Katie Stitch Bio

Katie is a Partner at W Capital Partners, where she focuses on sourcing and evaluating new direct secondary and GP-led secondary transaction opportunities and managing the firm’s existing investments. Katie works with private equity GPs, venture capital firms, financial institutions and mezzanine lenders as well as company founders and employees to monetize equity investments in privately held businesses. Katie is also active in the management of W Capital’s portfolio companies. Katie currently serves on the boards of the New York Private Equity Network (NYPEN), the Brick Presbyterian Church and the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences Professional Women’s Alliance. Katie’s past board service includes Fresh Direct (sold to Ahold Delhaize), Moosejaw (sold to Walmart) and World Kitchen (nka Corelle Brands). Prior to joining W Capital in 2005, Katie was an Analyst in Banc of America Securities’ investment bank where she worked on M&A and corporate finance transactions. Katie also has experience in sales and trading with JPMorganChase and public relations with Ogilvy and Mather. In 2017, Katie was named as one of Private Equity International’s Secondaries Investor’s ‘Young Guns of Secondaries’ and GrowthCap’s ‘Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors’. Katie is a graduate of The Huntsman Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned a B.S. from The Wharton School and a B.A. from the College of Arts and Sciences. While at Penn, Katie served as the Co-Chair of the Wharton Dean’s Undergraduate Advisory Board and was a member of the Women’s Varsity Squash team.