John Knoll is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Oval Partners. See contact routes.
John Knoll is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Oval Partners, a Palo Alto-area multi-family office investment firm based in Atherton/menlo Park that provides liquidity, growth capital, and acquisition funding to founders of growing businesses. His background includes more than twenty-five years in private equity, including fourteen years at Golden Gate Capital beginning at its formation in 2000. Oval’s published focus is on control investments of 51–100% or structured minority positions that provide seller liquidity and/or next-stage growth capital. Public materials describe the firm as investing with permanent capital and a private-equity capability paired with a long holding-period mindset. Named portfolio/company references tied to Oval include New Charter Technologies, Flex Technology Group, Greystone Technology, and Stronghold Data. Oval has also been described as backing MSP rollups built through a “best-of-breed” acquisition strategy and complementary geographies. No reliable source found here states a typical check size, and no distinct public writing by Knoll was verified beyond quoted deal comments.
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