Kevin Boylan

Kevin Boylan is a Co-Founder and Senior Advisor at PowerPlant Partners. Kevin co-founded Veggie Grill, the largest 100% plant-based restaurant company in the United States. He co-architected the brand and concept and led all aspects of financing the company’s growth. Veggie Grill has been named one of the “25 Most Innovative Consumer Brands” by Forbes.

Prior to entering the food arena, Kevin was the founder and CEO for 15 years of Standard Capital Group (“SCG”). SCG was an investment banking firm that provided investment banking services to middle market companies. SCG offered a range of services including private debt and equity financings, merger and acquisition advice, and sale advisory. The company specialized in arranging both private debt and equity capital from $10M to $150M. SCG arranged capital for transactions including refinancing/debt consolidation, management buyouts, leveraged recapitalization, and acquisition financing. SCG raised capital for companies in industries including business services, consumer products, distribution, healthcare, and industrial products.

Prior to founding SCG, Kevin spent 10 years at investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert where he worked his way to Senior Vice President in the High Yield & Convertible Securities department under Michael Milken. Collectively, Kevin participated in the structuring and placement of 100’s of financings across a myriad of industries during his 25 years on Wall Street.

Kevin has a BS in Business Administration from Arizona State University and currently serves on the advisory boards of The Good Food Institute, Tufts University Friedman School for Entrepreneurship, and UCLA School of Law Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy.