Equanim Capital LLC
Realizing Value for Smaller Companies
Mark Shapiro - Managing Member
Mark Shapiro has over thirty years of experience in finance and investment management and is Managing Member of Equanim Capital LLC, a private investment and advisory concern focused on Lower Middle Market companies. Equanim seeks to identify long term investments where it can add meaningful value through active participation in areas of need including finance, operations, strategy and governance.
Additionally, he currently serves as a Technical Advisory Board Member of Cepheus Growth Capital Partners, an SME investment fund in Ethiopia.
He served as Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst for Panton Capital (2005-2015), a credit focused hedge fund where he lead its syndicated loan effort, responsible for a portfolio in excess of $1B+ in European and US cash and synthetic exposures. He served as Non-Executive Director and Chaired the Compensation and Transaction Committees of TI Fluid Systems (2011-2014), a global Tier 1 auto parts supplier, resulting from his involvement as a principal negotiator of its restructuring and leading to multiple dividend recapitalizations and its sale to Bain Capital.
Mr. Shapiro is an active investor and advisor to seed and early-stage companies. Prior to joining Panton, he was a founder and General Partner of the Wardenclyffe Group (1995-2005), an asset management concern focusing on SME and middle market debt, equity and alternative investments.
Prior to that experience, Mr. Shapiro was a Principal of CR Management Associates (1991-1995) where he was engaged in a broad range of SME venture investing activities including senior executive operational roles in portfolio companies and management consulting assignments. Earlier, Mr. Shapiro was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Home Capital Services, where his range of responsibilities included the management of $750 million in risk assets, including public equities, high yield bonds, alternative investments, limited partnerships, private placements and the publicly-traded Home High Yield Bond Fund.