Nik Kumar
Vice President, Junior Capital Team
Joined Gryphon: 2023
Industry Group: Gryphon Junior Capital Team
Nik joined Gryphon in 2023. As a member of Gryphon’s Junior Capital Team, he assists with all aspects of Gryphon’s junior capital funds, including sourcing, analyzing, executing, and monitoring investments within Gryphon’s junior capital portfolio.
Prior to Gryphon, Nik’s experience included:- Alvarium Tiedemann, Vice President – Evaluated and executed private investment opportunities in both sponsored and non-sponsored businesses across various sectors.
- Golub Capital, Assistant Vice President – Underwrote, structured, executed, and managed middle-market financings of sponsor-backed companies across the consumer, restaurant, and retail sectors.
- AEA Investors, Associate – Underwrote and executed private debt investments, including senior and junior debt investments, in sponsor-backed companies across various sectors.
- Sound Harbor Partners, Associate – Executed capital solution and private credit investments, including corporate loan, distressed debt, and opportunistic credit investments, in middle market businesses across the healthcare, consumer, and industrials sectors.
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Investment Banking Analyst – Leveraged Finance Group.
B.S., Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University
M.B.A., Columbia Business School