Sector Focus: Commercial Services

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Commercial Services Business Services Tech-Enabled Services

Areas of Interest

Facility Services

Cleaning
Electrical & Mechanical
Exterior Services
Fire & Life Safety
Food Service
HVAC
Landscaping
Laundry & Linen
Property Management
Pest Control
Printing & Graphics
Refrigeration
Restoration Services
Security & Safety
Service Aggregators
Technician Services

Logistics & Transportation

Aviation Services & Support
Contracted Transportation
Marine Services
Outsourced Logistics Services
Rail Services
Third Party Logistics
Warehouse & Fulfilment

Infrastructure, Utility & Industrial Services

Environmental
Maritime
Repair, Maintenance & Overhaul
Specialty Construction & Contracting
Test, Measurement & Compliance
Water & Wastewater

Distribution

Building Products
Chemicals
Consumer Products
Electrical / Electronics
Healthcare
Industrial
Plastics & Packaging
Value-Added Distribution

Representative Investments

Key Contacts

Navid Shirazi
Managing Director
Managing Director

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

Prior to joining Seaside, Navid was an investment professional at Golden Gate Capital, where he pursued investments within the business services sectors. Earlier in his career, Navid worked in the financial sponsors group at Morgan Stanley.

Navid holds a M.B.A from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, M.S. from Stanford University and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from UCLA.

Board Involvement

ProCern
Frontier Services
BlueThread Services
TalentSmart
Jesse Kay
Principal
Principal

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

Prior to joining Seaside, Jesse was an investment banker at Shea & Company, where he advised on transactions within the software and technology-enabled services sectors.

Jesse holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.

Board Involvement

ProCern
Cascade Training
TruePoint Solutions
Rob La Rue
Principal
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Rob La Rue
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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
Principal
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Noah Seidenfeld
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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