Our Team

KRIS BORT

Venture Founding Partner

KRIS BORT

Venture Founding Partner

President & Founder: Sakal Capital Management, Light Capital Group (Wealth management).

Skye Banc Regal Securities.

First Midwest Securities.


Mr. Kris Bortnovsky serves as Venture Founding Partner at Sakal Ventures.

He has more than two decades of experience raising capital and managing equity portfolios. At Sakal Ventures, his primary focus is investment selection and buy-side transactions for the fund. Prior to launching Sakal Ventures, he was the Founder and served as President at Sakal Capital Management, a long/short equity hedge fund. Under his leadership, Sakal Capital Management developed a strategy of interdisciplinary portfolio construction.

This strategy was comprised of deep value, special situations, and hyper-growth technology companies. Before establishing Sakal Capital Management, he was the Founder and served as President at Light Capital Group.
At Light Capital Group, he managed portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and institutions. As the President of Light Capital Group, he led a team that raised and managed more than $150 million in capital.
Prior to launching Sakal Ventures, Sakal Capital Management, and Light Capital Group, he was a Senior Vice President at SkyeBanc, Regal, and First Midwest Securities.
His deep understanding of capital markets and previous leadership roles allows him to leverage an extensive network of relationships with hedge funds, broker-dealers, private investors, venture capital funds, and technology companies across the globe.

TEAM WITH

75+ YEARS

OF DIRECT INVESTING EXPERIENCE

AJAY ARORA

Venture Partner-Advisor

Ajay Arora serves as Sakal Ventures head of research. Ajay’s primary focus is to develop, research, and direct the execution of investment strategies.

Prior to Sakal Ventures, Ajay was a Technology Advisor to Sakal Capital Management.

Before Sakal Capital Management, Ajay founded Silver Motion and eRSVP, and was a strategic advisor to a diverse stack of technology, fin-tech, marketing, e-commerce, and gaming companies.

Ajay has been a private investor for over twenty years. He has identified and consulted investors in many strong growth companies in their early stages such as: MongoDB, Sea Limited, Twillio, Tesla, and Lemonade.

Ajay earned a Bachelor of Science from NYU Stern School of Business in Information Systems & Accounting.

GEORG EBNER

Generalist Analyst

Equity Analyst at KAI Capital Management, long/short hedge fund.

Equity Analyst at InvestIndustrial, leading European Private Equity firm.

Internship at Credit Suisse HOLT, specialized equity research team.

Master of Finance graduate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Bachelors in Business Administration from Northeastern.

University & University of the Sacred Heart.

Taylor Barling

Managing Partner

Taylor Barling is a Managing Partner at Sakal Ventures. He assists in managing client development, operations, secondary transactions, and the firm’s investment process.

Prior to Sakal Ventures, Taylor was an Associate at Sakal Capital Management. Taylor executed trades in conjunction with the firm’s portfolio manager and research team. Additionally, he managed the firm’s relationship with multiple prime brokers.

Before joining Sakal Capital Management, Taylor Barling was a stockbroker at Light Capital Group, managing portfolios for individuals.

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