Azra Kanji

Founding Partner at Astira Capital Partners

Azra Kanji, Founding Partner of Astira Capital Partners (“Astira”), a $675 million middle-market private equity firm primarily focused on investing in North American-based, B2B workflow solutions businesses in target areas including Governance, Risk, and Compliance (“GRC”), Government Technology, Financial Services and Marketing Services. Astira was founded in 2023 by Azra Kanji, former Partner at Abry Partners, who has over 20 years of private equity experience. Prior to founding Astira, Azra was a partner at Abry where she spent 20 years in the private equity strategy. While at Abry, Ms. Kanji led investments in companies in compliance, subscription information, logistics, marketing services, and travel and hospitality. Ms. Kanji was a partner at Abry since 2014, served as a Board Member of 20 companies during her tenure and served on the investment committee of Abry’s flagship fund. Prior to joining Abry, she was an investment banking analyst focused on telecommunications, media, and technology at Goldman Sachs.  She graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in Economics in 2001.