Leadership
The team.
A tight-knit, entrepreneurial group of principals. Every person on the team brings hands-on operating experience to the businesses we partner with.
Featured · Co-Founder & Partner
Sam Brooks
Co-founder of the firm. Twenty years scaling laboratory and telecom operations into hundred-million-dollar businesses.
Sam co-founded Motivant and runs operations across the portfolio. His career has been spent inside the operating teams of laboratory services and national telecommunications businesses — work he now applies day-to-day across every company the firm partners with.
The Team
Seasoned operators in every seat.
Sanjiv Lal
Co-Founder & Partner
Co-founder of the firm. Twenty-four years in pharma, biotech, and molecular genetics. Founded three labs.
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Sarah Brooks Gabriel
Partner & CEO, BHRC
Partner. Chief Executive Officer of Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center. Former Partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
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Sal Afridi
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer. Twenty years in healthcare and startup finance. Built and ran a hospital startup.
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Jeff Muoio
Member & Executive Advisor
Member of the firm. Former COO of MasTec North America. Founding Executive Director of HomeAid America.
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David Jakubs
Chief Investment Officer
Chief Investment Officer of the firm. Two decades of capital-markets and M&A leadership across family-office-owned, sponsor-driven, and independently sponsored companies.
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A seasoned, entrepreneurial group of principals — building businesses alongside the people who founded them.
- Principals
- 6
- Sectors
- 6
- Active holdings
- 9
Every partnership has a principal directly involved.
Six sectors, one team — cross-applied experience.
Companies operating inside the portfolio today.