Boston, Austin and San Francisco – March 2, 2026 – Sverica Capital Management, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm focused on the lower middle market, announced today the promotions of Michael Dougherty to Partner, Doug Patrican to Principal, and the hiring of Matt Johnson as a Principal. 

Michael joined Sverica’s San Francisco office in 2012 and has over fourteen years of private equity experience.  He focuses on sourcing and evaluating new investments, transaction execution, and portfolio company operations for technology, technology services and software companies.  He graduated from Brown University with a degree in economics.  Michael currently serves as a Board Member at Cytracom, DeFy Security, Four Inc., Gorilla Logic, Raken, and ShadowDragon.

Doug joined Sverica’s Boston office in 2020 and focuses on sourcing and managing healthcare investments. With ten years of private equity experience, Doug is a graduate of Boston College with a degree in economics. He also holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.  Doug currently serves as a Board Member at Clarest Health, First Stop Health, and SG Homecare.

Matt joined Sverica’s Austin office in January of this year and has over fourteen years of private equity experience.   He will focus on sourcing and evaluating new investments, transaction execution, and portfolio company operations for technology, technology services and software companies.  Matt is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.