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As head of private capital markets, Dave Kasouf leads the Capital Management Group’s private markets team. Dave and his team oversee the development, insight, strategy and access to private investments and the innovation economy. Dave is responsible for all aspects of fund origination and structuring, fund relationship management, third-party diligence and fund of funds investment selection.
Dave joined SVB Private in 2023 with 20 years of financial services experience, including 8 years in illiquid alternatives and 5 years in venture capital. Prior to joining SVB Private, Dave was a member of the founding team and managing director at Caplight Technologies, a leading private markets data and structured products execution platform.
Prior to Caplight, Dave served as head of the Institutional Client Group at Forge Global, a private markets leader in secondary execution that went public in 2022, where he oversaw $3.5B+ of private secondary execution and placements during his tenure. Dave is deeply connected to leaders throughout the private investments industry. Prior to Forge Global, Dave served as a portfolio manager at First New York Capital Management and a general partner at Bell Harbor Capital.
Dave received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the College of Holy Cross.
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