Orin Port

Orin Port is a Managing Director at Deerpath Capital and serves as Head of Sponsor Coverage. Deerpath’s team page also describes him as a Managing Director of Originations, a rotating member of the Investment Committee, and the leader of the firm’s business development activities. He joined Deerpath’s investment manager in 2012.

Before Deerpath, Port worked across wealth management, investments, and leveraged finance. His prior employers include Comerica, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Smith Barney, Prudential Securities, and JP Morgan. Deerpath states that he has 36 years of industry experience.

Port earned an M.B.A. from Pace University in 1995 and a B.S. from the University at Binghamton School of Management in 1987.

• Deerpath is not an angel or seed investor; it is a direct lender focused on cash-flow-based senior debt financing for lower middle-market companies.
• The firm primarily partners with private equity sponsors and company management teams, and emphasizes long-term sponsor relationships.
• Deerpath targets transactions such as change of control, growth capital, debt refinancing, acquisition financing, and recapitalizations.
• The firm’s stated approach is “Top of the Capital Structure. Flexible Structures. Disciplined Approach.”
• Deerpath says it seeks to invest between $25 million and $125 million per borrower and can fund add-on investments as companies scale.
• Sector exposure includes healthcare, technology, business services, general business activities, and many traditional service-based subsectors.
• Recent reporting says Deerpath focuses on North American companies with enterprise values around $100 million to $250 million, with primary sector emphasis on business services, healthcare services, and information technology.