Velocity Capital Management

David Abrams, Founder and Managing Partner, chairs the firm's Investment Committee. He is joined on the committee by Founding Partner Arne Rees and Partner Erin O'Brien Edwards. The committee is responsible for all investment approvals.

Velocity relies on the deep sector networks of its three senior partners and its roster of operating partners and senior advisors — who hold current or former leadership roles at firms like MidOcean Credit, HBSE Ventures, and Intersport Global. The firm's focused mandate and operator-heavy team are designed to surface founder-led opportunities that broader-market auctions miss.

No. Velocity explicitly states it does not invest in sports teams. Its mandate covers intellectual property owners, operators, business services, technology, and data companies within the broader sports, media, and entertainment ecosystem.

Velocity pursues established, lower-middle-market to middle-market businesses with $5–50 million of EBITDA and enterprise values up to $1 billion. It executes control acquisitions, growth equity investments, corporate carve-outs, recapitalizations, and liquidity solutions for founder-owned or management-owned companies.

The firm targets companies headquartered in the United States and Europe, consistent with its New York base and the concentration of its partners' professional networks in these regions.

Velocity has not publicly disclosed a formal co-investment program. Its stated strategy emphasizes direct control and strategic partnerships with portfolio company management, suggesting a preference for lead or sole-sponsor roles in its target deals.

Velocity operates as a registered investment adviser and private equity firm. It is led by a three-person Investment Committee and supported by a small in-house team of investment professionals and a network of external operating partners and senior advisors. The firm does not disclose its fund structures or regulatory status beyond identifying its Chief Compliance Officer.