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K2 Energy Capital, Blue Wolf Partner for Energy Services Fund
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Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC announced that its affiliate, Blue Wolf Capital Fund III, L.P. has partnered with K2 Energy Capital, LLC and its founder, Kevin W. Kuykendall, to pursue energy services investments.
Mr. Kuykendall has more than 20 years of private equity investing experience, having led or played a significant role in numerous control equity, minority equity and debt investments in the energy sector. K2 Energy Capital, LLC will co-invest with Blue Wolf in identified energy opportunities. Before founding K2, Mr. Kuykendall was with American Capital, Ltd., where he created the American Capital Energy Group, which grew to a team of 14 and reached a peak portfolio value of nearly a billion dollars of equity and debt investments. Prior to ACAS, he co-founded the Enron North…
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