George Kase Bio

George Kase is a Managing Partner and member of TELEO Capital’s Investment Committee. George is primarily responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence, valuation, transaction execution, operational improvements, and portfolio management. George has deep investing and transactional expertise. Prior to co-founding TELEO Capital, George was a Partner at Marlin Equity Partners for over a decade. He was on the Investment Committee for four Marlin Funds (I, II, III, and Heritage). During his time at Marlin, he led over twenty acquisitions (both platform and follow-on), including Caprio, Liquent, and Duncan Solutions. Prior to Marlin, George worked in management consulting with McKinsey & Company and in investment banking with CIBC Oppenheimer, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. George earned an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was an Academic All-American and three-year starter on the football team.