Kainos Capital

Mergers & Acquisitions identifies 11 up-and-coming private equity investors, including Ethan Liebermann (TA Associates), John Kos (GTCR), Jennifer Roach (Yellow Wood Partners) and Afaf Ibraheem Warren (Siris Capital).

Kainos buys sauce maker Bonewerks Culinarte’; Monroe raises new CLO fund; Grant Thornton report says most M&A deals fail.

Sarah Bradley, who graces the cover, co-founded Kainos Capital in 2012 with two other partners.

Key responsibilities: Oversees investor relations and fundraising, and serves on the firm’s investment committee.

Dealmakers share their perspectives on the evolution of private equity. Harris Williams' Giles Tucker, Watermill Group's Julia Karol, and Kainos Capital's Jay Desai are among those who chimed in.

“High-growth assets are getting very high premiums,” says Kainos Capital’s Jay Desai, pointing to Hershey’s acquisitions of the BarkThins and Krave jerky brands and Conagra’s purchase of Thanasi Foods, at ACG’s InterGrowth 2017.