Jason Friedrichs
Jason collaborates closely with companies and their management teams to maximize their potential and plays a key role in evaluating and making new investments.
Prior to AEA Elevate, Jason built the value creation capabilities for Altamont Capital Partners with a focus on business services, healthcare and consumer companies. He previously held senior roles at both a healthcare technology and retail company, supporting their CEOs and Founders as they collaborated with private investors for the first time. Jason began his career at Bain & Company where he served clients in technology, healthcare, financial services, and consumer industries across offices in New York, Boston, San Francisco and Sydney, Australia.
Jason has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a BA in History from Yale University.
Firm bio:
The AEA Elevate team partners with professional services businesses to drive transformation through technology and AI. As thematic investors, they identify and invest in companies aligned with emerging industry and consumer trends across sectors such as healthcare, advisory, marketing, technology, and finance. They offer flexible capital, collaborating with management and shareholders to structure investments that support growth, whether as minority or majority stakeholders. AEA Elevate prioritizes customer-centric businesses, working with entrepreneurs to deliver strong value while leveraging their own operational and investment expertise to accelerate growth. Their approach is data-driven, focusing on metrics like Customer IRR (the return on customer acquisition spend) to evaluate performance and optimize outcomes in partnership with their portfolio companies.