Pine Street Team
Tim Welles
Managing Partner
A founder of Pine Street, Tim is involved with all activities at Pine Street, including deal sourcing, deal structuring, portfolio management and administration. Tim
currently serves as a Board observer on Pine Street portfolio company
AccuMed Technologies, Inc. and Double E Company. He is also active as a Board member of several other for profit and not for profit entities. Tim’s career has included a variety of roles, including as Chief Operating Officer and Board member of Colonial Data Technologies, a $75 million revenue publicly traded provider of telecommunications equipment; Chief Financial Officer of First Albany Companies Inc., a $250 million publicly traded investment banking and brokerage firm; and more than 10 years as a senior investment banker providing advice and capital raising services to small and middle market companies in various industries. He also is a Special Limited Partner in FA Technology Ventures. Tim began his career as a corporate and securities attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel in New York City. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany and Albany Law School.
wellest@pinecap.com
Michael Lasch
Managing Partner
A founder of Pine Street, Mike is actively involved in all activities
at Pine Street, including deal sourcing, deal structuring and portfolio
management. Mike
currently serves as a board observer on Pine Street portfolio company
Healthtrax, Inc. He also serves on the board of directors of
the Upstate Venture Association of New York. Prior to co-founding
Pine Street, Mike was a Director in FleetBoston Corporation’s
Leveraged Finance Group in Boston responsible for originating and structuring
leveraged cash flow transactions for middle market companies. Before
starting his banking career, he served as a congressional aide in Washington,
DC. Mike earned his MBA from Emory University and his undergraduate
degree from Holy Cross College. He is a 2007 recipient of the
New York Capital District Business Review’s “40 under 40” award
and is active with several non-profit organizations in the Capital
Region.
laschm@pinecap.com
David Morris
Managing Partner
David joined Pine Street in mid 2008 and is involved with all activities
at Pine Street. He currently serves as a Board observer on Pine Street portfolio company Vision Appraisal Technology, Inc. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Citizens
Capital, the mezzanine and private equity group for Citizens Financial
Group, where he was responsible for deal flow generation, investment
evaluation and execution, and portfolio management. Prior to Citizens
Capital, David was a strategy consultant for Mainspring Communications.
Before Mainspring, David worked for BankBoston in a middle market lending
group and completed BankBoston’s credit training program. He
is a graduate of Babson College (BS) and the F.W. Olin Graduate School
of Business at Babson College (MBA).
Morrisd@pinecap.com