Arturas Rainys
Principal
Jonathan Schonfeld
Vice President
Ulrich Erasmus
Senior Associate
MIAMI—Trivest Partners (“Trivest” or the “Firm”) is pleased to announce the following promotions within its team, effective January 1, 2021. This recognition of accomplishment further exemplifies the depth of talent and experience on the internally-grown Trivest team.
Arturas Rainys has been promoted to Principal.
Arturas joined Trivest in 2017 as a Vice President. He is responsible for the analysis of investment opportunities, identification of strategic acquisition targets and monitoring of existing portfolio companies within the Firm’s non-control investment strategies. Prior to joining Trivest, he was CFO at Blazent, Inc. and held various roles in finance and corporate development at DEI Holdings, Inc. Arturas received his B.B.A. from Kaunas University of Technology and an M.B.A. with honors from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Jonathan Schonfeld has been promoted to Vice President.
Jonathan joined Trivest in 2019 as a Senior Associate. He is responsible for the analysis of investment opportunities, transaction execution and driving value creation for Trivest’s companies within the Firm’s non-control investment strategies. Jonathan was previously an Associate at Hale Capital Partners and an Analyst in the Media and Communications Group at Jefferies. He received his B.S. and M.A. in International Business from the University of Florida.
Ulrich Erasmus has been promoted to Senior Associate.
Ulrich joined Trivest in 2019 as an Associate. He is also responsible for the analysis of investment opportunities, transaction execution and driving value creation for portfolio companies, primarily within Trivest Discovery Fund. Prior to joining Trivest, Ulrich was an Associate at Trive Capital and spent nearly three years at Private Advisors. He received his B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from The College of William & Mary and an M.S. in International Finance from HEC Paris.
“As we enter 2021, our 40th anniversary as a firm, Trivest is in a remarkable period of growth. Arturas, Jonathan and Ulrich are great examples of that growth, and we’re thrilled to recognize their professional accomplishments and contributions to the Firm.” said Troy D. Templeton, Trivest’s Managing Partner.
About Trivest
Headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida with offices in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Toronto, Trivest is the oldest private investment firm in the Southeastern United States. The firm is focused exclusively on the support and growth of founder-led and family-owned businesses in the United States and Canada in both control and non-control transactions. Since its founding in 1981, Trivest has completed more than 300 investments, totaling over $7 billion in value. Trivest is one of only 18 firms recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the top-50 founder-friendly private equity firms in both 2019 and 2020.