Company: SZZL
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-024211
Chunk: 170

Company: Sizzle Acquisition Corp. II
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: S-1
Chunk 170
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7. Mr. Karson left the company after the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale was completed in October 2017. Thereafter, the Chapter 11 case was converted into a Chapter 7. Mr.Karson was named as a defendant in litigation regarding disclosures made by Original Soupman and regarding Original Soupman’s internal controls. Mr. Karson also purchased the southern Connecticut territory for Pinkberry through his personal investment entity, Thinkpink LLC. He funded and built a number of units and then sold the company to the private -equityowned franchisor. He has served as an advisor to Grey Mountain Partners, a private equity firm, and to Blackstone Credit, formerly known as GSO Capital, a credit fund owned by Blackstone. He began his career as a lawyer at the New York City law firm of Shea & Gould. Our Head of Business and Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer is Daniel Lee. Mr.Lee also served as Head of Business and Corporate Development of Sizzle I from its inception in October 2020 and the Chief Financial Officer of Sizzle I from January 2024, in each case until its initial business combination in February 2024. Since May 2018, Mr. Lee has served as SVP of Business Development at Salis Holdings LLC, where he works on potential acquisitions and financings for the company on an as needed basis. He is also Co -Founderand President of Diligence Capital Management, LLC, a financial sector -focusedfund sponsor seeking to drive long -termexcess returns by focusing on shareholder engagement & activism, balanced by a core portfolio of holdings. Since December 2016, Mr. Lee has been a Managing Partner at Candlelight Capital Advisors, LLC, an advisory and consulting firm providing business strategy and corporate development services. From January 2022 to June 2023 Mr.Lee served as the CFO at Enspira, Inc., a human capital services, search, and technology firm, where he helped lead a successful process culminating in the sale to a strategic buyer. Mr. Lee served as the CFO of RiskSpan, Inc. from November 2017 to April 2019. At RiskSpan, Inc., he led corporate finance functions, including business planning and budgeting, financial forecasting, cash flow management, and reporting for senior leadership and private equity investors. From October 2015 to August 2016, Mr. Lee was VP of Investments at an early -stageventure firm in Washington D.C., 107 NextGen Venture Partners, LLC