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Hotel Financial Strategies

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

As one of the premier firms specializing in real estate investment banking, Hotel Financial Strategies (HFS) offers exceptional industry expertise, unparalleled personal service and in-depth industry relationships to provide strategic solutions that result in successfully meeting your capital needs. We work exclusively in the hospitality industry providing a wide range of financial options across the entire capital spectrum including construction, bridge, permanent, mezzanine and equity financing. Our work is based on the following key concepts:IntegrityComprehensive AnalysisTactical…

Software Equity Group

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Software Equity Group (SEG) is a leading sell-side M&A advisory firm exclusively focused on helping B2B software companies with $5M to $100M in ARR and located in the United States, Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, and United Kingdom. SEG’s creative, honest, and no BS approach to majority exit and capital raise events help software operators optimize market timing and maximize company valuation. Today, SEG leads the industry in US PropTech M&A deals with over 40 transactions and has deep expertise in five additional verticals: EdTech, Energy, GovTech, HealthTech,…

Harbor Ridge Capital

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Harbor Ridge Capital (HRC) is a leading boutique mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, working with lower middle market growth companies to advise on strategic initiatives such as securing institutional investment capital, acquiring a business, or being acquired. HRC focuses primarily on established, growing, technology companies within industries such as internet infrastructure (hosting, data centers, managed IT services), internet marketing and software-as-a-service. Understanding that business owners would like to stay focused on running their businesses while pursuing such…

Venturi & Company LLC

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Founded in 1996 as a corporate finance advisory firm, Venturi & Company provides advice in relation to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, financial restructurings, private placements, strategic alliances, cross-border transactions and other corporate finance matters. The firm's professionals draw upon decades of corporate finance and capital markets experience to provide objective, customized advice to clients across a broad range of industries. The firm devotes senior-level attention to each client, accessing an extensive network of established relationships to obtain optimal results.…

Eaton Capital Corporation

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Founded in 1990, Eaton Capital has served as investment banker or advisor for over 35 transactions in a variety of projects involving Construction Materials, Industrial Minerals, Corporate Real Estate, and Capital Equipment. Beginning in 1996, Eaton Capital narrowed its investment banking focus to the Construction Materials and Industrial Minerals industries and specializes in representing the owners of construction materials companies and industrial minerals companies.

CB Capital Partners

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

CB Capital Partners is a specialized investment banking firm, which focuses on creating value through customized financial advisory assignments including capital raises, debt placements, strategic and financial partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions transactions. CB Capital Partners' experienced professionals help clients analyze financial alternatives, identify strategic and financial sources of capital, and structure and negotiate terms, which meet their objectives. CB Capital Partners was founded in 2001 in order to bring innovative and value-added solutions to our clientele through a…

BCC Capital Partners

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

BCC Capital Partners is a full-service investment banking, commercial real estate advisory, and management consulting firm that specializes in providing customized solutions to companies and investors: Financial Advisory Services*: • Mergers & Acquisitions • Debt & Equity Financing • Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Commercial Real Estate: • Capital Raising • Acquisition Financing • Land Development / Acquisition • Seller / Buyer Representation Management Consulting Services: • Strategic Planning • Process Improvement • Growth Initiatives • Brand Development BCC is…

Ackrell Capital

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Founded in 2003, Ackrell Capital is a leading independent investment bank focused on providing financial advisory services to global middle-market and emerging growth companies in key industries. Ackrell Capital's team of seasoned professionals is committed to our clients and their long term success by providing unbiased advice, deep industry insights and uncommon access. Today, we serve a diverse set of clients and investors comprised of leading corporations, institutional investors and financial sponsors and high net worth individuals. As an independent investment bank, we are able to…

Inverness Advisors, LLC

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Inverness Advisors is a strategic advisor to middle-market and growth stage companies in the technology, media and enterprise services sectors. Inverness represents clients in M&A, financing and other strategic transactions. Our partners have extensive experience, having run investment banking groups at firms including Hambrecht & Quist, Montgomery & Company, Cowen and Lehman Brothers. The Inverness team has a strong track-record of success in closing transactions with the leading strategic and private equity buyers in the industry.INDEPENDENT ADVICE.  EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS.  20+…

McCafferty & Company

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Our professionals have expertise across the media and technology sectors. Our network of relationships throughout the finance world is exceptional. Regardless of sector or niche, we remain fully engaged in all critical trends, challenges and opportunities, and factors in valuation. We know the right people in the right places to finance a transaction or find buyers or sellers. This deep understanding of the media industry allows us to be the ideal advisors to clients, helping define long term financial and operating strategies.Venture Stage: We work with a range of venture-stage companies,…

Starlight Investments, LLC

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Starlight Investments, LLC is a boutique investment bank, founded in 1999, providing a comprehensive range of capital raising services encompassing equity, project finance, fund placement and debt structuring, as well as mergers and acquisitions, and business development consulting services. Capital raising engagements typically range from $5-100MM per round with a targeted institutional investment base of strategic and financial investors.

ProFinance Associates, Inc.

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

ProFinance® Associates, Inc., established in 1985, has been a U. S. broker-dealer firm since 1990. Since inception, its professional staff has provided financial and industry specific advisory and investment banking services across an array of industries with special concentration in high gross margin, repetitive income service industries, the electronic security field, and the maritime industry (particularly maritime technology firms).

Steelhead Advisors LLC

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Steelhead Advisors provides financial advisory and investment banking services to emerging technology companies in the areas of communications, networking, software and semiconductors. The firm has extensive experience working with private companies at various stages of their development and in dynamic economic conditions.Steelhead is a business partner for board members and management teams looking to develop a long-term advisory relationship and receive proactive and insightful guidance from a team of professionals dedicated to client service.The Steelhead Team has extensive experience…

Echelon Partners

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

ECHELON Partners is a Los Angeles-based investment bank and consulting firm focused exclusively on the wealth and investment management industries. Over the past 20 years, the firm's principals have completed more M&A advisory assignments, valuations, and strategic consulting engagements for its two target industries than any other investment bank. In that time, hundreds of executive teams and boards have chosen ECHELON Partners to help them envision, initiate, and execute a diversity of complex business strategies and transactions. ECHELON serves as a trusted advisor to the following types…

Houlihan Lokey

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE: HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of our commitment to client success across our advisory services. Houlihan Lokey is ranked as the No. 1 M&A advisor for all U.S. transactions, the No. 1 global restructuring advisor, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness…

Destined

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

We are a partnership of former business owners and operating executives. Our founders developed the Destined service offering after 20 years of experience building their own companies. We have a deep understanding of how middle market businesses operate. The goal in creating Destined was to combine extensive transaction experience with an analytical and quantitative framework in order to transfer our knowledge to business owners. Our unique service offering blends the organizational transformation elements of consulting with the strategic elements of finance. Our team is focused on the…

Intrepid Investment Bankers

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC is a corporate finance advisory firm focused on the middle market. Intrepid's services include M&A advisory, equity and debt capital raising and providing strategic advice in complex securities transactions. Collectively, the senior banker team at Intrepid brings over 150 years of mergers and acquisitions advisory experience and has advised on over 350 transactions spanning a broad range of industries including Business Services, Consumer Products, Financial Institutions, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, and Industrial Products & Distribution.

FocalPoint Partners, LLC

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

FocalPoint is a leading independent full-service Investment Bank. With a diverse range of M&A, capital raising, and restructuring advisory services, we are ideally positioned to meet the needs of middle market companies in all stages of the corporate life cycle. We pride ourselves on providing objective advice and "outside the box" thinking in order to come up with the right solutions for our clients without the conflicts experienced by many of our competitors. The following are some of the ways we differentiate from other middle market investment banks: - Not a One-Trick Pony: Our diverse…

Barnard Montague

Investment Bank

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Investment Banking and Financial Advisory for Middle-Market Companies Barnard/Montague is a boutique investment bank founded by Bailey “Biff” Barnard and Jeanne Montague, two of the most respected and experienced middle-market focused investment bankers in Northern California. Headquartered in San Francisco, the firm works with privately owned, middle-market companies throughout the Western U.S. in a wide range of industries. Barnard/Montague provides an exceptional level of client service in three primary practice areas: Mergers and acquisitions Private placements of debt and…

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