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Rajesh "Raj" Kothari, CFA


Raj is the founder and Managing Director of Cascade Partners, a private investment and investment banking firm where he assists private, public and non-profit organizations with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other corporate finance activities.

A significant portion of his activity has been dedicated to the healthcare sector, including a variety of physician practices in specialties such as emergency medicine, electrophysiology, ophthalmology, dentistry and gastroenterology.

Complementing the transaction expertise includes private equity experience managing two different healthcare private equity funds, Seneca Health Partners and Investcare Partners. Raj also has a range of corporate and not-for-profit Board experience including Priority Health, Micro Machine Company, LLC, MedBio, Inc., and Amicas, Inc.

Raj, a Chartered Financial Analyst, earned both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. He currently holds the Series 7, 79, 24, and 28 licenses from FINRA.