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Matt Weinstein

Partner & COO at Walnut Grove Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

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Walnut Grove Capital Partners

Columbia Business School

Master of Business Adminstration (MBA)

About

I’m currently the Chief Operating Officer of Walnut Grove Capital Partners where I lead accounting, operations, finance, and compliance, for an SEC-registered alternative investment manager which includes a hedge fund and a private equity fund.Before Walnut Grove, I served as the Controller of Sunstone Partners, a growth equity PE firm, and was CFO of Cascade Ridge Capital, a credit opportunities hedge fund. Prior to that, I obtained foundational buy-side experience from two hedge funds; Nokota Management, a multi-strategy firm, and Samlyn Capital, a leading, multi-billion dollar L/S equity firm. I was fortunate to start my career in public accounting with Rothstein Kass, specializing in hedge fund audit and tax.I am also proud to have volunteered with an international non-profit, Nuru International, and to currently serve as a mentor to undergraduate and graduate VSB students as part of Villanova University's VSB mentorship program.I received an MBA from Columbia Business School, and I graduated with a Master’s Degree in Accounting & Consulting and a Bachelor’s in Accountancy from Villanova University. I am a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).Specialties include Alternative Investments including Hedge Fund and Private Equity Operations, Accounting, Finance, Compliance, and Investor Relations.

Experience

  • Partner & Chief Operating Officer

    Walnut Grove Capital Partners

    January 2021 - Present • 4 yrs 5 mos

    Walnut Grove Capital Partners manages two long-duration investment vehicles under a unified investment strategy: Walnut Grove Partners, a primarily public equities portfolio targeting owner-operated businesses across a range of sectors and stages of development, and Marked Tree Partners, a strategic investment vehicle focused on lower middle-market private equity investments within the services and technology sectors.... read more

  • Business Development

    Imagineer Technology Group

    August 2019 - December 2020 •

    Founded in 1998, Imagineer provides award-winning end-to-end investor relations and fund marketing solutions for alternative investment managers through its Clienteer CRM and WebVision Investor Portal software platforms. Acquired by Dynamo Software in September 2020.... read more

  • Controller

    Sunstone Partners

    June 2018 - August 2019 • 1 yrs 3 mos

    Sunstone Partners is a private equity firm founded in 2015. They focus on growth equity investments and majority buyouts in technology businesses in North America.... read more

  • CFO

    Cascade Ridge Capital

    November 2016 - May 2018 • 1 yrs 7 mos

    Cascade Ridge was a value-focused credit hedge fund founded in 2016. The firm focused on capital preservation with a low volatility strategy through its investments in high yield, syndicated bank debt, and other credit opportunities. The firm closed in 2018.... read more

  • Finance Consultant, Volunteer

    Nuru International

    September 2015 - December 2015 •

    Nuru is an international non-profit organization with a mission to eradicate extreme poverty in fragile rural areas and build communities resilient to violent extremism.... read more

Education