Nate Shantz

President

Nate is the Managing Partner of Tri Volta Investments. Since starting the firm in 2019, Nate has worked with dozens of entrepreneurs and on multiple transactions. He is responsible for leading Tri Volta's strategic direction and growth in both advisory and investments, and works closely with companies as an active advisor. Nate completed his first year of the MBA program at the Yale University, and continues to contribute at the business school as a case writer and researcher where he focuses on researching best practices for building and growing small companies and new ventures.

Prior to forming Tri Volta, Nate worked for Macquarie Capital, one of the largest infrastructure and natural resources private equity and investment firms globally. From there, he was part of the founding team of Khiron Life Sciences (TSX: KHRN), a Latin American supplement and wellness company that went public in 2018. Subsequently, in 2019 he Co-Founded a vehicle which rolled up and consolidated two German specialty distribution companies in the pharmaceutical sector with over 40M Euros in combined revenues, which was operated and sold in 2022. Nate holds a BBA (with Honors) from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He speaks Spanish and Portuguese fluently, and has traveled to over 50 countries.

Sara Castrillion

Executive Assistant

Sara supports the Tri Volta Investments deal team overseeing day-to-day operations, investor relations, and deal document management. She often takes on special projects, and works closely with coordinating meetings and project management. Previously, Sara was an Information Technology Manager at a non-profit and a Platform Administrator at IBM. Sara earned her MBA and Bachelors of Engineering (with specialty in Computer Science) at EAFIT University in Colombia. She resides in her hometown of Medellin, Colombia, and enjoys traveling, going to music festivals, and working on photography and web design projects in her spare time.