Managing Partners

PARTNER

Jonathan Piurko

Managing Partner of the Sage Capital Group of Companies
Member of the Sage Capital Investment Committee

Jonathan Piurko is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Sage Capital Group of Companies, which includes the main operating company, Sage Capital Partners Inc.

Mr. Piurko’s role as Managing Partner involves strategic planning, investment origination, portfolio management and monitoring, corporate governance, and overall management of the Investment Manager, along with his partner, Glen Silvestri.

He is a member of Sage’s investment committee and also sits on several boards of directors for Sage’s portfolio companies. He is also active in the sourcing, selection and management of Sage’s investments.

Prior to co-founding Sage Capital with Mr. Silvestri, Mr. Piurko held a variety of senior level positions in the legal industry, capital markets and the investment and finance industry. He started his career as a lawyer at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto where his practice focused on M&A. He then moved on to Northwater Capital Management Inc., where he spent 14 years as Managing Director of the firm’s private equity and venture capital investment funds. Mr. Piurko then founded and launched Monarch Bridge Financial Inc., a capital markets advisory business, in 2017 focused on succession planning and advising retiring business owners in respect of their capital raising options and succession plans.

PARTNER

Glen Silvestri

Managing Partner of the Sage Capital Group of Companies
Member of the Sage Capital Investment Committee

Glen Silvestri is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Sage Capital Group of Companies, which includes the main operating company, Sage Capital Partners Inc.

Mr. Silvestri’s role as Managing Partner involves strategic planning, investment origination, portfolio management and monitoring, corporate governance, and overall management of the Investment Manager, along with his partner, Jonathan Piurko.

He is a member of the Sage investment committee. Mr. Silvestri also sits on the boards of directors for several of Sage’s portfolio companies and is active in the sourcing, selection and management of Sage’s investments.

Prior to co-founding Sage Capital with Mr. Piurko, Mr. Silvestri held a number of senior positions in capital markets and in the investment and finance industry. He is a CA and started his career at Pricewaterhouse before moving into private equity at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Mr. Silvestri was with OTPP for 13 years and was head of TMT as well as Chair of the Investment Committee for private capital investments. He left OTPP and joined Imperial Capital Partners as Head of Business and Consumer Services, where he was involved in a number of small and mid-market PE investments, some involving Search Fund exits.