Gala Capital Partners
Arti Shah has a diverse work experience spanning over a decade. Arti is currently Vice President of Real Estate and Investments at Gala Capital Partners. Prior to this, they worked at First Midwest Group as the Director of Outside Investments, where they oversaw operations and investment functions, as well as reviewed qualitative and quantitative information for a globally diversified portfolio of Private Equity holdings. Before that, they were a Consultant at The Chartis Group, where they provided strategic planning and management consulting services to leading healthcare providers. Arti also had managerial and strategy roles at DeVry, Inc and Deloitte Financial Advisory Services (FAS). Additionally, they have volunteering experience at Amrita Hospital and Research Center, where they assisted in developing a business plan to increase affordable care for women and children.
Arti Shah completed a Master of Business Administration degree at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business from 2012 to 2014. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce, specializing in Finance and Marketing, from DePaul University.
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Gala Capital Partners
Gala Capital Partners (GCP) is a private investment firm based in Southern California with deep roots in the restaurant industry. We seek to invest in or acquire distressed or growth-oriented multiunit businesses, as well as SaaS software companies that support multiunit businesses, whom have sound performance results and a capable management team. We will also selectively invest in strategic and value-add real estate opportunities. We are patient, long-term investors that build trusting partnerships with management teams. We aim to add value by leveraging our multi-concept platform and applying our deep experience as both a franchisee and a franchisor in the industry to help build and grow profitable companies and sharing that growth and success with the teams that help us. Although we prefer a control position, we can work with different flexible investment structure that include management buyouts, convertible notes, or subordinated debt. To date our portfolio consists of several franchisors including MOOYAH, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Dillas Primo Quesadillas and Rusty Taco as well as several others. In addition, we invested in a number of exciting SaaS software companies such as Ecotrak, Targetable, Stream and Lunchbox that enable restaurant operators to run their business more effectively.