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Zatara Capital

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Zatara Capital is a boutique merchant banking platform focused on making control equity investments and providing capital and debt advisory services to middle market companies. Founded by leveraged finance professionals, Zatara Capital looks to partner or acquire founder owned businesses in fragmented sectors. Our deep transactional experience and strong relationships with operating professionals helps us to identify opportunities and unlock potential within these businesses.On the capital advisory side, we deliver truly differentiated capital markets expertise with our ability to raise…

Maddocks & Company

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Maddocks and Company is a full service branding, marketing and advertising company whose client list includes such companies as Red Bull, Disney, KetelOne, Sony, Lenovo, The Venetian, Murad, Coke and many others. We uphold the belief that good work stems from a profound effort to understand the client’s needs, criteria and objectives. We work to understand what your consumers are all about. We use this information as the basis for creating emotional connections that lead to positive business solutions. Maddocks has built distinct and powerful brand identities, product, packaging and…

Hayman Advisors

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Hayman Properties, LLC is a experienced and disciplined boutique commercial real estate company acquiring value add, opportunistic and core commercial real estate assets targeted to deliver reliable cash flow, significant capital appreciation and most often, both. We acquire assets in CA, CO, UT, Pacific Northwest and TX and focus on the following asset types: • Office • Medical Office• Retail • MultifamilyWe adhere to the Yale and Harvard Endowment Funds allocation and believe that direct real estate investments increase your portfolio…

Westward Ventures

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Westward Ventures is a private investment firm exclusively focused on investing in service businesses. self-storage, and multifamily real estate. We believe we can add the most value in the small business sector and achieve the best returns by focusing our efforts on main street.

Chris Jennings

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Pre-Launch Stage Company trying to assess the market and see if viable opportunities are available to support business model. To refine company objectives as the ideas grow and develop, more to comez

Bradfield Capital

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Bradfield Capital is a private equity firm based in San Francisco, CA. We specialize in collaborating with entrepreneurs in creative new ways to accelerate growth and value creation. Our approach is to support owners with capital, operating expertise and industry knowledge.Bradfield’s principals have distinguished track records as operators and professional investors in a variety of growth oriented middle market companies.Bradfield invests money from family offices, investment funds, and business development companies with over $1 billion in committed funds.

Chordata Ventures

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

San Francisco based investment firm founded by investment banking and data engineering professional focused on lower middle market businesses .

jade

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Jade LLC is a California-based investment and operating firm focused on acquiring and scaling profitable small to mid-sized businesses in healthcare technology, software, and government services. Our current emphasis is on niche, cash-flowing companies with strong recurring revenues and operational durability — particularly those aligned with regulatory or mission-critical industries.We bring deep expertise in software development, data engineering, and automation, with a strong acquisition thesis around medical device vendors, healthcare IT providers, and compliance-driven businesses. With…

QCap Group

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

QCap Group is led by Grace Chen, a former operator, founder and investor. As an independent sponsor, we are looking to to acquire one or more mission-driven companies that we plan to hold for the long-term. We provide flexible exit opportunities to founders, whether that means continuing to operate the company or stepping away from day to day operations. Our investors are former or current executives (including Asurion, Datacor, and York Risk Services) who will advise on investing and operating companies we partner with.

Bay Acquisitions

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

We are actively seeking service-based businesses in California region that align with our roll-up thesis. Our goal is to build a portfolio brand in this space and leverage synergies across multiple complementary acquisitions.

Walnut Bay Partners

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Walnut Bay Partners is holding company that acquires and operates small businesses in the U.S. for the long term. Modeled after Berkshire Hathaway, we focus on buying high-quality, cash-flowing companies — or distressed assets with turnaround potential — and holding them indefinitely. We specialize in smooth succession for retiring owners, preserving legacies while improving operations and driving growth. Our structure allows investors to own shares in the HoldCo, with no fund lifecycles or forced exits. We don’t flip businesses — we steward them, optimize them, and grow them for…

K2M LLC

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

K2M was founded to provide advice and service to all segments of the real estate industry during the most entrenched market downturn experienced in more than 75 years. The principals of K2M bring the experience of having successfully weathered more than two full real estate cycles as principals, lenders, landlords, borrowers, buyers and sellers of real estate. Their backgrounds include stints at some of the best known real estate institutional investors, REITs, private firms, developers, investment banks and advisors.

Javad Butah

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

My name is Javad Butah. I've been in Marketing and Branding for the last 15 years. Mostly in the tech CPG realms.I am looking to acquire a B2B service-based business, open to relocation.I am happy to share my pre-qualification letter from Live Oak Bank and proof of funds upon request.

Belay International Corporation

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Belay Associates is a financial sponsor that provides operational and strategic guidance to its network of partner companies.Our team of seasoned operators, industry thought leaders, and successful entrepreneurs, strives to build great companies that improve the lives of their customers and the communities where they operate.We believe that helping others succeed helps us all succeed.

ThirdEye Capital, LLC

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

ThirdEye Capital was formed as an investment and advisory vehicle to operating real estate projects and middle market companies located within the United States. The entire team is comprised of seasoned private equity professionals, investment bankers, and hedge fund investors globally. As a private family office, we look to invest our own capital in partnership with various family offices globally with whom we have strong relationships. Our goal is to find companies before institutional capital is interested and take an active role to help them streamline operations and grow to a point where…

Tau Capital Management

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Tau Capital Group is a global investment firm that is focused on acquiring corporate divestitures and privately held companies at inflection points in their lifecycleTau provides sellers, corporate parents, shareholders and other stakeholders with tailored acquisition solutions to help them achieve their objectives within an expedited timeframe. This close collaboration ensures quick diligence periods, limited disruption to business operations, flexible transaction structures and certainty to close. Tau has a committed institutional capital base consisting of family office and high net worth…

Dahlia Avenue Capital

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Dahlia Avenue Capital is a private investment firm focused on micro-cap niche manufacturing and industrial services businesses in the US. We are operationally oriented and intend to take an active buy and build approach with a very long term target time horizon.

PCH

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

PCH is a private investment firm focused on small to medium sized acquisitions. We partner with exceptional companies seeking the next stage of growth. Post acquisition, we work closely with our portfolio companies to drive measurable value for all stakeholders.

ECE Group, USA Inc.

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

ECE Group is currently active in the restaurant and beverage industry, with a growing portfolio of successful brands. We are now looking to expand into other sectors by acquiring businesses that align with our vision and add long-term value.

Afamia, Inc.

Independent Sponsor

    This member has no reported closed transactions.

Afamia Financial is an operationally-focused private investment firm that sponsors buyouts of small and middle-market companies in the engineering, food & beverage, gaming & hospitality, manufacturing, and transportation & logistics industries.We specialize in highly complex situations and founder-owned/operated businesses, to which we provide creative structuring and customized capital solutions.

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