Jaison Thomas

Co-founder and Partner of Dekos Capital, Jaison is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the firm’s investment activities.

Prior to co-founding Dekos, Jaison worked at Trive Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm managing over $2 billion in committed capital focused on investing in strategically viable middle-market companies with an industry agnostic approach. At Trive, Jaison completed over 15 distinct acquisitions, refinancing and sale transactions in a number of platform investments with over $1 billion total transaction value. 

Jaison worked at Alamo Ready Mix, a Houston-based ready-mix concrete business, as Director of Finance before the business’ sale to SRM Concrete prior to joining Trive. Jaison began his career with RBC Capital Markets in its oil and gas investment banking division where he worked on M&A advisory, capital market financings and restructurings in the North American energy industry.

Jaison holds a BBA in Finance and BS in Biology with Honors from Southern Methodist University where he also served on the Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

In his free time, Jaison enjoys domestic and international traveling, mountain biking, grilling, supporting local Reading Partners locations and cheering on all Dallas and SMU sports teams.