Karl W. Rodger
Private Equity Investor at Gemspring Capital Management LLC
Profile
Karl Rodger is a Director of Business Development at Gemspring Capital, where he plays an active role in sourcing transactions, executing new investments, and working alongside portfolio company management teams.
Karl also leads the Capital Markets initiative at Gemspring and actively manages the firm’s relationships with a variety of lending partners.
Throughout his career investing in the middle market, Karl has completed over 20 leveraged buyouts, corporate divestitures, founder recaps and transformational add-on acquisitions, and collaborated with management teams to develop and execute strategies that have driven growth in revenue and profitability.
Prior to joining Gemspring, Karl was a Vice President with Spire Capital Partners, an operationally oriented lower middle market private equity firm focused on technology, communications, media, and education services.
Prior to Spire Capital, Karl with Dubin Clark & Company, a lower middle market private equity firm focused on investments in the business services, light manufacturing, and B2C rental industries.
Earlier in his career, Karl spent time at The Riverside Company, where he helped invest out of the $1.2 billion North American fund.
Karl began his career as an Analyst with Harris Williams & Co., where he helped execute middle market M&A transactions.
Karl received a BA, magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Karl W. Rodger active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Gemspring Capital Management LLC
 Gemspring Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gemspring Capital Management LLC (Gemspring Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Bret Weiner. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-01-31 |
Former positions of Karl W. Rodger
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
NetFortris, Inc.
 NetFortris, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services NetFortris, Inc. provides VoIP services to small and medium size businesses. It offers voice services, such as hosted VoIP and session initiation protocol trunking, as well as FlexSmart, a way to streamline communications needs by combining voice and data services onto one single connection via a private network. It also provides broadband solutions which include managed Ethernet, multiprotocol label switching, and T1 Internet access. The company was founded by Brandon Chaney, Anthony Zabit and John Cruz in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA and Plano, TX. | Director/Board Member | 2018-12-31 |
Spire Capital Partners, LLC
 Spire Capital Partners, LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spire Capital Partners LLC (Spire Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Andy J. Armstrong, Bruce M. Hernandez and Richard H. Patterson. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Investor | 2018-12-31 |
Dubin Clark & Co., Inc.
 Dubin Clark & Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Dubin Clark & Co., Inc. (Dubin Clark) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Ron N. Dubin and Tom Clark. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | 2015-09-30 |
RTMCO, Inc.
 RTMCO, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance RTMCO, Inc. supplies tent and special event rentals. It offers a vast inventory of maintained items from tables, chairs, linen, china and glassware, to cooking and meeting equipment. The company was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA. | Director/Board Member | 2015-09-30 |
| Central Jersey Septic LLC | Director/Board Member | 2015-09-30 |
Training of Karl W. Rodger
| Vanderbilt University | Undergraduate Degree |
| The Fuqua School of Business | Masters Business Admin |
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| Private companies | 10 |
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Dubin Clark & Co., Inc.
Dubin Clark & Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Dubin Clark & Co., Inc. (Dubin Clark) is a private equity firm founded in 1984 by Ron N. Dubin and Tom Clark. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Riverside Partners LLC (New York)
 Riverside Partners LLC (New York) Investment ManagersFinance Riverside Partners LLC /New York/ (Riverside Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Bela Szigethy. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with additional offices across the globe. | Finance |
Harris Williams & Co.
 Harris Williams & Co. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Harris Williams & Co. provides investment advisory services. It offers investment banking, sell-side mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, fairness opinion, and restructuring advisory services. The company was founded by H. Hiter Harris III and Christopher H. Williams in 1991 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA. | Finance |
Spire Capital Partners, LLC
Spire Capital Partners, LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spire Capital Partners LLC (Spire Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000 by Andy J. Armstrong, Bruce M. Hernandez and Richard H. Patterson. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Chrysallis, Inc.
 Chrysallis, Inc. Specialty StoresRetail Trade Chrysallis, Inc. operates as an investment and management firm that focuses on partnerships with and control and non-control growth investments in consumer companies. It accelerates value in consumer-facing companies by providing operational and financial resources, strategic expertise, and industry knowledge. The company was founded by Robb S. Smith and Melisse Shaban in January 2005 and is headquartered in Reno, NV. | Retail Trade |
NetFortris, Inc.
NetFortris, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services NetFortris, Inc. provides VoIP services to small and medium size businesses. It offers voice services, such as hosted VoIP and session initiation protocol trunking, as well as FlexSmart, a way to streamline communications needs by combining voice and data services onto one single connection via a private network. It also provides broadband solutions which include managed Ethernet, multiprotocol label switching, and T1 Internet access. The company was founded by Brandon Chaney, Anthony Zabit and John Cruz in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA and Plano, TX. | Technology Services |
RTMCO, Inc.
RTMCO, Inc. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance RTMCO, Inc. supplies tent and special event rentals. It offers a vast inventory of maintained items from tables, chairs, linen, china and glassware, to cooking and meeting equipment. The company was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA. | Finance |
Carrboro Capital Corp.
 Carrboro Capital Corp. Investment ManagersFinance Carrboro Capital Corp (Carrboro Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in North Carolina. | Finance |
| Central Jersey Septic LLC | |
Gemspring Capital Management LLC
Gemspring Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gemspring Capital Management LLC (Gemspring Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Bret Weiner. The firm is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut. | Finance |
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