvironment is relevant in drug development as manycancers use the TME to build barriers that shield immune system attack. One approach, PRTH-101, breaks these barriers to overcome recalcitrant cancers. Based on research, the company is designing a portfolio of drug candidates to treat the right patients at the right time.

Convoy

Series E in 2022
Convoy, Inc. owns and operates an online marketplace that provides digital freight network services. It allows users to book local and regional trucks on demand for moving goods from a single pallet to a full truckload. The company also offers a mobile application that provides real-time shipment tracking, status updates, and on-time deliveries. Convoy, Inc. was formerly known as Greypoint, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Rocket Dollar

Series A in 2021
Rocket Dollar, Inc. provides an alternative retirement investment platform. It offers self-directed traditional, Roth, beneficiary, solo 401(k), and SEP IRA accounts. The company’s platform also allows customers to use their accounts to invest retirement funds in alternative assets, including single family rental properties, real estate syndications, private real estate funds, startups, venture capital and private equity, cryptocurrency, and precious metals. Rocket Dollar, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

ThredUp

Series F in 2019
thredUP is the nation's most trusted online marketplace for buying and selling like-new clothing. Fusing fashion resale and e-commerce, customers send consignment quality clothing in a pre-paid Closet Cleanout Bag, earn cash upfront for their clothing, and can shop favorite styles and brands at thredUP.com for up to 90% off retail. Based in San Francisco, thredUP was founded in 2009 by James Reinhart, Oliver Lubin, and Chris Homer. The company is advised by current Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, former eBay COO, Brian Swette and backed by world-class investors.

Ulab Systems

Private Placement in 2020
uLab Systems Inc. develops a software technology for digital dental treatment planning for orthodontists. It offers uLab to create combination treatment plans to tailor each plan based on patient’s individual needs. Its uLab enables orthodontists to create aligner movement plans and print custom aligners. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Redwood City, California with an additional office in Shanghai, China.

Cellink

Series D in 2022
CelLink is an early-stage hardware startup that is developing a flexible conductive backplane for power electronics, including batteries, light-emitting diodes, wire harnessing, solar cells, and other devices requiring power transmission.

REDIST

Seed Round in 2021
A platform making it easy for real estate professionals to find and use the more than $100b in annual real estate incentives; saving time and money on deals. Our current geographic coverage is New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, Washington D.C. and Virginia. We are located at the Columbia Startup Lab, are currently in Lowenstein Sandler's VentureCrush FG as well as Shadow Ventures Incubator and have recently completed Accelerate 2020 with Bowery Capital and Silicon Valley Bank.

Watt Fuel Cell

Venture Round in 2022
WATT Fuel Cell Corporation develops and manufactures solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) stacks and systems. Its system operates on readily available and accessible fuels, such as propane, natural gas, JP-8, and diesel to manage renewable power sources. The company also provides hybrid SOFC system that utilizes hydrocarbon fuels in conjunction with solar or wind technologies to optimize power output, energy storage, and fuel consumption. It serves marine and RV, emergency response, military, and remote power sectors. WATT Fuel Cell Corporation was founded in 2010 and is based in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.

PLx Pharma

Private Placement in 2018
PLx Pharma is a pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for prescription and over-the-counter markets in the United States. The company offers PL2200 Aspirin, a molecular complex of aspirin and phosphatidylcholine; and PL1100/1200 Ibuprofen, which are oral drug products containing a molecular complex of ibuprofen and phosphatidylcholine.