Bio

Jay Coughlon is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Fruition Partners, LLC. He brings over 20 years of private equity investing and platform leadership experience. Prior to Fruition, Jay was a co-founder and Managing Partner at Lariat Partners, leading several partner company relationships, including Jacent Strategic Merchandising (consumer products and services), SubSea Global Solutions (niche, marine industrial services), and Offen Petroleum (specialty distribution). Prior to co-founding Lariat Partners in January 2013, Jay was a Managing Director and member of the investment committee of KRG Capital, a Denver-based private equity firm with over $3 billion of capital under management. During his tenure there, Jay closed 36 platform and add-on acquisitions and served on numerous portfolio company boards including Fire & Life Safety America (infrastructure services), Varel (specialized oil and gas equipment), and Avizent (workers comp claim management), amongst others. Jay started his career at Banc of America Securities in middle-market Financial Sponsor Leveraged Finance. Jay enjoys the outdoors as a cyclist and skier, has a penchant for red wine, and enjoys spending time with his three kids. He’s a Board member with the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation and is a Founder and Board member of the Mile High Five Foundation.