Miles Molyneaux

Miles Molyneaux is CFO & Partner at Next Sparc Growth Partners, a founder-friendly professional family office founded in 2009. Next Sparc says it makes direct investments in rapidly growing founder-led and family-owned businesses, using operating experience, patient capital, and a repeatable playbook to help companies scale.

Molyneaux has been CFO of Next Sparc since 2013. His role focuses on transaction execution and operational financial support for portfolio companies. Next Sparc’s team page also describes him as interim CFO of Robots & Pencils, a Next Sparc portfolio company.

Before Next Sparc, Molyneaux was VP Finance and interim CFO at Hilite International, a global Tier 1 automotive supplier based in Germany. Earlier, he worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Transaction Services group, reaching Director level and advising corporate and private-equity clients on buy-side and sell-side diligence across the U.S., South America, Europe, and Asia. He also worked at The Parkland Group, a turnaround consulting firm, and at a federal bank in West Palm Beach.

He holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA in Finance from Case Western Reserve University. Maha Capital’s board biography lists his MBA concentration as Finance and International Management. He is also listed as an inactive Ohio CPA, Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor, and Certified Turnaround Professional. In 2026, he became a board member of Maha Capital AB; Maha also lists him as CFO of Next Sparc LLC, manager at Vitalia Legacy LLC, and board member of Robots and Pencils and Tiger Pistol Inc.

• Next Sparc’s stated model is growth equity “for founders, built by founders,” with an operator-heavy approach rather than passive capital.
• The firm says it backs founder- and family-owned companies with passionate management teams, high-growth sectors, rapid scaling opportunities, tech-enabled services, $1M-$75M revenue, and $1M-$15M EBITDA.
• Next Sparc prefers operating control but will consider minority investments.
• The firm emphasizes long-term business building over short-term exits, saying its mission is “to build exceptional businesses and teams for the long term.”
• Fit appears strongly relationship- and conviction-driven: Next Sparc says, “We look for a mutual sparc between your team and our own.”
• Molyneaux’s specific contribution is finance-led: transaction execution, diligence, financial reporting, portfolio finance support, and operating support to portfolio-company finance functions.