Sohan Gadkari

Private Equity, Finance & Strategy, Investor & Operator

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2025
VC🌍 United States
11
Total investments
2
Early stage
1
Mid stage
4
Late stage
4y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor
Aug 2025
Non-dilutive growth capital for established B2B Software companies.
Investor
Jul 2025
AI-powered matchmaking platform that helps agencies, consulting firms and freelancers generate new deal flow through strategic partnerships. Discover which firms are trusted by the people you trust, build your own trusted network of partners, team up, and win more together. As companies shrink in headcount and outsource more work, firms are increasingly reliant on external partners to get things done. Collective OS enables firms of any size to tackle any opportunity or RFP through the power of partnership.
Investor
Jul 2025
Search Fund Ventures is dedicated to empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs through the search fund model. We specialize in providing the resources, expertise, and capital necessary for talented operators to identify, acquire, and grow small businesses. Our mission is to support entrepreneurial success and drive value creation in the small business sector. With a focus on hands-on support and strategic guidance, Search Fund Ventures helps operators navigate the complexities of business acquisitions and growth. We believe in the power of entrepreneurship to transform industries and communities, and we are committed to fostering a vibrant ecosystem of search fund operators and investors. At Search Fund Ventures, we bring together a unique blend of expertise in private equity, technology, and business operations. Our team is passionate about building lasting partnerships and driving exceptional outcomes for our operators and investors. Join us in shaping the future of small business ownership and creating lasting impact.
Investor
May 2025
Catylex® is a revolutionary contract analytics solution for any business that needs to extract and optimize contract data. Our best-in-class contract AI automatically recognizes thousands of legal and business concepts out-of-the-box making it easy to get started and quickly prove value.
Investor
Sep 2024
Hornet Capital is a Real Estate Investment Firm and Hard Money Lender in Austin, TX. Private Money Lenders join our Investment Fund because our core difference in investing is based on an OPEN and TRANSPARENT ownership culture. Borrowers prefer Hornet Capital for our emphasis on borrower success, quick funding, and creative deal structuring. We believe that our culture is the true determination of why our owners join our Investment Fund. At Hornet Capital we encourage the questioning attitude both ways with owners. We are not afraid to challenge conventional thinking or the status quo. This unique perspective has shaped our investment platform and enabled us to stay at the forefront of investment innovation.
late stageReal Estate
Investor
Aug 2024
MVS empowers all government vendors with the cash flow, financial benefits, and resources needed to succeed and grow. The MVS early payment program enables you to get paid in 72 hours on outstanding approved invoices – completely hassle-free. Unlike other payment processors and financial technology platforms, MVS is devoted to offering an integrated ecosystem of financial options that is focused on government contractors with an emphasis on helping small businesses succeed and accomplish their vital missions of supporting their customers.
Investor
Jul 2024
WOLACO (Way of Life Athletic Company) We design and manufacture world class compression apparel for the athletic way of life.
Investor
Jan 2024
Forge Equity Partners is a private investment firm founded by two experienced executives who share a common vision for growing companies and complimentary experience investing in and operating businesses. Forge pursues platform investments in companies that range in size from $2-6M of EBITDA, and draws on the partners operational and leadership experience to grow businesses through investment in people, processes, technology, systems, expanded operations, and strategic acquisitions. Forge takes a long-term view in building businesses with the potential to hold and grow businesses for 10+ years.
Investor
Nov 2023
Stratus Financial is committed to providing student loans to aspiring student pilots at all levels of experience and training. Founded in 2020 by FAA Certified Flight and Ground Instructors who are passionate about helping others achieve their dreams of flight. Since then, Stratus is fully geared to marry Student Success with School Success with several programs designed for Flight Schools, by Flight Schools. Your Aviation Dream Starts Here As a company, we look beyond the typical FICO scores and look at each individual as a whole aviator. We offer exceptional lending packages including the best rates aviators get from zero to hero - to help fully finance the entire flight training and more. We also work hand-in-hand with flight schools to develop lending products that made sense for them to achieve their goals and their students goals. Other than that, Stratus connects students with professionals in the industry, providing mentorship, guidance, and a "wing up" to the next level (commercial, airline, or otherwise). As aviators ourselves, we truly understand what its like to dream. That is why Stratus is here on a mission to help you fund your education AND your future. Lets get more aspiring pilots to get to the pilots seat as swiftly as possible. www.stratus.finance
Investor
Aug 2022
Leveraging world-class expertise to build a risk-managed, focused portfolio of non-operated interests in High Impact Exploration Wells.
Experience · 16 entries
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Investments (11)
2025
Member
Sep 2025
The Park City Angels are a group of 50+ accredited investors located in Park City, Utah. We look to invest in promising opportunities that can produce significant shareholder return. The active lifestyle of Park City has attracted many dynamic and successful business leaders that have deep experience in building world class businesses. We facilitate unique, high-caliber networking and development forums for angel investors and mentors involved in early-stage investment. Mission Our mission is to promote best practice in order to reduce risk in early-stage investments for the benefit of entrepreneurs, investors and the community. Team Our members are drawn from private groups, including investors and mentors who are interested in supporting and/or financing early-stage ventures. Our members have in common a strong desire, willingness, and capability to support ventures. We invest in areas where we believe our group can be a true value-added investor. Within our group is an environment where self help and camaraderie predominate, and where members can develop confidence in their early-stage investment skills. Focus PCA typically invests in companies with pre-money valuations in the range of $5M - $50M, but we occasionally consider opportunities that are outside this range. We welcome and encourage all applicants which meet our criteria to apply.
Investor
Aug 2025
Non-dilutive growth capital for established B2B Software companies.
Investor
Jul 2025
AI-powered matchmaking platform that helps agencies, consulting firms and freelancers generate new deal flow through strategic partnerships. Discover which firms are trusted by the people you trust, build your own trusted network of partners, team up, and win more together. As companies shrink in headcount and outsource more work, firms are increasingly reliant on external partners to get things done. Collective OS enables firms of any size to tackle any opportunity or RFP through the power of partnership.
Investor
Jul 2025
Search Fund Ventures is dedicated to empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs through the search fund model. We specialize in providing the resources, expertise, and capital necessary for talented operators to identify, acquire, and grow small businesses. Our mission is to support entrepreneurial success and drive value creation in the small business sector. With a focus on hands-on support and strategic guidance, Search Fund Ventures helps operators navigate the complexities of business acquisitions and growth. We believe in the power of entrepreneurship to transform industries and communities, and we are committed to fostering a vibrant ecosystem of search fund operators and investors. At Search Fund Ventures, we bring together a unique blend of expertise in private equity, technology, and business operations. Our team is passionate about building lasting partnerships and driving exceptional outcomes for our operators and investors. Join us in shaping the future of small business ownership and creating lasting impact.
Member
Jun 2025
Life Science Angels (LSA) is the premier angel investing organization in the US, focused on investing exclusively in the life sciences. Since 2005, LSA has invested in 100+ companies in medical technology and biotechnology investment opportunities.
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