Sector Focus: Business Services

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Areas of Interest

Human Capital Services
  • Contract Employment
  • Human Capital Management
  • HR Technology
  • Payrolling
  • Professional Certifications
  • Recruitment Process Outsourcing
  • Talent Management & Development
  • Workforce Management
Professional Services
  • Business Process Outsourcing
  • Consulting & Research
  • Engineering Services
  • Finance & Accounting
  • Insurance & Risk Management
  • Legal & Deposition
  • Research & Scientific
Governance, Risk & Compliance
  • Certifications
  • Compliance Services
  • Incident Management
  • Intelligence & Cyber Security
  • Platform Maintenance & Modernization
  • Policy Management
  • Risk Management
  • Technical and Security Services
Education Services
  • Alternative Education
  • Content Publishing
  • Continuing Education
  • Digital Content & Curriculum
  • Higher Education Technology
  • K – 12 Education Services
  • LMS / CMS / SIS
  • Outsourced Support Services
  • Personalized Learning Tools
  • Training and Corporate Education
  • Tutoring & Test Prep
Marketing Services
  • Agency Services
  • Consumer Enablement
  • Digital Advertising
  • Experiential Marketing & Events
  • Lead Generation
  • Media
  • Promotional Goods

Representative Investments

  • Cascade Training Solutions

    • Cascade Training Solutions

    Leading technology-enabled provider of continuing education and training services to healthcare professionals

    Add-On Criteria
    • Healthcare and workplace training services
    • Western U.S.
    • $250k+ EBITDA

    https://www.cascadetraining.com/

    • Investment Date: 2021
    • Fund: Fund I
    • Headquarters: Seattle, WA
    • Status: Current
    • Seaside Contact: Hiral, Jesse, Kazim
  • PayReel

    • PayReel

    Leading tech-enabled provider of payrolling, compliance and other workforce solutions

    Add-On Criteria
    • Workforce and human capital services
    • United States and Canada
    • $500k+ EBITDA

    https://www.payreel.com/

    • Investment Date: 2022
    • Fund: Fund I
    • Headquarters: Golden, CO
    • Status: Current
    • Seaside Contact: Hiral, Noah, Kazim
  • TalentSmartEQ

    • Pioneer and recognized leader of emotional intelligence training for the world’s leading organizations

    Add-On Criteria
    • Leadership & EQ training services
    • United States
    • $500k+ EBITDA

    https://www.talentsmarteq.com/

    • Investment Date: 2019
    • Fund: Pre-Fund
    • Headquarters: San Diego, CA
    • Status: Current
    • Seaside Contact: Andrew, Hiral, Rob

Key Contacts

  • Hiral Pithadia
    Hiral Pithadia
    Managing Director
    Managing Director
    Investment
    Hiral Pithadia
    Managing Director
    Investment

    Hiral Pithadia is a Managing Director on the investment team. Hiral is responsible for all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, evaluating, executing and monitoring investments.

    Prior to joining Seaside, Hiral was an investment professional at Leeds Equity Partners in New York, where he pursued investments within the education, training and technology sectors. Earlier in his career, Hiral worked in the Business Services Group at William Blair & Co.

    Hiral holds a B.B.A. and B.A. from The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

    Board Involvement

    Cascade Training
    FirstLine Road Solutions
    PayReel
    TalentSmart

  • Rob La Rue
    Principal
    Principal
    Investment
    Rob La Rue
    Principal
    Investment

    Rob La Rue is a Principal on the investment team. Rob is responsible for all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, evaluating, executing and monitoring investments.

    Prior to joining Seaside, Rob was a private equity investment professional at Alliance Consumer Growth in Los Angeles. Earlier in his career, Rob worked in investment banking at Stifel and Houlihan Lokey.

    Rob holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from Georgetown University.

    Portfolio Company Involvement

    Frontier Services
    TalentSmart

  • Noah Seidenfeld
    Noah Seidenfeld
    Principal
    Principal
    Investment
    Noah Seidenfeld
    Principal
    Investment

    Noah Seidenfeld is a Principal on the investment team. Noah is responsible for all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, evaluating, executing and monitoring investments.

    Prior to joining Seaside, Noah was an investment professional at EagleTree Capital in New York, where he pursued investments within the business services, consumer and industrial sectors. Earlier in his career, Noah worked in the financial sponsors group at Citigroup.

    Noah holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics with an emphasis in Quantitative Finance and Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder, graduating summa cum laude.

    Board Involvement

    BlueThread Services
    FirstLine Road Solutions
    PayReel

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    ADDRESS

    63739 street lorem ipsum City, Country

    PHONE

    +12 (0) 345 678 9

    EMAIL

    info@company.com

    PURCHASE