Mr. Tse is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner with Structural Capital and has excelled for over 20 years as an entrepreneur in Financial Services and brings substantial lending and investing experience.  As a Co-Founder of Structural Capital, Kai is heavily involved in all aspects of the firm including setting and executing the investment strategy, marketing and capital raising, and hiring key members of the firm from its inception.  While at Structural, Kai has invested in and assisted various portfolio companies with capital raising, business development, corporate strategy, and recruiting.  Some of the successful portfolio companies Kai has been involved with include Beyond Meat, Beauty Counter, Epic Creations, IMVU, InMobi, Kilopass Semiconductor, Sunfed Ranch, Ephesoft, BYJU’s, Noom, and Manscaped.

Prior to Structural Capital, Mr. Tse was a Managing Director at TriplePoint Capital, a leading venture debt firm in Silicon Valley, where he was instrumental in building and launching the firm. TriplePoint Capital was involved (in many cases with Mr. Tse as lead investor) in financing the growth of breakout companies such as Facebook, YouTube, Riot Games, Gaikai, Ruckus Wireless, Beyond Meat and Krux, among others.  Mr. Tse joined TriplePoint Capital in 2005 as a key initial hire shortly after its Founding.  

Prior to TriplePoint Capital, Mr. Tse was a Principal at Osprey-GKM Ventures where he started as an associate in 2000 and was promoted to Principal in late 2001 and also helped to manage the CFO function for 2 years. Prior to Osprey, Mr. Tse helped to launch Vcapital, an early internet-based marketplace for entrepreneurs to meet capital sources. He also worked in merchant banking with Banque Paribas and in various capacities with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Mr. Tse holds an M.B.A. (2006) from the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business and B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois (1995). Mr. Tse was granted the CPA certification (1996) and is a CFA charter holder (2000).

Mr. Taylor has over 18 years of finance experience. Mr. Taylor’s broad experience includes public accounting, M&A and restructuring advisory, valuation, forensic analysis, audit, private equity, venture finance and consulting for firms such as TriplePoint Capital, FTI Consulting, Deloitte & Touche, and Ernst & Young. Most recently he was Vice President of Finance at a venture debt provider, Trinity Capital Investments. Mr. Taylor is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Master of Accounting degree from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University.

Mr. Chandra has over 13 years of work experience, including 10+ years in technology-related finance.  Most recently, Mr. Chandra was a Director at MidCap Financial (managed by Apollo Global Management), where he originated and structured senior financing transactions for technology and healthcare companies.  Prior to MidCap, Mr. Chandra was a Senior Associate at Wells Fargo Securities (NYSE:WFC), where he provided sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A and capital markets advisory to middle market companies.  He has also held positions at management consulting firms (Accenture, CapTech) where he focused on technology strategy. Mr. Chandra holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (2013) and a B.S. in Systems & Information Engineering (2nd major in Economics) from the University of Virginia (2006).

Ms. Pettycrew has almost 10 years experience in the venture debt industry. Prior to joining Structural Capital, Ms. Pettycrew was the VP of Finance and Operations at K2 HealthVentures, a Senior Controller at Q-State Biosciences and Chartboost, and a Finance Manager at Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc. (NYSE: HTGC). Ms. Pettycrew received an MBA for the Graduate School of Business at Mills College and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Arizona.

Mr. Park has a diverse set of experience which includes roles within private equity, hedge funds, and engineering. Prior to joining Structural Capital, Mr. Park graduated magma cum laude from Northeastern University where he completed his B.S. in Finance and Mathematics (2019). Most recently, Mr. Park was an investment associate at Black Snow Capital, where he focused on a data-driven investment process to identify systemic risks (2018). Prior to Black Snow Capital, Mr. Park completed a co-op as a financial analyst at Summit Partners, where he supported the Finance team and helped track data on portfolio companies. (2017).

Mr. Telson has two years of investment banking experience. Prior to joining Structural Capital, Mr. Telson was an Corporate Banking Senior Analyst at Citigroup (NYSE:C), where he analyzed credit structures, implemented M&A financing packages, and did valuation analysis on multi-billion dollar investment opportunities. Prior to Citibank, Mr. Telson interned as a public and private debt analyst at the Crescent Capital Group where he analyzed and assessed potential investment opportunities within its mezzanine and capital markets groups.  Mr. Telson graduated from the University of California, Berkeley where he completed his Bachelor of Arts in Economics.