Andrew DeYoung Bio

Andrew DeYoung is a managing director of business development and operations for Kayne Anderson’s growth capital strategies, responsible for working with the partners overseeing and managing fundraising processes and business development efforts. DeYoung is also involved in identifying and analyzing investment opportunities, assisting with monitoring of portfolio companies, and is involved at the board level with select companies. DeYoung deals with NewRoad Capital Partners on the Kayne NewRoad Ventures Fund and monitoring Kayne’s earlier stage growth companies. Prior to joining Kayne Anderson in 2016, DeYoung worked as a special advisor to Ric Kayne, Chairman of Kayne Capital, and as chief operating officer of Jenni Kayne, an LA based lifestyle and fashion brand. Prior to Kayne Capital, DeYoung worked with DW Investments, LLC, a family investment firm in Chicago focused on real estate, private equity and venture fund and direct investing. DeYoung also worked with Gemstone Real Estate Partners, where he sourced and analyzed office and industrial real estate investment opportunities. DeYoung began his career as an associate in the healthcare investment banking group at GCA Global, an international full-service investment bank, headquartered in San Francisco. DeYoung earned a B.A. magna cum laude in Psychology from Brown University in 2005.