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Cypress Associates LLC

39 Total Closed Deals

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Cypress Associates LLC is a nationally-recognized investment banking firm established in 2001. The firm provides companies and institutional investors with advisory services in mergers and acquisitions, fairness opinions and valuations, private placements of debt and equity, restructuring and reorganization and litigation consulting. Cypress operates internationally from its offices in New York, San Francisco, Austin & Washington D.C.

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• Jul 2025 Advised Geo-Flo Corporation in its sale to Aalberts
• Jul 2023 Advised Psych Atlanta in its sale to Hightop Health
• Feb 2022 Advised Autem Medical on an investment from Zentynel
• Dec 2021 Advised Designed Precision Castings Inc. in its sale to Omni-Lite Industries

Oaklyn Consulting

38 Total Closed Deals

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Oaklyn Consulting is a different kind of investment banking advisor for small to mid-sized organizations. We help clients negotiate mergers, acquisitions, capital raises, recapitalizations and joint ventures.We serve founder-owned and investor-backed businesses as well as nonprofits, co-ops, and professional services firms.We have earned the trust of referral partners, who are investment bankers, investors, lenders, lawyers, wealth advisors and similar professionals.Working as consultants, or "hourly investment bankers," we help where traditional investment banking advisors cannot.Since 2016,…

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• Jun 2026 Advised 911 Custom in its sale to LEHR Upfitters Holdings
• Apr 2026 Advised Calmont Beverage in its sale to Baker Distributing
• Nov 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Nov 2025 Advised Shotflow in its sale to Creative Force

Sterling Point Advisors

37 Total Closed Deals

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Sterling Point Advisors is a boutique mergers and acquisitions advisory firm serving family-owned and privately-held businesses. We help business owners navigate the strategic challenges of growing or exiting their businesses. 

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• Jan 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jan 2025 Advised Fire Safety Products in its sale to PE backed company
• Apr 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Feb 2024 Advised Scale Systems Inc. (B&D Industrial) in its sale to System Scale Corporation

CoveView Advisors

37 Total Closed Deals

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CoveView is an Independent advisory firm, providing corporate finance services to corporations, private equity firms and financial institutions. Our partners average more than 25 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, private equity, leveraged finance, and restructuring.We bring continuous senior-level attention to every engagement with a focus on delivering unbiased strategic advice without the burden of institutional constraints or conflicts of interest. We have perspective from both middle market and big company experience that we bring to every client…

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• May 2018 Assisted Long's in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
• May 2018 Assisted Abode in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
• Mar 2018 Advised Beaulieu Group in its sale to Engineered Floors, LLC
• Feb 2018 Advised Bedrock Manufacturing Co. on an investment from Multiple Investors

Bryant Park Capital

36 Total Closed Deals

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Founded in 1991, Bryant Park Capital is a boutique investment bank, which excels in helping both public and private companies meet their strategic objectives through Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Raising, and Strategic Advisory. The partners have completed over 400 deals, representing over $30 billion in transaction value.

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• Dec 2024 Assisted Pasadena Private Lending in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
• Sep 2024 Assisted Deminor Recovery Services in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
• Jul 2024 Assisted High Rise Financial in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
• Aug 2023 Assisted Modeso in securing debt financing from Confidential Company

Palm Tree

32 Total Closed Deals

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Palm Tree is the modern M&A advisor. Our integrated investment banking, transaction support, and strategic finance services power the strategic events that drive businesses forward.We guide clients through high-stakes processes. Our analytical intelligence accelerates decisions, enabling them to better prepare for and execute on transactions, transitions, and transformations.Investors engage with us to help them highlight opportunities, mitigate risks, and reduce deal friction so they can act decisively and focus on realizing investment objectives. Entrepreneurs and management teams…

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• Dec 2023 Advised Hicuity Health in its sale to Concord Health Partners
• Dec 2023 Advised Essex Specialized Surgerical Institute in its sale to NMS Capital
• Dec 2023 Advised Lifescan Diabetes Institute on an investment from Confidential Company
• Dec 2023 Advised ImageTrend in its sale to WCAS

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Carriage Hill Inc.

32 Total Closed Deals

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Carriage Hill is an investment bank that specializes in privately negotiated transactions between private middle market companies and high quality private equity groups. This is accomplished without the use of traditional books and the auction process. We have a prominent record and respected reputation for successfully helping shareholders of privately held middle market companies navigate the challenges of reorganizing assets, accelerating growth through acquisitions, finding hidden value, resolving shareholder disputes, planning generational transitions and planning exit strategies.…

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• Dec 2016 Advised Bright Life in its sale to BDC Management LLC
• Nov 2016 Advised Interview Stream/Brazos in its sale to RIVS
• Aug 2016 Advised The Orthodontic Store, Inc. in its sale to Young Innovations
• Aug 2016 Advised Prestige Cosmetics in its sale to Caret Corporation

NewPoint Capital Partners

31 Total Closed Deals

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NewPoint Capital Partners Inc. is an independent, mid-market investment banking firm. We advise on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private financings, capital restructurings and management buyouts. Established over 25 years ago on the principles of trust and integrity, we are dedicated to providing quality financial services to companies, management groups, shareholders and other stakeholders. NewPoint is the Canadian partner of Clairfield International. Clairfield is an international corporate finance firm that provides advisory services, mainly in crossborder mergers and…

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• Jun 2024 Advised Management and Third Party Advisors in its sale to Setpoint Building Automation
• Sep 2016 Advised ISN in its sale to Investigative Reserach Group
• Jul 2016 Advised Great Lakes Food Company, a portfolio company of Covington Capital Corporation in its sale to White Owl Family Office
• Mar 2016 Advised Camus Hydronics Ltd. in its sale to Cleaver-Brooks (portfolio company of Harbour Group)

Scura Partners

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Scura Paley and Company is an independent investment banking firm centrally located in Manhattan in New York City. We provide financial advisory and capital raising services to middle market companies and invest our own capital in selective situations. SP's partners have an average of twenty-five years of experience in a broad array of industries providing nearly every investment banking product and service to our clients. The hallmarks of our approach are: Senior attention Broad access Analytical rigor Tailored solutions Unbiased advice Unparalleled client support. SP's partners have been…

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• Apr 2021 Advised Big Man Washes in its sale to National Carwash Solutions (NCS)
• Jan 2021 Advised Innovative Control Systems (ICS) in its sale to Dover Corporation
• Feb 2020 Advised Polished Metals Limited Inc. in its sale to Sky Island Capital
• Oct 2019 Advised Karma Agency in its sale to Tailwind Capital

Pickwick Capital Partners

29 Total Closed Deals

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Pickwick Capital Partners, LLC assists middle-market companies and alternative investment firms achieve their strategic, financing and M&A objectives. We do this through a focused and collaborative process driven by the talent of our advisors, who bring a wealth of experience from leading investment banks such as Morgan Stanley, Jefferies & Company, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, and others.Our team is comprised of energetic, hands-on solution providers. We focus on quality, and each and every transaction is important to us. Pickwick clients can be assured their advisors are true partners with…

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• Apr 2023 Advised Harmony Energy Technology in its sale to Zircon Corporation
• Feb 2023 Advised Telegia Communications in its sale to One Ring Networks
• Dec 2022 Advised Topo Athletic in its sale to Designer Brands
• Jul 2022 Advised Desert iNET in its sale to BAM Broadband

R.L. Hulett

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R.L. Hulett is a middle-market investment banking firm providing business owners, executives and private equity firms with M&A advisory services designed to deliver optimal outcomes. We have a deep commitment to the success of our clients and have a 40+ year track record with lead advisory roles in hundreds of transactions. What sets us apart is our passionate approach and our ability to deliver exceptional results through an unwavering commitment to client service.Since our founding in 1981, thousands of clients have trusted R.L. Hulett as their M&A advisors to help them achieve their goals.…

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• Apr 2026 Advised Glaenzer Electric in its sale to Heritage Holding
• Oct 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Aug 2025 Advised Blue Mountain Mechanical, Inc. in its sale to Heritage Holding
• Apr 2025 Advised Mitchell Humphrey & Co. in its sale to Tripleview Technologies USA Inc.

Statesman Business Advisors, LLC

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Statesman Business Advisors, LLC ("Statesman") is a unique financial advisory and services firm dedicated to serving the corporate finance needs of privately held companies and financial institutions operating in the middle-market. Since our founding in 1995, Statesman has developed an exceptional reputation for adding value to the transaction process and getting deals done the right way. We offer more than just transactional experience and market knowledge – we employ innovative strategies, creative solutions, and the special problem solving skills necessary to achieve superior results for…

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• Jun 2017 Advised Argos Material Distribution in its sale to Action Gypsum Supply
• May 2017 Advised Oildom Publishing in its sale to Gulf Publishing Company
• Mar 2017 Advised Burton in its sale to Scott Vaughan
• Oct 2016 Assisted Nex-gen Advanced Fuel Systems in securing debt financing from North Texas Certified Development Organization

Scott-Macon Group, Inc

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Scott-Macon Group, Inc. (nka SMG Securities, Inc.) is one of the oldest independent investment banks in the United States focused on middle market transactions in the range of $10 million to $500 million. Founded in 1973 by Alfred L. Scott, the firm is comprised of senior professionals who have had extensive transaction experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, valuations and fairness opinions and general corporate financial consulting.

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• Jan 2013 Advised Blue Buddha in its sale to BrainTrust
• Jan 2013 Advised SureFit LLC in its sale to Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Jan 2013 Advised Interview in its sale to Brant Publishing Company
• Jan 2013 Advised Goshen Rubber Companies, Inc. in its sale to Wynn's International, Inc.

Balmoral Advisors, LLC

28 Total Closed Deals

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Balmoral Advisors is an independent, specialty investment bank dedicated to providing mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, and financial restructuring advisory services involving mid-sized transactions. We specialize in helping clients sell their businesses, find and complete acquisitions, and raise or refinance capital. We work with business owners, corporations and financial investors worldwide involving early stage growth companies, successful mature businesses, corporate divestitures, distressed and special situations.

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• Apr 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Jan 2025 Assisted Confidential Company in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
• Dec 2023 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Dec 2020 Advised Allpoints, Inc. Building Services in its sale to Service Logic

Focus Strategies Investment Banking

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Based in Austin Texas, Focus Strategies has earned a reputation as a premier middle-market investment bank focused on serving the unique needs of privately held businesses seeking capital or ownership transition. Built on an impeccable reputation for high integrity, we help companies and their owners flourish by applying broad experience, industry expertise, hands-on guidance and local knowledge to maximize shareholder value. Focus Strategies specializes in merger and acquisition advisory, raising capital and providing strategic advisory services for founder-owned middle market companies. We…

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• Oct 2024 Advised Lamar Technical Services, Inc. in its sale to Think Power Solutions
• Oct 2023 Assisted Milk + Honey in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
• May 2023 Advised Trace Analytics LLC in its sale to Ingersoll Rand
• Feb 2023 Advised MSB School Services in its sale to Craftsman Capital

Republic Capital Group

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•Founded in 2015, Republic Capital Group (“Republic”) is an independent investment bank that provides advisory services to the financial services industry, including wealth & asset management and accounting firms•Republic has emerged as one of the most prolific investment banks in the industry (with ~$150 billion of client assets transacted since 2022) and was awarded "Boutique Investment Banking Firm of the Year" by The M&A Advisor in 2023•We strive for innate partnership values that prove people are more important than any monetary or transactional situation, and we…

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• Aug 2023 Advised Affinia Financial Group in its sale to Sequoia Financial Group
• Jun 2023 Advised BerganKDV in its sale to Creative Planning
• Jun 2023 Advised Moneco Advisors on an investment from Emigrant Partners
• May 2023 Advised Brainard Capital in its sale to Pathstone

League Park Advisors

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​League Park is a boutique investment bank that professionally and ethically advises clients on strategies aimed to maximize shareholder value. We assist middle market companies with transactions that generate value through mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, capital raising, structured finance, and outsourced corporate development.Our deep industry expertise spans business services, healthcare, industrial, retail and consumer products, specialty distribution, technology and transportation and logistics. With a unique blend of investment banking, corporate development, private…

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• Oct 2024 Advised SOSS® Door Hardware in its sale to Allegion plc
• Apr 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Apr 2024 Advised Arco Comfort Air, LLC in its sale to Confidential Company
• Apr 2024 Advised Childers Holding Company Inc. in its sale to Grove Mountain Partners

Romanchuk & Co.

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Romanchuk & Co. is an award-winning boutique M&A investment banking firm with a focused expertise in advising companies within the energy and industrials sectors. We advise business owners on the preparation and sale of their company, assist them in identifying strategic opportunities, and help them execute upon those strategies. We specialize in providing sell-side M&A advisory services to lower middle-market companies with revenues or enterprise values ranging from $15 million to $250 million. For more information, please visit our website at www.romanchukco.com.Registered…

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• May 2024 Advised BCM & Associates in its sale to JMR Services
• Apr 2024 Advised Space City Services in its sale to Quantix
• Oct 2023 Advised Outsource Utility Construction Corp. in its sale to Jumana Capital
• Oct 2023 Advised Yates Line Co. in its sale to GridTek Utility Services

Peakview Partners

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Founded in 2015, Peakview Partners was established to provide focused and dedicated Partner-level advisory services for M&A and Financing transactions. Tim Dailey and Warren Henson, both with 30+ years of investment banking experience, came together with the vision of creating a boutique firm large enough to leverage a breadth of diverse experience while small enough for the Partners to deliver expertise and tailored support across the entire process directly to each client.Warren and Tim met nearly 20 years ago, and they worked on numerous transactions together when Warren was with Green…

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• Nov 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Oct 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Oct 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Sep 2024 Advised Access Mediquip in its sale to Water Street

Golden Circle Investment Banking

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Golden Circle is an investment bank with a unique and unwavering commitment to exclusively serving the lower middle market. With a strategic focus on this often underserved segment of the business landscape, GCA brings a tailored approach to meet the distinct needs of small and mid-sized enterprises. As a dedicated partner, the firm leverages its broad network of funder relationships and comprehensive suite of financial solutions to empower businesses within the lower middle market. Through a blend of high-touch personalized service, utilization of cutting-edge technology data platforms and…

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• Feb 2025 Advised Goodrich Brothers, Inc. in its sale to Confidential Company
• Nov 2024 Advised Western US Landscape Company in its sale to Strategic Buyer
• Jun 2024 Advised Quad Industries in its sale to Advanced Systems and Controls, Inc
• May 2024 Advised Field Crafts, Inc. in its sale to Lasting Impressions