Managing Director
Head of Private Equity Capital Markets Group
kevin.raidy@cowen.com

Kevin Raidy is the Head of Cowen and Company’s Private Equity Capital Markets Group, which is responsible for the origination and execution of all private capital raising transactions, including Registered Directs and PIPEs. Mr. Raidy most recently was a Managing Director at Ramius LLC where he was Portfolio Manager for PIPEs / Opportunistic Financings and Convertible Bonds. Mr. Raidy also was the founder of H4 Capital Management LLC. Mr. Raidy’s sellside experience includes ten years at Shipley Raidy Capital Partners LP, a boutique investment banking firm of which he was a Co-founder. At Shipley Raidy he was responsible for sourcing, evaluating and structuring numerous debt and equity financings and also performed merger and acquisition advisory services. Prior to founding Shipley Raidy, Mr. Raidy was an Associate at Philadelphia First Group, Inc, a middle market investment banking firm. Mr. Raidy started his career at Cantor Fitzgerald before moving to Merrill Lynch & Co. as an analyst in the Municipal Finance Group.

Mr. Raidy graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1990 with a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Finance.

Vice President
jason.fenton@cowen.com

Jason Fenton is a Vice President in Cowen and Company’s Capital Markets Group focused on originating and executing PIPEs, Registered Directs and other equity-linked transactions. Previously, Mr. Fenton worked in Cowen and Company’s Technology Investment Banking group where he was responsible for originating and executing public and private financings, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Cowen, Mr. Fenton worked as a Senior Associate for The Beekman Group, a middle-market private equity firm focused on executing LBOs, management buy-outs and recapitalization transactions for companies in the consumer, business services, healthcare and financial services sectors. Mr. Fenton began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst in Lehman Brothers’ Technology Investment Banking Group.

Mr. Fenton received his B.S. in Finance & Statistics Magna Cum Laude from the Leonard N. Stern school of undergraduate business at New York University.