325 Capital

Parag Shah, the Founder and Managing Partner, leads investment decisions. He built the firm after a career at General Atlantic, where he sourced and managed growth-stage investments in technology and consumer companies. The firm operates with a concentrated team, and Shah sits on the boards of portfolio companies as part of the active-engagement model.

The firm sources investments pro-actively through a network built during Shah's tenure at General Atlantic, combined with direct outreach to founder-owned businesses. 325 Capital tends to target profitable companies that are not running a formal auction process — businesses that need growth capital and operational support but whose founders are not yet ready to exit. This approach positions 325 Capital as a direct, off-auction solution rather than a participant in broad, intermediated processes.

No. 325 Capital explicitly focuses on profitable, cash-flow-generating businesses and will not invest in pre-revenue or early-stage venture opportunities. Its entry point is the gap that opens after a company has established product-market fit and revenue traction but before it becomes a middle-market private equity target — roughly $10 million to $50 million in annual revenue.

There is no ongoing corporate relationship, but the firm's founder and investment DNA come directly from General Atlantic. Parag Shah spent his professional career at General Atlantic before leaving to found 325 Capital in 2018. The firm's name references 325 Park Avenue, the address of General Atlantic's New York headquarters during Shah's tenure there, signaling the growth-equity tradition from which it was launched.