The Apta Capital Team

Investment Professionals

Investment Professionals

Significant experience and a successful private equity track record. Prior investments include buyouts, recaps, carve-outs, growth capital and consolidations.
Executive Partner Program

Executive Partner Program

Proven industry executives who help identify, evaluate and enhance portfolio companies.

Advisory Board

Advisory Board

An advisory board comprising distinguished executives from Apta Capital’s target industries.

Investment Professionals


John Appel

John AppelJohn has over 15 years of private equity experience, including leveraged buyouts, industry consolidations, recapitalizations, growth equity and venture capital. Most recently, he built the consumer products investment group at Emigrant Capital, and established its executive partner program. Prior to Emigrant, he ran Tira Capital, which managed private equity, debt and venture capital investments, and provided investment banking services. He previously was a principal in Saratoga Partners, a middle- market buyout fund managed by Dillon Read & Co. Inc. Prior experience includes investment banking at Dillon Read and Merrill Lynch. He graduated magna cum laude from UC Berkeley, and has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School.