Murano Group

Murano Group

Murano Group was established in 2010 by Jay Thomson after exits from earlier consumer and food businesses. Thomson serves as founder and CEO while Kristina Martini and Zana Secor Jordan act as business partners and vice president respectively. The firm invests across private equity and venture capital with confirmed stages that include buyout, growth, seed and startup. Asset classes span private equity, real estate, infrastructure, private credit and hedge funds. Positions include ownership of Punchdown Cellars in Santa Rosa, exposure to Lineage Logistics cold storage assets and A.G. Ferrari Foods retail locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Activity centers on North America and Europe with additional focus on consumer technology and enterprise software. No public headcount or AUM figures appear in available records. The firm maintains a PO Box address in San Francisco and lists a single contact number on its site. No adjacent philanthropic vehicles or club memberships are disclosed. Murano Group maintains a direct-investment model that allows it to participate alongside co-investors such as Jonathan Dash in the 2010 Denny’s proxy contest and Horowitz Group in retail transactions. This structure supports both control-oriented buyouts and minority venture positions without reliance on external fund commitments.