Sahil Patel

Sahil Patel is an Associate at Irving Place Capital, a New York–based middle-market private equity firm. He joined the firm in 2016. Prior to Irving Place Capital, he was an Analyst in the mergers & acquisitions and financial sponsors groups at Wells Fargo Securities, where he worked on advisory and sponsor-facing transactions.

He holds a B.S. degree, earned *magna cum laude*, from the University of Florida, where multiple aggregator sources indicate he studied Business Administration with a concentration in Finance (roughly 2009–2013).

Irving Place Capital itself was founded in 1997 as Bear Stearns Merchant Banking (BSMB) under John D. Howard, and spun out from JPMorgan Chase to become an independent firm on November 1, 2008, following JPMorgan's acquisition of Bear Stearns. Since inception the firm has invested in more than 60 companies and raised over $4 billion of equity capital, with total committed capital across its funds of approximately $5.9 billion. As an investment professional (Associate) at the firm, Patel's work centers on sourcing, analyzing, executing, and monitoring buyout and growth-capital investments rather than on angel or seed-stage financing.

• Invests as part of Irving Place Capital's control-oriented, middle-market private equity strategy — buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth capital, not early-stage/angel checks.
• Sector concentration in Consumer & Retail, Industrial, and Packaging, where the firm believes it has deep operating expertise.
• Firm approach: "unlocking the potential of great companies" by pairing capital with dedicated operating resources, senior advisors, and functional specialists to drive value creation in portfolio companies.
• Targets established U.S. middle-market businesses with growth potential where operational and strategic improvement can enhance value, typically via control or entrepreneur-driven investments.