Our team represents 90 years of experience in private equity, corporate finance, INVESTMENT BANKING, venture capital, investment management, business development, and operations management.  The collective knowledge of our executives enables us to utilize a hands-on approach to providing leadership that creates long term value for our portfolio companies and share holders.

Donald J. Newman - Founder & Managing Partner  

Mr. Newman is the Founder and Managing Partner of CRG Capital Partners.  He brings over 18 years of experience as an investor, investment banker, and operating partner.  Mr. Newman focuses most his time on raising capital, working with the portfolio companies, and seeking new investment opportunities in growth-oriented companies (platform; add-on’s; stand-alone acquisitions).  He currently serve on the board of Methuselah Pharmaceuticals and he is an observer for BrainWare Learning Corporation and Neurotez Inc.  Mr. Newman is the Chairman of the investment committee and is responsible for the strategic direction, capital commitments, and management of the firm.  Prior to the founding of CRG Capital Partners, Mr. Newman spent 18 years in the technology sector, and was employed by companies such as Hewlett Packard, Siemens, and Sears Business Centers.  He held a variety of middle-management positions including sales, consulting, operations, and venture capital.      

Vernon Dorhan - General Partner  

Mr. Dorhan is a General Partner with CRG Capital Partners.  He is Co-Chairman of the investment committee and responsible for capital commitments. Prior to joining CRG Capital Partners, Mr. Dorhan spent 25 years in the technology sector.  He has held a variety of middle-management positions in IT Consulting and Hardware and Software support.

KEY TEAM ADVISERS

Dr. Robert Hoffman - Senior Adviser - Healthcare (Bio-Technology & Pharmaceuticals)

Dr. Hoffman is the Founder & CEO of Anti-Cancer Inc. and is one of the world’s leading Preclinical Cancer Contract Research Organization’s. He bring over 50 years of science research and development experience as a key adviser. Dr. Hoffman is a Harvard trained doctor who will advise the firm concerning healthcare (bio-technology & pharmaceutical) investment opportunities. Dr. Hoffman has been published in over 700 scientific publications for scientific research and holds 166 patents.

Gene Slusiewicz - Senior Director - Supply Chain Management

Mr. Slusiewicz brings an advanced level of global and multi-cultural business experience to his clients, which he developed while residing in the Asian Pacific Region for 20 years, enriching a plethora of international companies in their endeavor to meet worldwide quality and performance standards.  Mr. Slusiewicz client’s benefit by implementing proven methods, mentoring management teams, and consistently providing potential client’s with bottom-line cost reduction solutions.  Mr. Slusiewicz is capable of assisting businesses of all sizes, from concept to launch with improved operational efficiencies, effectiveness, enhanced quality systems, LEAN business practices, and organized project management initiatives.

Pamela Gakii Riungu - Venture Partner

Ms. Riungu is the Founder & CEO of PGR Marketing brings a high level of contacts, marketing and business experience to her client’s. Her passion is solving capital challenges for deserving businesses so that they create jobs and improve lives. Her primary responsibility will be to target promising emerging companies in Africa, South America, and Asia markets, who are seeking expansion, growth, and acquisition capital in the lower-to-middle market space. She is both client and financial facing. She will focus on investment opportunities in the healthcare, financial services, logistics, supply chain, power generation, infrastructure, real estate, education, agriculture and technology sectors.

Tom M. Riungu - Venture Partner

Mr. Riungu is an accomplished, multi-focused business development executive with over 15 years of business experience, targeting the power, energy, telecommunication, fiber optical cabling, healthcare, and banking sectors Sub - Sahara Africa. He is passionate about identifying new and untapped market segments, converting emerging market trends into profitable, scalable, and sustainable businesses, including building robust distribution models. His primary role is to introduce and evaluate potential investment opportunities in the African region, that are seeking expansion, growth, and acquisition capital.

Ashmit Gupta - Venture Partner

Mr. Gupta is the Founder and CEO Marathon Capital Advisory. He provides consulting and business advisory services to clients looking to raise capital and start operations in the USA. He will leverage his background in Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Wealth Management to analyze operations and access their need for a growth partner. Mr. Gupta joins the firm as a Venture Partner specializing in emerging technologies growth opportunities in the Asian Pacific region, particularly in renewable energy, advanced computing, critical minerals, and financial services sectors. Mr. Gupta is a relationship builder with a decade of client-facing experience, who can deliver a positive experience for all parties of a transaction.

Bedan Muriithi - Venture Partner

Mr. Muriithi is a triple bottom line development economists and corporate leader with over twenty (20) years of regional and international experience in the public and private sectors. He specializes in Organizational Development, Strategic Planning, Leadership, and Capacity Building for developing organizations and countries.

Mr. Muriithi has expertise in reconstructing, mergers, and acquisitions from small to large organizations, including financial institutions. His primary responsibility is to evaluate and introduce potential investment opportunities in the African region, that are seeking expansion, growth or acquisition capital.