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With nearly fifteen years of investment and transaction experience, Mr. Kothari has spent his career analyzing, structuring, monitoring and exiting a variety of transactions in the public and private markets. His broad experience as an investor, a financial advisor, and an entrepreneur, provides a unique perspective on private equity investments and transactions. Mr. Kothari is a co-founder and Managing Director of Seneca Partners, a venture capital and merchant-banking firm. In addition to assisting companies with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and corporate finance activities, Seneca Partners also manages Seneca Health Partners, a healthcare focused venture capital fund.
Prior to founding Seneca Partners, Mr. Kothari was a Director at GMA Capital, a boutique investment-banking firm serving the needs of middle-market businesses. Mr. Kothari led numerous divestitures, recapitalizations, acquisitions and other strategic transactions for clients in the automotive, heavy truck, healthcare, technology and other industries. In addition, he co-managed the firm’s $70 million healthcare private equity fund, InvestCare Partners. He was responsible for identifying, evaluating, structuring and providing on-going development of investment opportunities for the fund. He represented InvestCare as a member of the Board of Directors of Amicas, Inc. and VerNova, Inc. and was directly responsible for two other portfolio companies, Active Health Management and Medsite. Mr. Kothari has also served as an Investment Officer for ProVen Private Equity in London, England. Mr. Kothari began his investment career as a money manager initially for Masco Corporation where he was responsible for a portfolio of $130 million in pension assets. He left Masco to found Cranbrook Capital Management, a $650 million money management firm, where he was Treasurer and Director of International Investing.
Mr. Kothari currently serves on the Board of MCM Environmental Technologies, Inc., a provider of medical waste solutions. He also serves on a variety of trade and commuity organizations. He currently serves on the Board and Executive Committee of the Michigan Venture Capital Association and is a founder and current Treasurer of TiE Detroit, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting entrepreneurialism. In addition, he has been an active member of Civil Air Patrol, a volunteer auxiliary of the United States Air Force, for the past 20 years. Mr. Kothari, a Chartered Financial Analyst, earned both a Bachelors of Arts and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. | 