Nexa Equity

Vlad Besprozvany, the Founder and Managing Partner, leads the investment team alongside Partners Joey Maloney and Peter Stefanski and Principal Blake Shott. The firm's website lists its entire 17-person integrated team, which includes six operating partners, signaling that strategic and operational decisions are made jointly between deal professionals and embedded operators.

Nexa Equity operates as a growth-oriented private equity firm with the ability to flex between control-oriented and minority partnerships. Its focus is on providing first-time institutional capital to founder-owned vertical software businesses, making it functionally a growth equity platform with buyout optionality rather than a traditional leveraged buyout firm.

The firm does not publish specific ticket-size ranges, but it reports over $150 million in aggregate portfolio ARR with 7 to 9 companies per fund, implying average target company revenues in the tens of millions. Its model targets businesses ready to scale beyond founder-led operations with institutional go-to-market and M&A support.

All disclosed portfolio companies and operational announcements reference North American businesses. The firm's website does not list international offices or non-North American deals, indicating a domestic focus within its current $1.2 billion fund.

The firm lists six operating partners, including a former CEO (Traci Burgess), who embed directly into portfolio company operations. Nexa frames its value-add around go-to-market motion enhancement, product up-leveling, management team building, and M&A execution — delivered through dedicated operating partners rather than intermittent advisory.

With only 7 to 9 companies per fund, Nexa deliberately runs a concentrated portfolio to commit full attention and resources to each business. This contrasts with firms that manage 15-25 platforms, allowing deeper operational immersion but also concentrating risk and return dependency on fewer outcomes.

Nexa does not publicly state explicit avoidance criteria, but its stated focus eliminates several categories by definition: it does not invest outside B2B software, does not pursue early-stage venture deals (its model targets post-revenue, scaling companies), and does not pursue passive minority positions without operational engagement.