Our Partners
Our team offers you a uniquely valuable set of skills:
- We have invested over $250 million of equity capital in 20 growth companies to date returning more than $500 million to our investors
- As entrepreneurs, we have built an industry-leading service company from start-up to nearly $100 million in annual revenues, with more than 2,000 employees
- We are lawyers experienced in the mergers & acquisitions and securities fields
- As investment bankers, we have completed more than 30 transactions totalling more than $3 billion
For more information about our partners, select a link below:
Peter Nanula, Managing PartnerTed Paff, Managing Partner
Peter Nanula is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Concert Capital Partners and brings 13 years experience as an investor and entrepreneur. Prior to founding Concert, Peter was founder and CEO of Arnold Palmer Golf Management where he built one of the largest golf operating chains via more than 20 acquisitions. Peter was previously a member of the Los Angeles office of Warburg Pincus, where he participated in efforts that led to six investments in health care and business services companies. Prior to Warburg Pincus, Peter was an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers practicing in the merger & acquisition and securities fields. Peter is a Director of Product Action International, the premier provider of quality control services to the automotive industry, Control Point Solutions, Inc., a leading outsourcer of telecom cost management services based in Fairfax, Virginia, and Print, Inc., the pioneer of cost-per-page printer management solutions based in Kirkland, Washington. He holds AB and JD degrees from Harvard. He and his wife Julia have two children.
Ted Paff is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Concert Capital Partners and has 11 years experience as an investor and investment banker. Prior to founding Concert, Ted was a General Partner of Acacia Venture Partners, a leading early-stage venture capital firm. At Acacia, Ted led and participated in 10 investments in technology-leveraged services, software and data management companies. Prior to Acacia, Ted was an investment banker with Alex. Brown & Sons. Ted holds a BA from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Columbia University. He and his wife Ashley have two children.