Jared Knapp Sprole
Jared is the founding Partner of Arcady
Capital Company and a Managing Director. He currently provides advisory services for two regional mid-market companies.
Prior to founding Arcady in late 2010,
Jared held a variety of roles in private equity, commercial and investment banking, and industry. Jared helped manage four portfolio company investments for Saugatuck Capital Company that included valuations, negotiating acquisition financing, a secondary equity offering and serving as a board member for one of the portfolio companies. He also provided due diligence and valuations for prospective investments. He has also served as EVP & CFO of Equity Bank, N.A., a regional commercial bank, where he completed a substantial growth equity capital raise, and as VP Finance and Treasurer of Premio Foods, a leading pork processor. In addition, Jared's industrial experience includes merger & acquisition work for INVISTA S.a.r.L., a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc.
Jared began his career in investment banking with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. where he structured multiple debt transactions for a variety of leveraged buyouts, restructurings, growth capital, and other asset acquisitions in a range of industries.
Jared earned an A.B. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School.
