# Mark Gormley

> Mark Gormley is a private equity investor at Lee Equity Partners backing Insurance. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lee Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-equity-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-gormley-10b53636
- Website: https://www.leeequity.com/team

Mark Gormley is a private equity investor at Lee Equity Partners in New York focused on Insurance and Risk Management. Mark K. Gormley is a Partner at Lee Equity Partners. Prior to joining Lee Equity in 2006, Mr. Gormley was a Partner at Capital Z Financial Services Partners (“CZFS”), a leading financial services private equity firm, where he played a leading role in the operations and investment activities of the $1.85 billion fund. Mr. Gormley co-founded CZFS in1998 and shared responsibility for the oversight of all of the firm's investment and monitoring activities. Prior to founding CZFS, Mr. Gormley served as a Managing Director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (“DLJ”), specializing in the insurance and asset management industries. While at DLJ, Mr. Gormley worked on corporate finance and merger and acquisition assignments, as well as on principal related activities on behalf of DLJ Merchant Banking. Prior to joining DLJ in 1989, he was a founding member of the Insurance Group at Merrill Lynch in 1985. Mr. Gormley serves or has served as a director of numerous public and private companies, including The Edelman Financial Group, Skopos Financial Group, Captive Resources, Carlile Bancshares, PDR Network, MidCap Financial, Universal American, Permanent General, NewStar Financial, British Marine Holdings, Catlin Group, Bank Handlowy, Ceska Sporitelna, NACOLAH among others. Mr. Gormley received a B.S.B.A. cum laude in Finance and Economics from the University of Denver and an M.B.A. from New York University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Insurance | 3 | 60% |
| Risk Management | 2 | 40% |
| Service Industry | 2 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| Advice | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Axis Insurance | Axis Insurance is an agency that provides liability, fiduciary, risk, garage, aerospace, property, and auto insurance services. |  | Private Equity | Jun 10, 2024 |  |
| Atarraya Inc | Atarraya is a fully integrated FoodTech company that focuses on the optimization of every aspect of shrimp farming: Biotech R&D, breeding, production, marketing, even software, and hardware development. Meet Shrimpbox: Atarraya’s proprietary biotechnology designed to decrease the environmental impact and cost of shrimp farming, while allowingfor the production of fresh, sustainable and local shrimp everywhere in the world.It is committed to making shrimp the best animal protein source for the 21st Century. Its current (2020) operation consists of two farms and one hatchery in Mexico. It runs a continuous harvest cycle, every week, and sells its product through the Agua Blanca brand in Mexico and the US. | $3.9M | Series A | Aug 15, 2022 |  |
| Pure Financial Advisors | Pure Financial Advisors provides financial advice for pre-retirees and retirees. Michael Fenison and Paul M. Miller founded it in 2007, with its headquarters in San Diego in California. |  | Private Equity | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Simplicity Group | Simplicity Group Holdings they are providing services in insurances, investment, and business development solutions. |  | Secondary Market | Oct 16, 2020 |  |
| McLarens | McLarens performs claims management, loss adjusting, pre-risk and damage surveying, and auditing services for companies throughout the world. Specific areas of expertise include Aviation, Agriculture, Property, Casualty, Technical Services, Transportation, Crime & Specie, Claims Management, and Audit. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA,McLarens has offices around the world. McLarens’s global footprint enables it to provide streamlined consistent service to global customers, while at the same time delivering local expertise and responsive service. McLarens is the only global, employee-owned loss adjusting firm in the world. McLarens’ adjusters have an average of over 20 years of claims experience, and this experience is a key part of how McLarens has built its reputation for high quality loss adjusting services. |  | Private Equity | Oct 31, 2018 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## About Lee Equity Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Lee Equity Partners is a U.S. based middle market private equity firm. They seek to partner with top-tier management teams to build companies with high growth potential.

5 contacts available at Lee Equity Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Geoff Lieberthal | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoff-lieberthal |
| John Eppler | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-eppler |
| John Ettinger | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-ettinger |
| Rahul Nand | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rahul-nand |
| Mark Gormley | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-gormley |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Gormley invest in?

Mark Gormley invests primarily in Insurance, Risk Management and Service Industry startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mark Gormley last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Gormley closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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