Top Colorado Investment Banks with Recent Private M&A Activity

Active Firms

TTM Deal Flow

$5M-$40M

Core Revenue Range

$500K-$4M

Core EBITDA Range

Top Sectors by Activity

Industrials 50%

Technology 15%

Business Services 12%

Food & Hospitality 12%

Arts & Entertainment 4%

Key Attributes

Best For: Complex Transactions | Typical Fee: Retainer & Success fee | Coverage: Dedicated, Sector-Focused Deal Teams

SDR Ventures

3 Closed Deals via Axial

91 Total Closed Deals Actively Sourcing Deals

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SDR Ventures is a Denver-based investment banking firm serving private business owners in the lower middle market, including companies with values up to $300 million. The SDR Ventures approach of THINKING LIKE OWNERS helps businesses maximize their value. Whether owners are looking to sell a business, buy a business or raise debt or equity, SDR is committed to helping them succeed. Our core services include: • M&A Transaction Advisory – Buy Side and Sell Side • Private Capital Formation – Debt and Equity • Strategic Advisory/Consulting Investment banking and securities are offered…

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Jun 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jan 2026 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Nov 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Oct 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Strategic Finance, Inc.

1 Closed Deal via Axial

17 Total Closed Deals

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Strategic Finance advises middle market companies in their growth and exit plans.We offer private placement of debt and equity, negotiate mergers and acquisitions for company owners and find target acquisitions for private equity clients in a wide range of industries. We also offer the attention and focus of a boutique firm, with experienced professionals handling every transaction.We have an established track record, sophisticated skills sets and industry operating experience that enable us to provide creative solutions and innovative strategies to meet your financial goals. Over 30…

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Jan 2021 Advised Acuity Institute in its sale to Mindedge
Apr 2019 Assisted Undisclosed in securing debt financing from Sterling Commercial Credit
Apr 2018 Advised PaRaBaL in its sale to ISEC7
Jan 2014 Advised Magic Valley Fresh Frozen in its sale to Speyside Equity

Britehorn Partners & Britehorn Securities

1 Closed Deal via Axial

20 Total Closed Deals

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Britehorn is a modern advisory firm built for today's business owners and dealmakers.We operate two complementary businesses:Britehorn Partners is a leading middle-market investment bank specializing in mergers & acquisitions and capital formation.Britehorn Securities is a FINRA/SEC-registered broker-dealer providing compliance infrastructure for investment bankers, M&A advisors and institutional private placement agents.Both built by investment bankers. Both designed for practitioners who understand that time kills deals.BRITEHORN PARTNERS:We help business owners achieve outcomes…

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Jun 2025 Advised Requordit in its sale to Confidential Company
May 2024 Advised Dovetail Cultural Resources Group in its sale to Confidential Company
Nov 2023 Advised NANA in its sale to Domestic & General
Jul 2023 Advised r4e in its sale to PNC Bank

Forbes Partners

72 Total Closed Deals

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Forbes Partners, founded in 2004, with offices in Denver, CO, Salt Lake City, UT, and Charlotte, NC, is an award-winning investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, raising capital, and financial restructuring within the middle market. Senior advisors at Forbes Partners have 300+ years and $85+ billion of combined transaction experience across a wide variety of industries and around the globe. Our team works with a select few clients each year to tell their unique stories, advocate fiercely on their behalf, and drive maximum value for their company. Our experienced bankers…

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Oct 2024 Assisted All Copy Products in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
Nov 2023 Advised Orion Space Solutions in its sale to Arcfield
Oct 2023 Advised Colony Gums in its sale to Brenntag
Oct 2023 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Peakview Partners

24 Total Closed Deals

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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

BiggsKofford & Co

8 Total Closed Deals

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BiggsKofford is a boutique investment bank specializing in mergers & acquisitions, capital raises, recapitalizations and restructurings for clients in the lower middle market (enterprise values in the $5m - $100m range)

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Aug 2012 Advised C&D Security in its sale to Allied Barton
Aug 2011 Advised Diamond Wire Material Technologies in its sale to Meyer Burger Technologies
Dec 2008 Advised Unique Software Solutions in its sale to PureSafety
Sep 2007 Advised The Resort Company in its sale to Tonka Bay Equity Partners

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1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions LLC

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1stWEST Mergers & Acquisitions is a full service international investment banking and advisory firm that is focused on the underserved lower middle-market of companies with sales of $10 to $100million. Our team of business executives with extensive M&A transaction experience perform from a platform of having successfully owned and operated businesses in their respective fields of expertise. Whether you are selling your company, buying a company or raising growth capital, our approach to serving your needs is very straightforward. Our focus and single objective is to aggressively negotiate…

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Deschutes Capital, Ltd.

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Deschutes Capital provides corporate finance advice primarily by structuring and arranging asset based loans and cash flow loans for lower middle market companies. We provide flexible financing for working capital as well as for long-term capital investments, including:asset based loans, working capital revolving lines of credit for commercial accounts receivable and inventory, cash flow term loans, commercial real estate loans, mezzanine debt / subordinated debt, bridge loans, equipment leases, machinery and equipment loans, and trade financing and purchase order financing, to middle market…

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Aaron, Bell International Inc.

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Aaron, Bell International (ABI), founded in 1989, is an independent investment bank focused on middle market private sector transactions.For over 30 years, ABI has been dedicated to delivering strategic fit transactions that maximize value and enable clients to achieve their strategic objectives.ABI has provided over 200 clients with mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, wealth diversification planning, and market valuation services in the U.S. and abroad. ABI clients are typically companies with EBITDA of $1 million to $25 million and enterprise values of $5 million to $250 million. ABI…

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This member has no reported closed transactions.

Davos Partners LLC

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Davos Partners is a boutique investment bank headquartered in Denver, Colorado. We specialize in the discrete negotiation and management of transactions involving the sale or purchase of a private business enterprise. We work diligently to partner with entrepreneurs, ambitious business owners, and management teams to provide capital to grow existing lines, acquire new ones, buy-out existing owners and explore new frontiers.

Recent Transactions

This member has no reported closed transactions.

Quadriga Partners LLC

17 Total Closed Deals

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Quadriga Partners is an investment bank that works with public and private companies exclusively in the healthcare industry. We actively provide the full range of M&A and capital raising advisory services. Our offices are located in Atlanta, GA and Denver, CO.

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Nov 2016 Advised Starting Point in its sale to Crossroads Treatment Centers, a portfolio company of Revelstoke Capital Partners
Nov 2016 Advised Professional Placement Resources in its sale to Trivest Partners
Jul 2016 Advised Ergentus Emergency Physicians in its sale to US Acute Care Solutions, a portfolio company of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
May 2016 Advised American Eagle Lifecare Corporation on an investment from Hoosier Care

Aurum Capital Connect

13 Total Closed Deals

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Aurum Capital Connect is a Denver- and Dallas-based investment bank and strategic advisory group that specializes in M&A and capital formation for middle market companies. We firmly believe active involvement with our client companies is key to success; we work closely with management teams to develop and execute strategy, open doors to capital, and create meaningful exits.

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Oct 2025 Advised HP EnviroVision on an investment from Confidential Company
Sep 2025 Advised Lion Fencing and Steel Supplies on an investment from Alterna Capital Partners
Jun 2025 Advised Encore Engineering Holdings on an investment from Confidential Company
Sep 2024 Advised Origins Lab in its sale to Montrose Environmental Group

Centennial Peaks Capital

3 Total Closed Deals

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Strategic. Operational. Creative. Centennial Peaks Capital is a Denver-based boutique investment banking firm that leverages the deep strategic and transactional experience of its partners to provide highly specialized and objective transaction advice and services. The partners have considerable experience and direct operational responsibility inside corporate environments, resulting in a deeper understanding of what your organization is going through and how others will view your business. The team possesses decades of demonstrated success evaluating, structuring, managing, and executing…

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Jun 2019 Advised PG Dental Holdings, LLC on an investment from TriSpan Opportunities Fund LP
Apr 2019 Advised Canadian Subsidiary of CPI Card Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PMTS; TSX: PMTS) in its sale to Allcard Limited
Nov 2018 Advised Sola Salon Studios on an investment from PNC Riverarch Capital

Oliver Investment Banking

2 Total Closed Deals

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OIB is a firm focused on the needs of lower and middle-market businesses. We begin by understanding your business and personal goals, without an agenda. We are FINRA licensed and dedicated to professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality. Our services include assisting in the purchase or sale of a business, sourcing financing, and transaction planning and preparation. We know you have a busy schedule and we are willing to meet you or talk at your convenience, before or after business hours. Work with Oliver Investment Banking - Your local investment bank serving Colorado Springs, Denver…

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Oct 2023 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
Apr 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Catapult Growth Partners

2 Total Closed Deals

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Catapult Growth Partners is a leading North American Consultancy and Investment Bank focused on the business services sector. Over the past decade Catapult has helped clients Accelerate Profitable Growth through effective Strategy Development, Practical Execution Support, Talent Acquisition and Management. Catapult has an outstanding track record enabling firms to grow, and position for exit. With offices in Denver, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto, Catapult Growth Partners is your trusted advisor for helping companies achieve their goals.We help our clients:• Accelerate Profitable Growth:…

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Aug 2018 Advised RO Innovation in its sale to Upland Softward
Jun 2016 Invested in Boulder Logic

Sagewood Advisors

1 Total Closed Deal

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Sagewood Advisors is a boutique strategic advisory firm focused on exit strategy, business succession, and strategic mergers & acquisitions transactions.

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Jan 2023 Advised a privately owned rural hospital in its sale to a PE-backed national healthcare group

Forbes Securities Group

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The Forbes Securities Group is a market leading boutique investment bank. We are hyper focused on businesses that have strong growth outlooks and solid foundations of market leadership, compelling and enduring business models, and attractive sectors.We’ve built a different model to create extraordinary results for these elite companies. We work with a select few clients each year, swarm them with deep senior experience and expertise, and engineer customized processes using unconventional techniques to move quickly and deliver maximum value.Our typical clients range in size from $25 - $750…

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Corporate Development Capital

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Corporate Development Capital, LLC provides a full range of investment banking services to smaller and middle-market clients in a wide variety of industries. These range from traditional mergers & acquisitions, to corporate capitalizations, to financial advisory services.CDC provides investment banking services to a wide range of lower middle-market clients, with a special emphasis on:Energy - New, Traditional and RenewableIntellectual PropertyReal Estate Development FundingMedia and New MediaPublishingTelecommunicationsSatellite and InternetManufacturingConstructionBusiness ServicesMergers &…

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Integris Partners

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Sarowdin Partners, LLC

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Sarowdin Partners is a nationally oriented investment banking firm providing senior level, Wall Street quality expertise to companies at the lower end of the middle market.

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This member has no reported closed transactions.

Firms in the Colorado Investment Banks directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Colorado Investment Banks is $5M-$40M, with a core EBITDA range of $500K-$4M. Company size can be an important indicator of fit, as firms often concentrate their experience, resources, and transaction activity within particular segments of the market.

Location can be an important consideration, but it does not necessarily define where a firm is active. Firms based in Colorado may bring regional knowledge, local relationships, and experience with businesses in the area, while many also pursue opportunities across a broader geographic footprint. Geography is best considered alongside sector focus, company size, and relevant transaction activity.

Not necessarily. A firm’s location does not always define its geographic reach. Many Investment Banks based in Colorado are active across multiple regions, while firms based elsewhere may also participate in the Colorado market. Location can provide useful context, but it should not be interpreted as a firm’s geographic boundary.

When comparing Investment Banks in Colorado, consider factors such as sector focus, size range, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 25 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

Axial can help you identify and connect with firms based on your objectives and what you are looking to accomplish. The process varies depending on your role and transaction needs. If you are interested in connecting with firms in the Colorado Investment Banks directory, you can request information here.

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