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Devon Kelly
Devon is Stedde Capital’s Co-Founder and Managing Director, Capital, overseeing the firm’s investment portfolio, diligence processes and other strategic financial initiatives.
Prior to founding Stedde Capital in early 2023, Devon led Park Lane's placement agency business, playing a principal role in the firm’s capital raising endeavors, deal sourcing, diligence & evaluation. Led engagements across capital raises, mergers and acquisitions, strategic consulting and secondary transactions.
Devon previously spent over 4 years in Macquarie Capital’s TMET (Technology, Media, Entertainment, Telecom) group, focusing on SPACs advisory, private equity sell-side transactions, leveraged buyout advisory and debt financings. In the last year of his tenure leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, he helped spearhead the development of the group’s sport tech subsector focus.
Prior to Macquarie, Devon held various positions throughout the sports & entertainment world, most notably at Momentum Worldwide and then IMG Consulting, working with clients such as American Express, Verizon, USAA and the NFL. After IMG, he advised life science startups in Tel Aviv, Israel, while training with the Israeli national lacrosse team as it prepared for the World Lacrosse Championships.
Devon holds an M.B.A. (concentration in Finance with a specialization in Entertainment) from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University where he was a member of the men’s varsity lacrosse team.
Devon holds Series 63, 7 and 79 securities licenses.