What sectors does Brightwood Capital Advisors focus on?

Brightwood Capital Advisors focuses on Enterprise Software, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain.

Where is Brightwood Capital Advisors located?

Brightwood Capital Advisors is headquartered in New York, US.

Brightwood Capital Advisors

Private equity

New York · 13 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Brightwood provides capital to small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on five core verticals: business services, franchising, healthcare services, transportation & logistics, and technology & telecommunications. Its investment team is active in sourcing, diligence, and driving growth across portfolio companies. The firm serves lower and middle market companies, drawing on the team's private equity, credit, and leveraged finance backgrounds. Capital has been managed for a broad base of limited partners including public, private, and corporate pension plans, endowments, family offices, and high net worth individuals.

Invests inEnterprise Software Healthtech Logistics & Supply ChainNew YorkUnited States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 6, 2026.

New York, US

Instruments

Equity · Debt

Founded

2010

Team · 13 people

from the firm's website

Sengal Selassie· CEO and Founder· New York City

Founder and CEO of Brightwood, involved in all phases of the firm since 2010 and serving on the Executive and Investment Committees. Previously led Cowen Capital Partners and worked at SG Capital, Morgan Stanley M&A, and Goldman Sachs; holds degrees from Harvard.

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Darilyn Olidge· Partner, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer· New York City

Partner, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer overseeing legal, governance, compliance, and HR. Previously a Managing Director at Credit Suisse and Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, and earlier an associate at Cravath.

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Colin Keenan· Managing Director· New York City

Managing Director on the Investment Team, previously VP in Lazard's restructuring group and at AlixPartners; former U.S. Marine Corps Captain.

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Jamie Allen· Managing Director· New York

Managing Director on the Investment Team, previously an investment professional at Golub Capital and at IDB Bank; began her career in leveraged finance at UBS.

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Kunal Shah· Managing Director· New York City

Managing Director on the Investment Team, previously an investment professional at Solar Capital and an analyst in Merrill Lynch's Leveraged Finance Group.

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Scott Porter· Managing Director· New York City

Managing Director focused on the Transportation & Logistics and Franchising verticals. Previously a Partner at Uni-World Capital and at Cowen Capital Partners.

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David M. Malcolm

Senior Adviser at Cowen & Company and former Head of Investment Banking there; previously Head of Global Leverage Finance at Société Générale and ran the High Yield group at First Boston.

Edward Bayone

Emeritus finance professor at Brandeis University and former Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at BankBoston/FleetBoston; serves on boards including Appgate and IAP Worldwide Services.

Elan Schultz

Co-founder of private equity firm TriSpan with over 25 years in private equity, real estate, and private credit; previously Managing Partner at Quilvest and a founding member of SG Capital Partners and DLJ Merchant Banking.

Raudline Etienne

Founder and Managing Partner of Daraja Capital and former CIO of the New York State Common Retirement Fund; serves as a trustee and senior advisor across investment and nonprofit organizations.

Russell Zomback· Chief Financial Officer· New York City

CFO and Executive Committee member who joined Brightwood in 2011. Previously EVP of Finance at Golub Capital, overseeing SBIC partnerships and AUM growth.

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Warren Olsen

Chairman and CIO of SCB Global Capital Management and co-founder of First Western Financial; former President and CEO of IBJ Whitehall Asset Management.

William E. Lighten

President of Lighten Holdings and the Lighten Family Foundation; former Managing Director, Chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers Bank and founder of its Mortgage Capital Division.

Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 3

as of Sep 2025

Fund	Vintage	Committed	Net IRR	TVPI	DPI
BRIGHTWOOD CAPITAL FUND VLPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures, New York City Board of Education Retirement System	2021	—	11.7%	1.23x	0.18x
Brightwood Capital Fund IVLPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures, Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System	2016	—	—	1.39x	1.00x
Brightwood Capital Fund III, L.P.LPs: Empire State Development – New York Ventures, North Carolina Retirement Systems	2014	—	—	0.53x	0.48x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

Frequently asked questions

What sectors does Brightwood Capital Advisors focus on?: Brightwood Capital Advisors focuses on Enterprise Software, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain.
Where is Brightwood Capital Advisors located?: Brightwood Capital Advisors is headquartered in New York, US.