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DALLAS—February 11, 2025—Unity Partners LP (“Unity Partners” or “the Firm”), a principles-based private equity firm, today announced that it has added four new hires and one promotion across its propel, investment and internal management teams.
Anna Fraser and Kevin Ortiz join as Vice Presidents on the Firm’s Propel team; Joseph Middleman joins as a Senior Associate on the Firm’s Investment team; and Sadie Larson joins as the Firm’s new Office Manager. In addition, Alex Dieste has been promoted from Senior Associate to Vice President on the Investment team.
“On behalf of our entire firm, I want to recognize Alex for his dedication, hard work and well-earned promotion, and to warmly welcome our outstanding new team members,” said John Block, CEO and Co-Founder of Unity Partners. “The most crucial aspect of our firm’s success is our people, and we are thrilled to be expanding our team with true professionals who are committed and possess valuable experience within investment, operations, and management.”
Alex Dieste, Vice President of Investments, joined Unity Partners in early 2023, and is responsible for sourcing and executing services investment opportunities. Prior to his promotion, Alex served as a Senior Associate and Associate at Unity, collaborating with external partners and the broader Unity team on building better together. He is a graduate of the Canfield Business Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin.
Anna Fraser, Vice President of Propel, comes to Unity from Flora Food Group, where she held multiple operational and growth strategy roles. Most recently, Anna served as Chief of Staff to the COO driving operational improvements across manufacturing and product development processes. She is a graduate of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
Kevin Ortiz, Vice President of Propel, joins Unity from Teamshares Inc., an employee ownership platform for small businesses. Possessing significant experience around operational enhancement and portfolio company support, Kevin has led and executed M&A, strategy, and operations for a range of organizations. He is a graduate of the NYU Stern School of Business and SMU Cox School of Business.
Joseph Middleman, Senior Associate of Investments, arrives at Unity from Bessemer Investors where he was responsible for evaluating and executing business services, industrial, and consumer investment opportunities. Prior to that, Joseph was an investment banking analyst and associate at Guggenheim Partners. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.
Sadie Larson, Office Manager, was previously an accreditation compliance coordinator at Antidote, a medical education company. She is a graduate of Florida State University.
About Unity Partners
Unity Partners is a principles-based private equity firm that partners with investors and operators to build better together, measured by the economic surplus we create and share with all stakeholders. Our principles provide a foundation to build great people-based services and technology organizations that impact thousands of lives. We deploy our Partner & Propel strategy to identify opportunities to Partner with ambitious leaders to accelerate growth, unlock the benefits of platform scale through mergers and acquisitions and Propel value acceleration through investments in people, processes and operational levers. For more information, visit www.unitypartnerslp.com.
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