Andrew has nearly two decades of corporate finance and transactional experience. Prior to forming Seaside, Andrew served as a Managing Director and Partner in the Direct Equity division of Wafra, Inc., where he pursued lower middle market buyouts from 2006-2017 and established a West Coast office in 2014. Wafra is a global alternative asset manager with over $20 billion in AUM. Andrew has an MBA from New York University and a BS from Indiana University. 

Prior to joining Seaside, Jesse was an Associate at Shea & Company, a software and technology enabled services focused investment bank. Jesse graduated with a BS in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.

JESSE KAY

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Navid has several years of experience in the private equity industry. Prior to joining Seaside, he was an investment professional at Golden Gate Capital, where he pursued private equity investments, primarily in the business services sector. Golden Gate Capital is an alternative asset manager with over $15 billion in AUM. Navid has an MBA from Wharton, an MS from Stanford, and a BS from UCLA. 

Hiral has several years of experience in the private equity industry. Prior to joining Seaside, he was an investment professional at Leeds Equity Partners in New York, where he pursued investments in the education, training and technology sectors. Hiral was previously an investment banker at William Blair. Hiral has a BBA and BA from The Ross School of Business at University of Michigan.

Noah has several years of experience in the private equity industry. Prior to joining Seaside, he was an investment professional at EagleTree Capital in New York, where he pursued investments within the business services, consumer and industrial sectors. Noah was previously an investment banker at Citi. Noah has a BS in Applied Mathematics with an emphasis in Quantitative Finance and Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

JESSE KAY

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Gabe is an experienced private equity investor and business development professional. Prior to joining Seaside, he was with Atlantic Street Capital. He began his investment career with The Gores Group, where he focused on sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. Prior to Gores, he was an investment banking professional with Houlihan Lokey.  Gabe has a MS from the University of Michigan and a BA from UCLA.

Andrew has several years of experience in the private equity industry. Prior to joining Seaside, he was in the strategy and transactions practice at Ernst & Young conducting buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence for transactions in the business services, industrials, and technology sectors. Previously he was in the assurance practice at Ernst & Young performing financial statement audits of public and private companies in various sectors. Andrew earned a BA and MS from the University of San Diego and is a licensed CPA in the state of California.