Tara Nikkhoo

Associate, Growth Equity

Tara Nikkhoo

Los Angeles (HQ)

Tara Nikkhoo is an associate for Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors’ growth private equity activities where she is primarily responsible for identifying and analyzing investment opportunities; she also assists with the monitoring of portfolio companies and deal execution.

Nikkhoo earned a B.S. with honors in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business and a Certificate of Entrepreneurship and Technology from the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Geographies Covered

  • Pacific Northwest
  • West Coast

Current Investments

  • Agilix

    Agilix Labs – K-12 Educational Content Management and Delivery Platform

    Agilix Labs – K-12 Educational Content Management and Delivery Platform

    Founded in 2001, Agilix powers Buzz, a next generation K-12 personalized platform for blended learning. Buzz allows teachers to focus on the individual needs of each student which makes learning enjoyable and effective.

    Status: Active
    Location: Logan, UT
    Initial Investment: 2015
    Industry: Media & Telecom
    Website: https://agilix.com
    KPF Board Member: Nate Locke
    Board Observer: Rob Shilton

  • CreatorIQ

    CreatorIQ – Influencer Marketing Management System

    CreatorIQ – Influencer Marketing Management System

    Founded in 2013, CreatorIQ is the proven software to unify and power advanced influencer marketing. Powerful enough for the world’s biggest enterprises and nimble enough for its most innovative, CreatorIQ’s Intelligence Cloud enables data science-enabled creator discovery, streamlines end-to-end workflow, ensures brand safety, and drives meaningful measurement.

    Status: Active
    Location: Los Angeles, CA
    Initial Investment: 2020
    Industry: Media & Telecom
    Website: https://creatoriq.com
    KPF Board Member: Nishita Cummings
    Board Observer: Sabrina Chaudhury

  • DiCentral

    Di Central – Electronic Data Interchange Platform

    Di Central – Electronic Data Interchange Platform

    Founded in 2000, DiCentral provides EDI software solutions for buyers and suppliers to collaborate and exchange critical enterprise data. DiCentral’s network of over 6,000 businesses includes some of the world’s leading retailers.

    Status: Active
    Location: Houston, TX
    Initial Investment: 2016
    Industry: Supply Chain & Logistics
    Website: https://www.dicentral.com
    KPF Board Member: Nishita Cummings
    Board Observer: Rob Shilton

  • Elevate

    Elevate – Outsourced Legal Services

    Elevate – Outsourced Legal Services

    Founded in 2011, Elevate is an alternative legal services provider that offers outsourced legal services for Global 2000 legal departments and AM 200 law firms (top 200 U.S. law firms by revenue). Elevate has built a comprehensive platform to meet all needs of a corporate legal department including: litigation support, due diligence, contract management, medical claims & litigation, compliance, bill review, back office/IT support, staffing, spend management, technology and strategy consulting.

    Status: Active
    Location: Los Angeles, CA
    Initial Investment: 2019
    Industry: Business Process Automation
    Website: https://elevateservices.com
    KPF Board Member: Leon Chen
    Board Observer: Rob Shilton

  • Natural Partners Fullscript

    Natural Partners Fullscript – Online Supplement Dispensary Platform

    Natural Partners Fullscript – Online Supplement Dispensary Platform

    Natural Partners is the result of a merger that occurred in June 2018 between a wholesale and distribution network and an online nutraceutical dispensing and prescription management technology platform. The combined company provides online nutraceutical dispensary management, convenient patient fullfillment, and patient adherence tools, and other functionalities. NPFS’ solution provides practitioners with a user-friendly platform that helps streamline the creation of nutraceutical prescriptions, providing access to over 280+ professional-grade brands, decision-support at the point of care, and visibility into and improvement of patient-protocol adherence rates, all while providing an important revenue stream and a unique ability to capture refill revenue. Patients can also receive convenient electronic prescriptions, receive trusted and top-quality products, order practitioner-recommended products at the point of care, receive adherence support, and conveniently refill their prescriptions.

    Status: Active
    Location: Scottsdale, AZ
    Initial Investment: 2019
    Industry: Security & Compliance
    Website: https://naturalpartnersfullscript.com
    KPF Board Member: Leon Chen
    Board Observer: Bryan Boudreaux

  • Spatial Networks

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