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Osprey Capital Partners

Investment Bank
  • 11 Total Closed Deals
OUR STORYOsprey Capital Partners is a leading Mid-Market Investment Bank. Operating since 1998, we have consistently provided Canadian companies and their stakeholders with best in class M&A and Financial Advisory services. With thousands of capital sources and strategic relationships, and a proven proprietary process, we work to provide our clients with the best possible outcome, whether they Sell a Business, Buy a Business, or Finance a Business.Welcome to Osprey Capital.OUR SERVICESOur success in servicing our clients’ M&A, financing and strategic requirements is a…
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Salem Partners LLC

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
Salem Partners is a leading Los Angeles-based investment bank and wealth management firm. We build relationships using our judgment, objectivity and expertise to create significant long-term value for our clients.Our investment banking professionals leverage extensive domain knowledge and industry relationships to provide insightful strategic advice and successful transaction execution.Salem Partners’ media and entertainment practice acts as true specialists for clients that finance, produce and distribute media content. We have designed a full suite of specifically tailored investment…
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Livingstone Partners

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
Livingstone is an international mid-market M&A and debt advisory firm with offices in Beijing, Chicago, Düsseldorf, London, Los Angeles, Madrid and Stockholm. We have deep industry expertise, and extensive global coverage, with dedicated teams across our offices serving five segments: Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial, and Media & Technology.
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Mirus Capital Advisors, Inc.

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
Successful business owners have turned to Mirus Capital Advisors for more than 30 years to help them realize their ultimate accomplishment – the sale of their business. Mirus is a leading New England based firm with over 300 closed transactions focused on providing exceptional investment banking services to our middle-market clients. As a middle-market investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions, Mirus drives successful deals for companies in the consumer, industrial, business services, healthcare and technology industries. Mirus has proven time and again that its deep industry…
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Turnstone Investment Banking

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
Founded on decades of trusted advisory experience, Turnstone Investment Banking is a leading independent investment banking firm serving family and founder owned businesses across the Midwest and throughout the United States. Headquartered in Kansas City, the firm combines senior-level attention, deep transactional expertise, and a relationship-driven approach to guide clients through complex and transformative business decisions.Turnstone is a FINRA-registered investment banking firm, and the team brings more than a century of combined experience across mergers and acquisitions, capital…
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Viant Capital

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
Viant Capital is a San Francisco-based boutique investment bank committed to providing emerging growth and small to mid-market companies with high quality strategic advisory and capital raising services. Since 1998, Viant Capital has consistently produced superior outcomes for our clients and their shareholders. Leveraging decades of strategic, financial, and operational experience, our professionals provide each of our clients with in-depth industry knowledge and expert advice on the optimal way to approach strategic and financing processes. We believe in developing strong relationships with…
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CCC Investment Banking

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
CCC Investment Banking is one of Canada's leading independent mid-market investment banks. Our focus is serving the successful owners of private businesses, but our clients also include small and mid-cap public companies as well as divisions of larger companies. We are known for developing innovative solutions that create value. Our entrepreneurial spirit and never-quit attitude distinguish us from others. The result is a 35-year track record of successfully completing transactions. CCC provides expert advisory services in the following areas: Mergers and acquisitions, including management…
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GT Securities

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
GT Securities provides investment banking services to emerging and middle market companies. We specialize in raising equity and debt capital and in executing acquisition, divestiture, and merger transactions for our clients. Our unique approach leverages Growthink's two core services — growth strategy consulting and corporate finance to provide unparalleled corporate advisory and capital raising services. GT Securities is the broker - dealer affiliate of Growthink, and is a member of FINRA and SIPC. Most boutique investment banks focus solely on corporate finance services and they fail to…
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Westlake Securities

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
Westlake Securities is a middle market investment bank founded in 2003 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. Westlake’s principals come from diverse backgrounds advising, operating and investing in middle market companies. Our clients benefit from the team’s deep understanding of deal strategy, operational improvements, equity value creation and transaction process. We view our clients as partners, working closely with them to develop a sincere understanding of their goals and drivers of their business to determine what it will take to create the growth and/or liquidity desired.
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Artesia Capital, LLC

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
Artesia Capital is a boutique investment bank and M&A advisory firm focused on securing debt and equity for middle-market and upper-middle-market companies. Artesia also offers advisory and investor relations services. We specialize in Consumer Products, Food and Beverages, Distilleries, Wineries, Retail, eCommerce, Packaging, Cannabis and CBD, Health Care, Packaging, SaaS, FinTech, Digital Media, Real Estate, Advertising, and Industrials.
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May 2024
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Sparring Partners Capital

Investment Bank
  • 10 Total Closed Deals
Sparring Partners Capital is an investment bank providing Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory and Capital Raising Services to technology-enabled companies and private equity firms. Headquartered in New York City, Sparring Partners maintains relationships globally to service its international client base. The firm works with a select number of clients to ensure a high level of service with all clients receiving senior-level attention and priority. Sparring Partners was founded in 2001 by Warren H. Spar after a successful career as a Partner at Lehman Brothers and a Managing Director at Deutsche…
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Sep 2012
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Dec 2011
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Dec 2010
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Now Capital Partners

Investment Bank
  • 9 Total Closed Deals
Now Capital Partners is a full-service investment bank specializing in capital raise, M&A, and long-term capital planning. The Now Capital team consists of experienced and knowledgeable finance professionals who have an extensive track record of success in lower- and middle-market capital raise and M&A transactions.
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Nov 2025
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CriticalPoint Partners

Investment Bank
  • 8 Total Closed Deals
CriticalPoint Partners (CPP) is an M&A Advisory Firm and Investment Bank, headquartered in Los Angeles. Focused on sourcing, negotiating and executing a range of transactions for our clients, we strive to enhance shareholder value through acquisitions, or to maximize proceeds in a business sale. We take a long-term view with respect to our clients and build partnerships that span the course of multiple transactions. CPP was founded upon the core principle of providing world-class strategic advice to lower middle market companies. As experienced principal investors, we bring decades of deal…
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Nov 2014
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Nov 2013
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Black Legend Capital

Investment Bank
  • 7 Total Closed Deals
At Black Legend Capital, we have the ability to provide an attractive assortment of financial ventures. We partner with corporations and management teams to provide strategy and consulting resources to build and grow great companies and asset-based projects. We have facilitated several industry projects to generate leading returns for our clients.Black Legend Capital was formed in 2011 by senior bankers formerly with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Duff & Phelps.Through tenure with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Duff & Phelps, the senior members of the BLC team have completed…
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Apr 2015
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Growth Venture Partners

Investment Bank
  • 7 Total Closed Deals
We focus on proprietary lower- and middle-market opportunities, involving private companies and its stakeholders whom are seeking financing via private placements or strategic investments, as well as liquidity via the secondary market, buyouts or M&A. Our unique and robust network of institutional and strategic investors have capabilities of combining timely execution of transactions, creative deal structuring, complex negotiations, perceptive market insight and in-depth qualitative and quantitative analyses. As a trusted partner, we adhere to high standards, place strong emphasis on…
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Oct 2024
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Dec 2012
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Clear Capital Advisors

Investment Bank
  • 6 Total Closed Deals
CLEAR CAPITAL ADVISORS is a Los Angeles-based financial advisory firm focused exclusively on the needs of management and shareholders. We provide the full spectrum of merger, acquisition, capital raising, and strategic advisory services to middle market and emerging growth companies. We work closely with our clients to understand all facets of their business as well as their objectives. We use our substantial transaction experience and market insight to design a specific plan of action to achieve our client's strategic and financial goals. We have an outstanding record of delivering…
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Sep 2013
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Apr 2013
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The Chicago Corporation

Investment Bank
  • 6 Total Closed Deals
The Chicago Corporation is an independent Chicago-based investment banking firm focused on providing middle-market companies with a range of financial and corporate advisory services including merger and acquisitions, institutional debt and equity capital raising, and financial restructuring. The Chicago Corporation leverages the broad experience of its team to evaluate and implement financial strategies designed to maximize the value of a client's business. The firm is committed to a "client-first" approach, which ensures that its professionals work together to find the best market-based…
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Jul 2017
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May 2014
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Mid-States Advisors, Inc

Investment Bank
  • 5 Total Closed Deals
Mid-States Advisors is a family-owned boutique financial and business advisory firm that focuses on middle-market businesses looking for assistance with Mergers & Acquisitions, Debt Placement, and Fractional CFO services.Mid-States Capital, our predecessor entity, was founded in 1995 by Joe Alam Sr. after a successful career as a CPA and turnaround specialist. Mid-States Capital’s services focused on debt placement solutions for middle-market businesses dealing with unique or difficult issues, including workouts, highly-leveraged transactions, and high-growth situations.​In 2015,…
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Salomon Whitney LLC

Investment Bank
  • 5 Total Closed Deals
Our investment banking products are tailored to various client needs. Developing a thorough understanding of our client’s specific goals and evaluating the market dynamics of various industry sectors, we strive to provide unbiased finance solutions.​Our ability to analyze all aspects of our client companies and assess the feasibility of all corporate finance options, allows us to recommend a solution tailored specifically for our clients. Building strong relationships with major institutional, strategic and corporate investors are powerful resources used to implement our corporate…
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Primary Capital Inc

Investment Bank
  • 4 Total Closed Deals
Primary Capital LLC (PC) is a full service investment banking firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and a member of both the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). We provide a broad range of banking and advisory services with a focus on the needs of small to midsized public companies and late stage private companies. We provide direction, capital, and strategic relationships to companies that meet our criteria. Our range of services also includes providing fairness opinions in connection with…
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