Bryan Rich

Bryan Rich, Jr. is a Boston-based investor whose career spans institutional distressed-credit and private-equity investing as well as early-stage venture and real-estate development. He earned his degree from Vanderbilt University, where he studied from 1999 to 2003. Aggregated professional records list his skill set as private equity, leveraged finance, alternative investments, financial modeling, and capital markets — a profile consistent with a career built primarily in special-situations and middle-market credit.

The bulk of his institutional experience comes from roughly a decade at Wayzata Investment Partners, a leading middle-market distressed-credit and private-equity firm, followed by a Principal role at H.I.G. Bayside Capital — the special-situations and distressed-debt affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, which is the source of his [hidden] email and his 617 (Boston) phone number. In his Bayside role he was described as responsible for all aspects of the investment process — origination, due diligence, transaction structuring, financing, and portfolio-company oversight — bringing over thirteen years of private-equity and special-situations experience across manufacturing, business services, and general industrials. (Note: H.I.G. Bayside's current public team roster does not list him, suggesting his day-to-day focus has shifted toward Legacy Capital Ventures.)

In 2022, Rich co-founded Legacy Capital Ventures alongside Michael Kneeland, Bryan Rich (Sr.), and Anthony Rich — a Boston fund that invests in the "built world" by partnering with operators and builders across property, physical-space businesses, and the technology that manages and innovates those spaces. Collectively the partnership touts having started 10+ companies, holding 20+ board seats, 7x CEO experience, and developing more than 1.5 million square feet of real estate. The firm blends direct real-estate development with venture investments in prop-tech and construction-tech startups.

• Invests in the "Built World" — "partnering with forward-thinking operators and builders, to create a legacy asset portfolio that will carry on for generations."
• Targets three connected buckets: property/real estate, companies that operate physical spaces, and technology that manages or innovates those spaces (prop-tech, construction-tech).
• Adjacent sector interests include industrial, logistics, and equipment rental — areas aligned with the partners' operating backgrounds (e.g., equipment-rental industry leadership).
• Stage-flexible / "programmatic" investing from seed through Series B, supporting companies as they scale rather than at a single entry point.
• Emphasizes a co-investment posture — "our money alongside yours" — signaling alignment and hands-on, operator-led involvement rather than passive checks.
• Rich's personal edge is institutional rigor: origination, due diligence, structuring, and financing honed in distressed credit and middle-market private equity.