ACG San Diego: Private Capital Markets Outlook 2019

Dylan Cox is a Private Equity Analyst at PitchBook Data, a leading provider of venture capital, private equity, and M&A research and analysis. Dylan leads PitchBook’s coverage of private equity fundraising and M&A. He has recently published work on PE software investing, private debt funds, and first-time private equity managers. He has been cited in Institutional Investor, PE HUB, and regional Business Journals for his insights on M&A activity. Cox holds a CFA Level I and is currently a CFA Level II Candidate. He attended Chapman University where he studied economics and business administration. Prior to joining PitchBook, he was an investment analyst at Core Capital, a real estate investment firm.

Eliot Peters is a Managing Director at RA Capital Advisors.  Since joining the firm in 2003 Eliot has played a critical role advising on mergers, acquisitions, financings and IPO advisory assignments totaling over $4 billion across a wide range of industries.  Prior to joining the firm, Eliot was a senior auditor specializing in the media, technology and hospitality industries with Ernst & Young, LLP and Arthur Andersen, LLP in Los Angeles.  He graduated with high honors from the University of California at Santa Barbara where he received a bachelor’s degree in business economics with an emphasis in accounting. Eliot is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in the State of California and a FINRA-registered securities representative.

Sunni Farkas is a Senior Vice President and Senior Business Development Officer for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.  Sunni has over 30 years of asset-based lending experience with Bank of America (and its predecessor Security Pacific).  Her focus is providing asset-based lending solutions to manufacturers, distributors and business service providers seeking credit facilities for working capital, acquisitions, expansions, turnarounds, and debt restructurings.  Sunni also has extensive experience in the rediscount lending business, providing senior working capital facilities to consumer finance companies.  Sunni’s education includes an MBA in Finance from San Diego State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree from State University of New York at Binghamton.  She also holds Series 7 and 63 securities licenses.

Jeremy Holland is the Managing Partner overseeing North American Origination for The Riverside Company, as well as covering relationships in the Western Region of North America.  The Riverside Company is one of the largest global private equity firms that remain focused on the entrepreneurial end of the market.  Riverside has invested in more than 650 companies over more than 30 years and has approximately $8 Billion in assets under management.  Additional information:

Jeremy has 21 years of private equity experience across a broad range of industries and capital structures.   Since joining Riverside in 2010, he has completed dozens of acquisitions and growth capital investments.  Jeremy also serves as Riverside’s global Industry Specialization Head of Franchising.

Mark Nowak has over 20 years of experience investing mezzanine debt and private equity.  He is a Managing Director at True West Capital Partners (formerly known as Endeavour Structured Equity and Mezzanine) providing junior capital and minority equity investments in lower middle-market companies headquartered in the Western United States to a broad range of industries.  True West targets companies with EBITDA ranging from $3-$12 million that have proven management teams, strong barriers to entry, sustainable competitive advantages and high free cash flows.

Amit Singh is a partner in Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C.'s Corporate and Securities Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Emerging Growth Companies practice groups. He has extensive experience advising emerging growth companies and the investors that finance them. His practice primarily concentrates on venture capital and private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, employee benefits and executive compensation, intellectual property sale and licensing transactions and general corporate law.  Amit earned an LL.M (Corporate Law) from New York University School of Law and a J.D. from the University of California.  He is a member of the State Bars of California and New York.