Team

Michael Grabenstein
Limited Partner

Michael Grabenstein serves as co-CEO and COO of Innflux, a hospitality focused IT services company, where he oversees operations, accounting, finance and human resources functions at Innflux.  Michael became involved with Innflux after acquiring the business, along with his partner Brian O’Connor, through search fund Fellowship Capital Partners (“FCP”) in 2011.

Prior to founding FCP, Michael Grabenstein graduated from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in June 2010. Before business school, Michael worked in operations at Equity Residential, a multi-family real estate investment trust, where he focused on expense optimization and revenue enhancement strategies, along with financial planning and budgeting. Previously, Michael worked in buy- and sell-side equity research for Driehaus Capital Management and Robert W. Baird, respectively, where he specialized in analyzing micro-cap public companies.

Michael also has significant experience in entrepreneurship. At New Capital Partners, a lower middle-market private equity firm, he helped lead the formation of a healthcare staffing start-up, structuring the investment and creating an initial operational framework. Similarly, he has started and grown businesses in several industries, including student housing, food service and landscaping.

Michael holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in strategic management, entrepreneurship and finance. He is also a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a double major in finance and economics.