TVV Capital

TVV Capital is managed by a four-member senior investment team who collectively represent 68 years of middle-market private equity and investment banking experience and 20 years of operating experience.

The Investment Team has deep and complementary experience through all investing phases - origination, due diligence, financing, structuring, value creation, M&A and exits.

Each member of the Investment Team has spent his entire professional career in the Southeast market and has extensive business and banking relationships in the regional market. The Investment Team has known each other and done business together in various capacities over many years and successfully invested together as a team an average of 10 years.

Investment Team

Andrew Byrd - Founder and President
Charlie Sell - Principal
Rick Reisner - Principal
Steve Cook - Principal
Lon Johnson - Vice President
A.J. Byrd - Associate

Andrew W. Byrd (Founder and President)
Mr. Byrd is the Founder and President of TVV Capital. A 25-year private equity veteran, Mr. Byrd has been directly responsible for leading the sourcing, financing, acquiring, operating and exiting of 11 successful Southeast-based, lower middle-market companies. Prior to founding TVV, Mr. Byrd was a Director and Executive Vice President of GenCap America (1987-94), a Nashville-based management buyout firm where he was responsible for leading the investments of four successful lower middle-market companies.

Charles “Charlie“ G. Sell (Principal)
Mr. Sell joined TVV in 1996 as a Senior Vice President. Mr. Sell has known Mr. Byrd for over 40 years and is responsible for developing TVV’s proprietary deal origination approach, process and database. He has served as a Director on the Boards of four TVV companies. Prior to joining TVV, Mr. Sell was Director of Equity Research at Wiley Brothers-Aintree Capital LLC, a Nashville-based brokerage firm. Prior to that, he was a Vice President, Municipal Finance, at J.C. Bradford & Co., a Nashville-based investment banking firm.

Frederic “Rick“ W. Reisner (Principal)
Mr. Reisner joined TVV in 2004 as a Vice President. He is primarily responsible for the Firm’s transactional activity, including buy-side due diligence, transaction structuring and third-party debt financing as well as sell-side exit strategies, intermediary relationships and merger and acquisition activities. He has served as a Director on the Boards of two TVV companies. Mr. Reisner brings over 22 years of Southeast regional investment banking experience. Prior to joining TVV, he was Senior Vice President of McDonald Investments (2000-03), and a Vice President of J.C. Bradford & Co. (1992-2000), a Nashville-based investment banking firm.

Stephen “Steve“ C. Cook (Principal)
Mr. Cook joined TVV in 2010 as a Principal. He is primarily responsible for supporting TVV’s value creation efforts with an emphasis on operating improvements, performance tracking, management recruitment and development. He brings to TVV over 20 years of executive management and operating experience in sales, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering and technology. Prior to joining TVV, he was Chief Operating Officer of MFG.com (2007-09), the world’s largest global online marketplace for the manufacturing industry. Prior to MFG, Mr. Cook served as a Southeastern regional Director and General Manager with The Dell Corporation (1998-2009), serving in a range of managerial roles.

Lon B. Johnson (Vice President)
Mr. Johnson joined TVV in 2003 and is responsible for sourcing and preliminary analysis of acquisitions. Prior to joining TVV, Lon spent over 19 years leading strategy development and fund raising efforts for numerous middle market businesses as well as for advocacy and political organizations. Mr. Johnson received his B.A. degree from Arizona State University.

Andrew “A.J.“ W. Byrd, Jr. (Associate)
Mr. Byrd joined TVV in 2009. He is responsible for legal, financial, and operational analysis of potential acquisitions and portfolio companies. Mr. Byrd received his B.S. and M.Eng. degrees from Cornell University in 2002 and 2003, respectively, and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University in 2009.

Ben Eley (Associate)
Mr. Eley joined TVV in 2011 and is responsible for sourcing acquisitions. Ben holds a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. For 14 years prior to joining TVV, Mr. Eley raised funds for advocacy, political and non-profit organizations.

Charles Foreman (Associate)
Mr. Foreman joined TVV in 2011 and is responsible for sourcing acquisitions. Prior to joining TVV, Charles spent 14 years in education as a teacher and principal. Mr. Foreman received his BA degree from Olivet College.