MEET OUR TEAM
Gabriel Horn Capital’s team has over 120 years of combined investment experience as limited partners, general partners, placement agents, and business development professionals. We have raised over $20 billion and invested more than $12 billion as limited partners.
Brett Nelson
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Brett A. Nelson is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Gabriel Horn Capital, LLC, an alternative investment placement firm committed to raising capital for funds and direct deals. With over 23 years of experience in alternative investments, he has managed global fundraising sales and invested more than $8 billion in various funds and co-investments.
Before this, Brett co-founded Bright Harbor Advisors, a global placement advisory firm offering fundraising, due diligence, and transaction negotiation services for private equity funds, including buyouts and venture capital. He also provided advisory services for secondary sales and fund restructuring.
He was previously a Principal and Head of Global Private Equity at Aon Hewitt, managing portfolio design and investment selection for global institutional clients. Additionally, he created and served as President & CEO of the firm’s Secondary Market Services.
Brett also held a Principal role at INVESCO Private Capital, where he focused on private equity partnerships and secondaries, and began his finance career with Price Waterhouse Coopers LLC in corporate finance.
He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and an MBA from the LeBow College of Business at Drexel University, along with continuing education in Management from The University of Pennsylvania. Brett holds the Series 7, 63, 65 & 39 licenses.
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Jonathan LaCrosse
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Jonathan D. LaCrosse is the Co-Founder of Gabriel Horn Capital, LLC, a firm focused on raising capital for funds and deals. With over 20 years of alternative investment experience, he has helped raise more than $4.5 billion and invested over $4 billion in various funds and co-investments. He has served on 35 Board Director and Advisory Boards.
Before this, he co-founded Trusted Insight, Inc., the largest online marketplace for alternative investments, connecting over 400 institutional investors from 90 countries. He secured Series A financing during his tenure. Mr. LaCrosse was also a Founding Partner at Centinela Capital Partners, LLC, managing $1 billion in assets and approving over $825 million in 41 deals.
From 1994-2006, he was an Investment Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, overseeing private equity and credit strategies. He led due diligence and managed over $3.1 billion in 121 funds, serving on 25 advisory boards across various fund types.
Mr. LaCrosse holds an M.B.A. from Rider University and a B.S. from Rowan University, along with Series 7, 63, and 79 securities licenses.
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Michael Wren
Managing Director
Mike Wren is a Managing Director at Gabriel Horn Capital LLC, where he is responsible for fundraising efforts for Gabriel Horn Capital’s alternative investment funds and direct deals. He has over 15 years’ experience in the investment industry including 10+ years in an outsourced placement capacity with a wide range of investment strategies.
Previously, Mike was a Managing Director with Hamersley Partners LLC, a boutique sales and marketing firm working with traditional and alternative investment management firms across the United States and Canada. While at Hamersley Partners, he was part of team that raised north of $4.5 billion in assets from institutional investors around the globe. Prior to joining Hamersley Partners, he worked with Parker Point Capital in a similar capacity engaging in institutional marketing for investment managers. Concurrently while working with Parker Point, he also managed the team of research analysts with Brighton House Associates, an investment marketing research firm. Prior to that, he held positions at both John Hancock Distributors and Evergreen Investments working in retail sales and client service respectively.
Mr. Wren is a graduate of Salve Regina University with a BA in History. He holds the Series 6, 7, and 63 securities licenses.
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Juan Lopez
Senior Vice President
Juan Lopez is a Senior Vice President at Gabriel Horn Capital LLC (“GHC”). Prior to joining Gabriel Horn Capital, Juan was leading investor relations and impact investment initiatives as a Partner at Health Innovation Capital, a performance-based impact venture capital firm. Prior to Health Innovation Capital, Juan was a Client Portfolio Manager for Madera Technology Partners; a boutique alternative investment management firm specializing the use of data science to invest in publicly listed securities as well as private capital transactions; with a focus on new and emerging disruptive technologies. Prior to Madera, Juan has served as the Investment Officer for the Municipal Annuities and Benefit Fund of Chicago (MEABF), where he led the plan’s $5 billion investment portfolio across asset classes; including private equity. Prior to MEABF, Juan was an Investment Officer for the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois (IL TRS), where he served on the plan’s Private Equity Oversight Committee which deployed approximately $1.2 billion in annual private equity commitments. Juan also led the plan’s $1 billion Emerging Managers Program. Mr. Lopez has an BS in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the University of Chicago, where he was a Robert Toigo Fellow. Juan is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and is pursuing the CFA’s Certificate in ESG investing. Juan has his FINRA Series 7, 63, 65 and 24 licenses.
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Jimmy Montgomery
Vice President
Jimmy Montgomery is a Vice President at Gabriel Horn Capital LLC, supporting capital-raising efforts across private equity, venture capital, private credit, and real asset strategies. He works with institutional allocators, RIAs, family offices, and high-net-worth investors throughout the fundraising process.
Previously, Mr. Montgomery led Investor Relations at Alto Securities, the alternative investment broker dealer subsidiary of AltoIRA. As a founding member of the placement team, he was responsible for 62% of all capital invested into the firm’s Regulation D offerings and contributed to the development of the broker dealer’s capital formation framework. Earlier, Jimmy served as a Business Development Director at Trilliant Health, originating enterprise relationships with senior executives at major U.S. health systems.
Jimmy earned a BA in Economics and Entrepreneurship from the University of Michigan and holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. He is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Cathleen Adams
Senior Vice President
Cathleen Adams has 25 years of institutional investment experience, having worked with several prominent investment management firms across a wide variety of asset classes. Prior to joining Gabriel Horn Capital, she was with UBS Financial Services, where she focused on business development, marketing initiatives, and investor relations.
Prior to UBS, Cathleen served as Executive Vice President of Operations for Banyan Investment Group, where she was responsible for building an operational platform that enabled the firm to scale effectively while streamlining pipeline management.
Cathleen spent a significant portion of her career as a Managing Director at Connors & Co. Investment Services, an Atlanta-based placement agent, where she successfully helped raise more than $9 billion in defined benefit pension assets in the institutional marketplace for a select group of private equity and investment management firms.
Ms. Adams earned a BBA in Finance from The University of Georgia, an MBA from Mercer University, and holds FINRA Series 7 & 63 licenses. She is based in Atlanta, GA.
Previously, Brendan was a Managing Director at OnCor Capital, and prior to that, a Principle at Firethorn Advisory. Brendan's early financial services experience includes Citigroup and Deutsche Bank.
Mr. Behlke has a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. He holds
Series 7 and 63 securities licenses.
Peter Muwonge
Senior Vice President
Peter Muwonge is a capital markets professional focused on institutional investor origination and capital raising across private markets. He works closely with sponsors to position investment opportunities, refine messaging, and execute fundraising strategies across equity and structured capital.
Peter brings experience advising funds and operating companies on capital formation, investor engagement, and transaction readiness. His work emphasizes disciplined targeting of institutional LPs, family offices, and strategic investors, with a focus on building long-term capital relationships.
Mr. Muwonge earned a BA from Duke University, an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and holds a FINRA Series 7 license. He is based in Washington, DC.
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