Paul Cohn

Partner at Agility Equity Partners

Speaker

Paul Cohn is a partner and founder of Agility Equity Partners (formerly Tail End Capital Partners). Agility Equity provides sponsor-led equity solutions to independent sponsors and lower middle market managers. Our solutions include single asset continuation vehicles for funded sponsors and mid-hold equity recapitalizations and new platform investments for independent sponsors. Agility Equity targets resilient businesses with proven growth strategies that operate in three preferred sectors: recurring services, specialty distribution, and asset-light manufacturing. Before founding Agility, Paul was a Managing Director and a member of the Investment Committee of Fort Washington Capital Partners where he led all investments in GP-Led Secondaries. Paul was a Partner with Mellon Ventures, Mellon Bank’s private equity affiliate. Paul was a founding team member, and by the time he left, Mellon Ventures had $1.3 billion invested and committed to over 100 portfolio companies and over 70 funds. Paul started his career as an investment manager at Westinghouse Credit Corporation, acting as a lender in leveraged buyouts. Paul holds a B.S. and MBA from the Tepper School at Carnegie Mellon University.