James Vandervelden
Founder at Pleasant Bay Capital Partners LLC
Profile
Mr. James E.
Vandervelden is a Founder & Managing Partner at Pleasant Bay Capital Partners LLC, a Managing Director at Covington Associates LLC and a General Partner & Co-Founder at TPE Boulder, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at GrammaTech, Inc. and Mycroft, Inc. He has over 25 years of private equity, M&A and financial advisory experience in the healthcare, software and tech-enabled business services sectors.
Prior to Covington, he served as co-founder and general partner of Ticonderoga Capital Inc., an investment firm that managed multiple funds with several hundred million of committed capital.
Prior to Ticonderoga, he worked at Dillon Read & Co.’s venture capital group, making growth equity investments for its funds.
Prior to Dillon Read, he worked at TA Associates where he focused on management buyouts, recapitalizations, and minority growth capital investments of lower middle market technology and service-related businesses.
Mr. Vandervelden received a B.A.
in Economics and Organizational Behavior & Management, with Honors, from Brown University.
James Vandervelden active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Covington Associates LLC
 Covington Associates LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Covington Associates LLC (CAL) is an investment banking, financial advisory and broker/dealer headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 1991. CAL provides investment banking services, as well as advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital raising, strategic advisory services, fairness opinions and valuations and capital restructuring. They focus on four distinct areas including business services, consumer & industrials, healthcare and technology. Covington Associates provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. | Analyst-Equity | 01/03/2012 |
Pleasant Bay Capital Partners LLC
 Pleasant Bay Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Pleasant Bay Capital Partners LLC (Pleasant Bay Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by James Vandervelden. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Founder | 01/07/2012 |
Mycroft, Inc.
 Mycroft, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Mycroft, Inc. provides cyber security and information technology governance services. It offers strategy and assessment services, including identity and access management risk assessment, identity and information security strategy, data protection strategy, cloud security strategy and vendor selection. The company was founded by Jonathan Freeman in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
TPE Boulder, Inc.
 TPE Boulder, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance TPE Boulder, Inc. (Ticonderoga Capital) is a private equity firm founded by James Vandervelden in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts. | Founder | 01/01/1997 |
GrammaTech, Inc.
 GrammaTech, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services GrammaTech, Inc. engages in the development of software-assurance tools and cyber-security solutions. It offers software assurance, software hardening and cyber-security, software for avionics, medical, industrial control and other mission-critical applications. The firm serves he embedded, automotive, industrial automation, medical, and aerospace and defense industries. The company was founded by Tim Teitelbaum and Thomas Reps in 1988 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD. | Director/Board Member | 01/11/2019 |
Former positions of James Vandervelden
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| CA HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 27/04/2022 |
| Dillon, Read & Co., Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/08/1997 |
TA Associates Management LP
 TA Associates Management LP Investment ManagersFinance TA Associates Management LP(TA Associates) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is founded in 1968 by Peter Brooke a subsidiary of TA Associates Management Holding LP. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/09/1996 |
| APM, Inc. (California) | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Training of James Vandervelden
| Brown University | Undergraduate Degree |
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TA Associates Management LP
TA Associates Management LP Investment ManagersFinance TA Associates Management LP(TA Associates) is a venture capital firm headquartered in Boston. The firm is founded in 1968 by Peter Brooke a subsidiary of TA Associates Management Holding LP. | Finance |
TPE Boulder, Inc.
TPE Boulder, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance TPE Boulder, Inc. (Ticonderoga Capital) is a private equity firm founded by James Vandervelden in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts. | Finance |
| Dillon, Read & Co., Inc. | Finance |
Covington Associates LLC
Covington Associates LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Covington Associates LLC (CAL) is an investment banking, financial advisory and broker/dealer headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 1991. CAL provides investment banking services, as well as advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital raising, strategic advisory services, fairness opinions and valuations and capital restructuring. They focus on four distinct areas including business services, consumer & industrials, healthcare and technology. Covington Associates provides an array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research. | Finance |
Mycroft, Inc.
Mycroft, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Mycroft, Inc. provides cyber security and information technology governance services. It offers strategy and assessment services, including identity and access management risk assessment, identity and information security strategy, data protection strategy, cloud security strategy and vendor selection. The company was founded by Jonathan Freeman in 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
| APM, Inc. (California) | |
GrammaTech, Inc.
GrammaTech, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services GrammaTech, Inc. engages in the development of software-assurance tools and cyber-security solutions. It offers software assurance, software hardening and cyber-security, software for avionics, medical, industrial control and other mission-critical applications. The firm serves he embedded, automotive, industrial automation, medical, and aerospace and defense industries. The company was founded by Tim Teitelbaum and Thomas Reps in 1988 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD. | Technology Services |
Pleasant Bay Capital Partners LLC
Pleasant Bay Capital Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Pleasant Bay Capital Partners LLC (Pleasant Bay Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2012 by James Vandervelden. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
CA Healthcare Acquisition Corp.
 CA Healthcare Acquisition Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance CA Healthcare Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company, which engages in seeking a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Larry J. Neiterman, Jeffrey H. Barnes, David S. B. Lang, David H. Klein, Afsaneh Naimollah, Thomas Mark Cibotti, and Timothy James McMahon on October 7, 2020 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Finance |
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