David Brandes
Managing Director @ Bay Grove
David Brandes is a startup investor at Bay Grove. As a Managing Director of Bay Grove, Mr. Brandes is active in all day‐to‐day activities of the firm and investment activities. Prior to Bay Grove, Mr. Brandes spent over nine years at Shorenstein Properties LLC, a large real estate private equity firm that has sponsored funds totaling $6.7 billion. At Shorenstein, Mr. Brandes was responsible forsourcing, negotiating and executing capital transactions within the Western United States. During his time there, Mr. Brandes executed over 30 transactions worth in excess of $4.9 billion on behalf of the firm's closed‐end investment funds and various non‐fund accounts. Mr. Brandes started his career with Morgan Stanley in its investment banking group in San Francisco, where he focused on M&A and covering financial sponsors. Mr. Brandes graduated from the University of California at Berkeley.
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About Bay Grove
Bay Grove was formed in late 2007 by Kevin Marchetti, Adam Forste and Dave Brandes. The three were former colleagues in Morgan Stanley's investment banking group who reunited after their respective tenures in institutional private equity ‐ Kevin at The Yucaipa Companies, Adam at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), and Dave at ShorensteinProperties.
Bay Grove Contacts
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Adam Forste
Managing Director & Co-Founder
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Adam Janvey
Vice President
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David Brandes
Managing Director
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Ed Lam
Vice President
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Kevin Marchetti
Managing Partner
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