
Andrew Kahn
Andrew Kahn CEO and Co-Founder.
Andrew co-founded Partners for Growth with Don Campbell in 2004 and has been structuring custom financing for technology companies for the past 35 years. Prior to forming PFG, Andrew and Don together managed Hambrecht & Quist Guaranty Finance (HQGF), the lending practice of San Francisco technology focused investment bank Hambrecht & Quist. Andrew held a variety of senior roles during his tenure at Hambrecht & Quest including General Partner of Access Technology Partners (a venture capital fund), a Managing Director of the H&Q Investment Bank, and President of HQGF.
Following Hambrecht & Quist’s acquisition by Chase and merger with JP Morgan, Andrew was a General Partner with JP Morgan’s buyout and growth equity practice, JP
Morgan Partners. He also managed two of the firm’s venture capital funds totaling over $400 million of invested capital. Earlier in his career, Andrew was a Manager at the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency where he had responsibility for bond financings to small businesses as well as managing the firm’s direct lending program.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan.
April 10, 2025
Enterprise Lending Using Structure, Assets, and Underwriting Strategy
• Using structure and asset base to minimize risk for lenders
• Matching investor appetite to fund structure