Chris Kenny is a co-founder and Managing Partner of L5 and a member of L5’s Investment Committee. Chris is also a co-founder and Chairman of Level 4 Yoga. He was previously CEO of Level 4 Yoga from 2009 to 2019 and CEO of Big Blue Swim School from 2019 to 2020. Chris has been investing and operating in the consumer services sector since 2009, actively evolving best practices that now form the basis of Acceleration Services’ playbook. Prior to L5, Chris held executive roles at Elevation Data Centers, Palladian Development, Group Chambers and Level 3 Communications. Chris received a B.S. in finance and international business from Georgetown University.

Neil Hobbs joined L5 in 2018 as a partner and member of the Investment Committee. Neil serves as a board member for Big Blue Swim School and L5 Fitness. In his role at L5, Neil is responsible for evaluating new investment opportunities, advising portfolio company management teams, managing investment team resources, guiding firm strategic initiatives and enhancing the value of L5’s portfolio companies. In addition to being at partner at L5, Neil is Chairman of euNetworks and serves on the boards of Bandwidth IG and Telarus. Previously, Neil was Chairman of New Signature, SummitIG and BSI Partners as well as a board member of Cologix, all of which executed benchmark setting sale processes for investors and management teams. Neil has extensive experience as an operator having held senior management and CEO positions managing multi-hundred-million dollar international businesses over the course of his career in the technology industry.

Sharon Lynch joined L5 in 2021 and is Managing Director of the Portfolio Company Finance team. Sharon has more than 25 years of financial leadership experience at high growth technology companies, including Dun and Bradstreet Software, equity-backed ClickFox and privately-held Adaptigent. At L5, Sharon is responsible for building and managing the financial functions within L5's portfolio companies as well as driving financial discipline, business growth and performance. She also partners with the AS team to help build and demonstrate value for services delivered. Sharon is a CPA and holds a BS in industrial management from Georgia Tech.

Charles Meyers is a co-founder and Chairman of L5 and a member of L5’s Investment Committee. He is also a co-founder of Level 4 Yoga. Charles is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinix, the world’s largest data center provider, operating in 65 markets globally with annual revenue of more than $6.6 billion. Charles joined Equinix in 2010 with more than 25 years of experience in executive leadership positions at leading technology and IT companies, including Verisign, Level 3 Communications and BellSouth. Charles earned dual master’s degrees from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and McCormick Graduate School of Engineering. He also holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado.

Dave Robinson joined L5 in 2022 as Managing Director of the Marketing, Insights and Technology team. Prior to L5, Dave was at Facebook, where he led strategy and product development in support of franchise brands and local ecosystems. In his 11 years at Facebook, he held numerous roles across finserv, tech&telco and restaurants in a business development and marketing strategy capacity. He played a key role in Facebook’s strategy pivot and development of direct response products and most recently led the development of Facebook’s first franchise playbook. Prior to Facebook, Dave worked across a variety of industries in gaming and entertainment (Sony; NCsoft; Turner Broadcasting) in similar roles. Dave graduated from the Ohio State University.

Danny Kenny joined L5 in 2018 and is a principal on the Investment Team. In this role, Danny is involved in deal sourcing and diligence, portfolio company operations, overseeing portfolio company integration with AS, investor relations and day to day management of the Investment Team. Danny additionally served as Director of Corporate Development for Big Blue Swim School from 2018-2020 where he was responsible for launching the franchising business. From 2015 to 2017, Danny managed public and private investments at Bayshore Global Management, a multi-billion-dollar private family office in Palo Alto, CA. Prior to Bayshore, Danny was a vice president at Goldman Sachs in Chicago, IL. Danny received a B.A. in political philosophy and economics from Georgetown University and an MBA from the University of Chicago in statistics and analytic finance.

Duane LeVine joined L5 in 2021 and is a principal on the investment team. In this role, Duane is involved in deal sourcing and evaluation, portfolio company investment oversight, portfolio company integration with AS, investor relations and day to day management of the Investment Team. Duane has experience in private placement and leverage buyout investments in the lower middle-market since 2013. Most recently, Duane was a member of the investment team at Seaport Capital for nearly six years, focusing on recurring revenue businesses across various industries. Prior to Seaport, Duane was a M&A analyst at DH Capital, an investment bank focused on middle-market internet infrastructure, telecommunications and SaaS companies executing equity and debt private placement and traditional M&A advisory services. Duane graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA in finance and a certificate in personal and organizational leadership from the Institute for Leadership Advancement at the Terry College of Business.

Brian Collet joined L5 in 2022 and serves as its Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. In this role, he works with and advises the senior leadership team, facilitates and executes on transactions with the investment team, supports portfolio companies in conjunction with AS and advises on all legal matters across the organization. Brian has spent nearly 20 years working in finance and private equity in various functions. Most recently, Brian was General Counsel for Global Support and Development, an operationally intensive non-profit organization focused on humanitarian response to natural disasters. Prior to GSD, his experience includes General Counsel for Bayshore Global Management, a single-family office in Silicon Valley, the head of the U.S. legal team for Partners Group, a Swiss-based private equity asset manager and an associate with Nixon Peabody LLP in its private equity group in New York City. Brian holds a Bachelors of Science in zoology from Weber State University and a Juris Doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis.

Adam Szymoniak joined L5 in 2020 as Vice President of Fund Administration. At L5, Adam focuses on fund and portfolio company accounting, fund formation, investor relations, compliance and general fund administration. Before joining L5, Adam spent over two years with Ultra Capital, a private equity firm that invests in small to mid-sized infrastructure projects focused on sustainability in the agriculture, energy, waste and water sectors. Prior to Ultra Capital, Adam was a finance team lead at Jump Trading where he was responsible for financial reporting, financial planning and analysis and regulatory filings. Adam started his career in the assurance practice at Ernst & Young, focusing on financial services clients. Adam holds a B.S. in finance and accountancy from the University of Illinois and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Ruth Utin joined L5 in 2021 and is a fund controller on the finance team. In her role at L5, Ruth works closely with various stakeholders within the L5 network to maintain fund financials and meet quarterly and annual reporting goals. Ruth has 12 years of experience working in various fund accounting roles within the hedge fund, real estate and private equity industries. Ruth was born and raised in Atlanta, GA and attended Georgia State University, where she received a BBA in accounting.

Laura Mueller joined L5 as an investment associate in 2021. Laura provides support to the principals by evaluating potential investments, managing due diligence processes, helping integrate and monitor investments and preparing investments for exit. For Fund 1, Laura focuses on Big Blue Swim School and L5 Swim. Prior to L5, Laura worked at Morgan Stanley for four years as an analyst and associate in their public finance investment banking group. In those roles, Laura provided executional support on financings totaling over $12 billion where Morgan Stanley was the lead bookrunner. Laura graduated summa cum laude and phi beta kappa with a major in economics from Union College (NY) in 2017.

Connor Dolan joined L5 as an investment associate in 2022. Connor provides support to the principals by evaluating potential investments, managing due diligence processes, helping integrate and monitor investments and preparing investments for exit. For Fund 1, Connor focuses on L5 Fitness and L5 Be Well. Prior to L5, Connor worked at Fifth Third Securities as an analyst in the investment banking group with a focus on the consumer & retail industry. Connor graduated magna cum laude with a major in finance and certificates in entrepreneurialism and personal & organizational leadership from the University of Georgia in 2019.