Meet the team

James is the founding Chief Executive Officer of Architect Capital. James serves as the firm’s Managing Partner, overseeing the firm’s management, investment, and capital raising activities, as well as firmwide strategic initiatives.

Prior to starting Architect Capital, James was the co-founder and managing partner of Arc Labs, a niche credit fund that focuses on lending to tech-enabled businesses.Prior to founding Arc Labs, James managed a multi-family office, where he focused on managing the firm's private debt activities. James holds a number of advisory roles, and is active in the fintech community.

James graduated from Tufts University with a degree in Philosophy and a minor in Entrepreneurial Leadership. He grew up in Lake Tahoe, and was a competitive ski racer throughout his youth and college.

Adi is a Principal at Architect Capital focused on the firm’s investment strategy and portfolio management.

Prior to Architect Capital, Adi spent his career in various investing roles at firms including Bridgewater, Balyasny Asset Management, and Battery Ventures.

He was most recently a Principal at a venture capital firm focused on fintech and Insurtech investing.

Adi graduated from Dartmouth College with a major in Economics. He started his career by consulting for private equity clients and working as an investment banking analyst.

Lily is the Chief Financial Officer at Architect Capital, where she oversees the firm’s operational, finance, and compliance functions.

Prior to joining Architect Capital, Lily was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young, where she had extensive experience in providing auditing and advisory services to alternative investment funds, including private equity, hedge, credit, and real estate funds.

Lily is a Certified Public Accountant in New York and California (inactive). She graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting and Master of Science in Accounting.

Amol is Head of Investor Relations and Capital Market at Architect Capital, where he leads the firm's capital markets activities.

Prior to Architect Capital, Amol was Head of Investor Relations at Figure, a lending, payments and marketplace fintech.  

Previously, he was Head of Investor Relations for Vector Capital's credit business and Head of North American Marketing for DCI, a credit manager acquired by Blackstone Group.  

Prior to DCI, Amol was a Portfolio Manager at K2 Advisors and led investment research for the Alternative Investment Group at JP Morgan Private Bank.  

Amol started his investment career at MSD Capital, the investment firm for Michael Dell, where he made private investments in the technology sector.

Gabriella is the Chief of Staff at Architect Capital, where she works directly with the CEO to oversee fundraising activities, investment opportunities, and team development.
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Prior to Architect Capital, Gabriella was an EIR at Antler, working on an AI platform for zero generation immigrants after career as a VC investing in early state FinTech, Consumer and PropTech companies.
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Previously, Gabriella was an investment banker at Goldman Sach’s Consumer Group and CFO at a fashion e-commerce company in London, leading corporate finance and fundraising activities.
 
Gabriella started her career at Ernst & Young and subsequently ESL investments, investing in concentrated value large cap consumer enterprises.
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Gabriella earned her MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. She is a Certified Public Accountant in New York (inactive) and passed all levels of CFA.

Avi is a Principal at Architect Capital, where he manages the firm’s portfolio and investment activities, as well as deal execution.  

Prior to Architect Capital, Avi was a Vice President at i80 Group, where he led client coverage, deal origination, structuring, and invested across a broad range of ABL financing structures in early to growth-stage companies.

Prior to i80 Group, Avi was a Senior Associate at Credit Suisse Securitized Products Warehouse Lending Group, where he focused on structuring ABS warehouse facilities across various assets classes including transportation, consumer, and esoteric.
Prior to Credit Suisse, Avi was an Equity Derivatives Specialist at Credit Suisse covering OTC Derivative products for hedge funds and broker dealers.

Avi was also a Captain of an Infantry Special Forces unit in the IDF.

Avi graduated from Baruch College with a major in Finance and a minor in Economics. He received his MBA from New York University.

Miles is the Director of Business Development at Architect Capital, where he leads sourcing and facilitates the evaluation of potential investment opportunities, ensuring that deal flow aligns with the firm's strategic initiatives.

Prior to Architect Capital, Miles worked at Circle Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Circle, where he was responsible for the investment process and operations, accelerator investments and partnerships, sourcing strategy, and portfolio company support and business development.

Miles joined Circle through the acquisition of SeedInvest, where he led the team responsible for early-stage fundraise preparation, including round structuring and strategy, due diligence, offering material drafting, and regulatory filings.

Previously, Miles held Analyst positions at MFA Financial and Homestreet Bank, where he focused on agency and non-agency MBA, whole loans, repo, and other fixed-income products.Miles graduated from Seattle University with a major in Finance.

Justin is a Vice President at Architect Capital, where he leads deal execution.

Prior to joining Architect Capital, Justin was a Senior Associate at i80 Group, a credit fund focused on asset backed credit facilities for early stage companies. In his role, he supported the due diligence & underwriting, and execution of investment opportunities, in addition to monitoring existing portfolio companies.
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Prior to his time at i80 Group, Justin was a Senior Analyst at Prime Meridian Capital Management, a credit fund. In his role there, Justin conducted due diligence and analysis on all investments across two fund strategies, spanning various asset classes.
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Justin completed his undergrad at the University of San Francisco with a degree in Finance.

David is a Vice President at Architect Capital, where he assists in the firm's investment activities, as well as leading the firm's risk, data analytics, and design efforts.

Prior to joining Architect Capital, David worked at Colchis Capital Management, an alternative asset manager focused on private credit and special situations investments, where he was responsible for portfolio analysis, credit strategy development, and business intelligence tool design and automation. David began his career at Analysis Group, where he supported clients on a wide range of matters, including transaction and governance litigation, tax and accounting-related issues, and intellectual property disputes.

David graduated summa cum laude from the College of William & Mary with a major in Finance and a minor in Chinese Studies, where he was a James Monroe Scholar.

James is an Associate at Architect Capital where he assists the investment function of the firm.

Prior to joining Architect in 2024, James was a Policy Advisor at the Office of Capital Markets at the US Treasury.

There he worked on capital markets policy with a focus on SEC rule making, market structure, corporate credit, real estate and crypto, providing policy analysis and market commentary for Treasury officials.

James graduated from Dartmouth College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

Hiu is an Operations Associate at Architect Capital, where he assists with the finance, accounting, operations, tax activities across the firm’s investment funds and management company.

Prior to joining Architect Capital, Hiu was a Tax Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ asset management group, where he provided tax reporting and consulting services to private equity and venture capital funds.

Hiu is a Certified Public Accountant in California. He graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.