Team

The Seaside team possesses decades of experience partnering with founder and family-owned businesses in our target sectors. We bring together more than 100 transactions representing greater than $5.0 billion of invested capital.

Investment

  • Andrew Thompson
    Managing Partner
    Investment
    Andrew Thompson
    Managing Partner
    Investment

    Andrew Thompson is the Founder and Managing Partner of Seaside Equity. Andrew is responsible for all major aspects of the firm’s management and investment process.

    Prior to joining Seaside, Andrew was a Managing Director and Partner in the Direct Investments at Wafra, Inc., and established the West Coast office in 2014.

    Andrew holds a M.B.A from New York University and a B.S. in Finance the Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

    Board Involvement

    ProCern
    BlueThread Services
    FirstLine Road Solutions
    Frontier Services
    Cascade Training
    PayReel
    Outdoor Dimensions
    TalentSmart
    TruePoint Solutions

  • Managing Director
    Investment
    Keith Collins
    Managing Director
    Investment

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

    Prior to joining Seaside, Keith was an investment professional at GI Partners in San Francisco, where he pursued investments within the IT infrastructure and services sectors. Earlier in his career, Keith worked as an investment professional at Leonard Green & Partners, and prior, he worked in investment banking at Bank of America and Wachovia.

    Keith holds a M.B.A from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S.B.A. in Management and Economics from Bucknell University.

    Board Involvement

    TruePoint Solutions

  • Hiral Pithadia
    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

  • Navid Shirazi
    Managing Director
    Investment
    Navid Shirazi
    Managing Director
    Investment

    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
    Investment
    Jesse Kay
    Principal
    Investment

    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

  • 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
    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

  • Senior Associate
    Investment
    Tom Moore
    Senior Associate
    Investment

    Tom Moore is a Senior Associate on the investment team. Tom is responsible for all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, evaluating, executing and monitoring investments.

    Prior to joining Seaside, Tom was a private equity investment professional at Cerberus Capital Management where he pursued investments within the business services and industrial sectors. Earlier in his career, Tom worked in the Industrials group at Lazard in New York.

    Tom holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

    Portfolio Company Involvement

    BlueThread Services
    Frontier Services

  • Associate
    Investment
    Kazim Shah
    Associate
    Investment

    Kazim Shah is an Associate on the investment team. Kazim is responsible for all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, evaluating, executing and monitoring investments.

    Prior to joining Seaside, Kazim worked in the technology group at Piper Sandler Companies.

    Kazim holds a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the Haas School of Business at University of California at Berkeley.

    Portfolio Company Involvement

    ProCern
    Cascade Training
    PayReel
    TruePoint Solutions

Strategic Resources

  • Mitch Browne
    Principal, Value Creation
    Principal, Value Creation
    Origination & Portfolio Value Creation
    Mitch Browne
    Principal, Value Creation
    Origination & Portfolio Value Creation

    Mitch is a Principal on the value creation team. He is responsible for identifying and executing financial and operational improvement projects collaboratively with portfolio company management teams.

    Prior to joining Seaside, Mitch led engagement teams at FTI Consulting within their Office of the CFO group. Earlier in his career, Mitch worked in Wells Fargo’s Middle-Market M&A group and has also held Corporate and Strategic Finance roles at Hulu and AECOM.

    Mitch holds a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and M.B.A. from Washington State University.

  • Doug Parker
    Vice President, Origination
    Vice President, Origination
    Origination & Portfolio Value Creation
    Doug Parker
    Vice President, Origination
    Origination & Portfolio Value Creation

    Douglas is a Vice President on the origination team. Douglas is responsible for sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities across the firm’s portfolio.

    Prior to joining Seaside, Douglas led business development  for Vopne Capital, a lower middle market PE firm focused on mission critical industrial service businesses. Earlier in his career, Douglas worked as the Senior Acquisitions Manager, for the Razor Group, a global e-commerce conglomerate.

    Douglas holds a MBA from Florida A&M University and a B.S. from Florida State University.

  • Grant Adams
    Senior Associate, Origination
    Senior Associate, Origination
    Origination & Portfolio Value Creation
    Grant Adams
    Senior Associate, Origination
    Origination & Portfolio Value Creation

    Grant is a Senior Associate on the origination team. Grant is responsible for sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities across the firm’s portfolio.

    Prior to joining Seaside, Grant was a business development professional at Harvey and Company where he worked closely with acquisitive corporations and executives to facilitate M&A transactions in the software and business services sector.

    Grant holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Finance & Administration

  • Debbie Fritzer
    Chief Financial Officer
    Chief Financial Officer
    Finance & Administration
    Debbie Fritzer
    Chief Financial Officer
    Finance & Administration

    Debbie Fritzer is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Seaside Equity. Debbie is responsible for overseeing the financial, tax and compliance matters of the firm.

    Debbie spent over 25 years in private equity and venture capital accounting roles. Prior to joining Seaside, Debbie was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Varsity Healthcare Partners, a middle-market healthcare private equity investment firm.

    Debbie holds a B.A. from California State University – Fresno and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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We value the experience of executive advisors and are always looking to grow our network of talented and strategic individuals. If you’re interested in joining our team, please reach out.

 

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