Cosmin Panait is an investor, fund manager and co-founder of GenCap Management, a multi strategy investment firm, with an industry agnostic portfolio highly concentrated in pre-IPO opportunities, with multiple successful exits across a wide range of industries, including technology, biotechnology, oil & gas and consumer goods. 

Cosmin began his career at MD Global Partners in New York, where he focused on private investments in public equity (PIPEs), debt restructuring and standby equity facilities.  

Following his role in investment banking, Cosmin contributed to the strategic growth of Paltalk (NASDAQ: PALT)

Cosmin backed companies including Truly Free, RezyFi, Obvi, Trio Petroleum and Blackbridge Investment Group (BIG).

Cosmin received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Emory University and a Master of Management from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and co-founded the Cosmin Panait & Lilian Yang Foundation.