Kelsey Read is a Director at CASTLELAKE, whose known portfolio counts 12 companies.
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Investment focus
- Stage
- Late-Stage
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Director at CASTLELAKE, whose known portfolio counts 12 companies
- Pulse
- Oportun
- Upstart
- Gol Transportes Aéreos
- ITA Airways
- YouLend
- GoByBike
- Abra Group
- Equifinance
- SAS Group
- Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB
- TradeBridge
Investor Profile
Kelsey Read is listed against sectors Consumer, FinTech, Real Estate and Travel, and focus areas Asset-Backed Credit, Asset-Based Credit, Aviation and Aviation Finance in the database.
Stage-wise, the deals at CASTLELAKE cluster around Late-Stage rounds.
The firm portfolio and the focus above give founders context on whether Kelsey Read matches their raise.
Colleagues at CASTLELAKE
Pulkit Agrawal
European Real Estate, Credit and Special Sits investor
London, United Kingdom
Joe McConnell
Investor
Minneapolis, United States
Alex Nixon
Managing Director
New York, United States
Aadit Prasad
Managing Director
London, United Kingdom
Yanzhe Yang
Investment Professional
United States
Cheney Sung
Investment Professional
New York City, United States
Talal Ali Osman
Investment Professional
London, United Kingdom
Jamie Floyd
Investment Professional
Minneapolis, United States
Evan Tornell
Investment Professional
Minneapolis, United States
Matteo Zampini
Director
United Kingdom
Frequently asked questions
Who is Kelsey Read?
Kelsey Read is a private equity investor and venture debt investor based in New York, United States, listed as Director at CASTLELAKE. The known portfolio of that firm counts 12 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Kelsey Read personally.
What does Kelsey Read invest in?
Listed sectors include Consumer, FinTech, Real Estate and Travel; listed focus areas include Asset-Backed Credit, Asset-Based Credit, Aviation and Aviation Finance. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Kelsey Read invest at?
CASTLELAKE appears in Late-Stage rounds across its known deals, and Kelsey Read is listed there as Director. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Kelsey Read listed at?
Kelsey Read is listed as Director at CASTLELAKE. 10 other people in the database share a firm with Kelsey Read.
How do I contact Kelsey Read?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Kelsey Read. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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