Alan Rich

Alan Rich is a Partner at Seacoast Capital, a private investment firm founded in 1994 that provides non-controlling junior capital to privately held lower-middle-market companies. He joined Seacoast in 2014 and is based in the firm’s Boston-area office.

Before Seacoast, Rich worked as an Associate at Harris Williams & Co. in Boston, where he executed M&A transactions primarily for middle-market industrial companies. Earlier, he worked at Wells Fargo Bank in its Debt Capital Markets Group, both as an Associate in the Private Placements Group and as an Analyst in the Corporate Syndications Group.

Rich received an AB in Economics from Harvard College and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Seacoast’s history page states that Alan Rich, Jamie Donelan, Patrick Gengoux, and David Romagnoli were promoted to Partner in connection with the 2023 first closing of Seacoast Capital Partners V.

• Seacoast’s core model is non-control capital: the firm states, “we are not buyers of companies” and instead backs business owners and management teams pursuing growth, recapitalizations, acquisitions, refinancings, family ownership transfers, shareholder liquidity, or management/shareholder buyouts.
• The firm typically invests $5 million to $30 million using subordinated debt, preferred equity, common equity, unitranche debt, or equity co-investments, depending on the situation.
• Seacoast generally looks for companies with more than $10 million of revenue, more than $2 million of EBITDA, pro forma leverage through Seacoast capital of 4.0x or less, and the ability to service at least an 8% blended current yield.
• Seacoast does not invest in startups, project financings, turnarounds, or businesses without at least 5-10 years of successful operating continuity.
• The firm prefers management teams that want to keep running and growing the business rather than fully exit.
• Rich’s deal comments show emphasis on sector tailwinds, strong management, differentiated market position, and growth readiness. In the Focus Technology Solutions investment, he cited the company’s reputation in managed IT, cybersecurity tailwinds, and “a very strong management team.”