Colleen Gurda Bio

Colleen co-founded the firm in 2020 and her responsibilities include deal sourcing, execution, portfolio management, marketing, and investor relations. She has spent her entire career investing in and working with companies in the lower and mid-market. Prior to Riveter Capital, she was a Managing Director with Comvest Partners, a leading middle market private equity and credit investment firm. Before joining Comvest, she worked at Alcentra, a division of BNY Mellon which invested equity and subordinated debt in lower middle market companies. Colleen started her career at Barclays Capital, where she was involved in M&A and corporate finance transactions. Colleen received an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Colleen lives in New York with her husband, children, and beloved golden retriever. She enjoys playing tennis and squash and running on the West Side Highway.