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Food, Beverage & Tobacco Investment Banks

268

Active Firms

459

TTM Deal Flow

$3M-$27M

Core Revenue Range

$500K-$4M

Core EBITDA Range


California 12%
Florida 8%
Texas 8%
New York 6%
Illinois 5%

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

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Tully & Holland is a boutique investment banking firm founded in 1992 that provides financial advisory services to the consumer sector. Tully & Holland consistently ranks among the nation's most active investment banks in the Food & Beverage, Direct Marketing and Retail sectors. The firm offers merger and acquisition advisory, management buyouts, private placements and valuation services. The firm focuses on the middle market and typically handles transactions between $10 million and $200 million.

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  • Jul 2024 Advised Indie Lee in its sale to American Exchange Group
  • Jun 2024 Advised Venus Wafers, Inc. in its sale to Circumspect Capital
  • Jul 2023 Advised Nikon in its sale to Avonix Imaging
  • Mar 2021 Advised Vermont Coffee Company in its sale to Stonewall Kitchen
Cassel Salpeter & Co. LLC is an independent investment banking firm that provides advice to middle market and emerging growth companies in the U.S. and worldwide. Together, the firm’s professionals have more than 100 years of experience providing private and public companies with a broad spectrum of investment banking and financial advisory services, including: mergers and acquisitions; equity and debt capital raises; fairness and solvency opinions; valuations; and restructurings, such as 363 sales and plans of reorganization. Cofounded by James Cassel and Scott Salpeter, the firm provides…

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  • May 2024 Advised Intergalactic in its sale to Aldevron LLC
  • Apr 2024 Advised Bird in its sale to Third Lane Mobility Inc.
  • Dec 2023 Assisted Healthly LLC in securing debt financing from Corbel Capital Partners
  • Feb 2021 Assisted Plantation Boat Mart & Marina, Inc. in securing debt financing from Capital Provider
The McLean Group is an investment bank providing mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital formation, market intelligence, business valuation, litigation support and exit planning services to middle market businesses. Headquartered in Washington, DC's technology, communications and government contracting corridor, we are among the largest independent middle market investment banks in the nation. The McLean Group has a presence in more than 30 cities in the US and Canada, serving domestic and international clients with a broad resume of successfully consummated financial transactions. Our…

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  • Jun 2019 Advised CDM Fitness Holding in its sale to Spanos Barber Jesse & Co
  • Jun 2019 Advised KeyLogic in its sale to IIA Technologies
  • Apr 2019 Advised Trowbridge & Trowbridge, LLC in its sale to Enlightenment Capital
  • Mar 2019 Advised Phacil in its sale to ByLight

XLCS Partners

42 Total Closed Deals
XLCS Partners, Inc. is an independent investment banking firm that provides M&A advisory, capital raising and debt advisory for select clients globally. Middle market companies and private equity funds rely on our creative solutions, thoughtful insight and truthful advice when considering exiting their companies, making strategic acquisitions, partnering with private equity sponsors and raising debt or equity capital.and raising debt or equity capital..

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  • Apr 2017 Advised SSP Innovations on an investment from Warren Equity Partners
  • Dec 2016 Advised Broken Arrow Communications in its sale to Blue Sage Capital and Private Equity Capital Corporation
  • Nov 2016 Advised The Industrial Graphics Division of GSI Technologies in its sale to Cypress MultiGraphics
  • Nov 2016 Advised White Distribution & Supply in its sale to Slate Capital Group
ROTH is an investment banking firm dedicated to the small-cap public market. Since its inception in 1984, ROTH has been an innovator in this market. Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, ROTH has regional offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle and New York as well as Hong Kong Limited international office. ROTH is a privately owned firm that has built a culture of success and innovation. Our approach is driven by our current principals, who are not only the owners of the business but most of whom have been with us for more than 10 years. Our goal has always been to service the needs of…

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  • Oct 2017 Advised Coban Technologies in its sale to Safe Fleet
  • Sep 2017 Advised Renesola on an investment from Renesola
  • May 2016 Advised Joolz on an investment from Gimv
  • May 2016 Advised Eureka on an investment from KarpReilly Ltd.
FourBridges Capital is an investment banking firm that serves business owners across the Southeast. We act as the interface between our clients and the capital markets, helping them to identify potential investors or acquisition targets and successfully complete transactions. Our senior professionals draw on both expertise in investment banking and experience as C-level executives, and they have spent most of their careers serving the middle market. For information regarding our past deals, please visit: fourbridgescapital.com/transactions

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  • Jul 2025 Advised Metro Plumbing Heating and Air in its sale to USA Hometown Experts
  • Apr 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
  • May 2024 Advised Available Plastics Inc. in its sale to Confidential Company
  • Jan 2024 Advised Southeast Lineman Training Center in its sale to Warren Equity Partners

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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
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

CoveView Advisors

37 Total Closed Deals
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
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
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

Carriage Hill Inc.

32 Total Closed Deals
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

Kreshmore Group

32 Total Closed Deals
Kreshmore Group (KG) started operations in 2009 and has grown to become a leading restructuring and M&A advisory firm serving clients nationwide. The firm serves myriad niche industries while focusing on lower-middle & mid-market companies within the continental United States. Headquartered in Lemont, Illinois, with offices in Chicago, Illinois and Naples, Florida, KG assists clients in restructures/turnarounds, workouts, recapitalizations, M&A, real estate capital markets and real estate asset management, business sale prep, senior and subordinated debt structuring, diligence…

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  • Nov 2025 Assisted SIENA LAKE in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
  • Oct 2025 Advised Sackett in its sale to MTC Do More
  • Sep 2025 Assisted Planet Group Inc in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
  • Aug 2025 Assisted PROMETCO in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
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

30 Total Closed Deals
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, 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

29 Total Closed Deals
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 ("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. (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 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

Frequently Asked Questions

How are Investment Banks in this directory ordered?

Firms in the Food, Beverage & Tobacco 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.

What information is included in each Investment Bank profile?

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.

What company sizes are most common for Food, Beverage & Tobacco Investment Banks?

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Food, Beverage & Tobacco Investment Banks is $3M-$27M, 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.

How important is Food, Beverage & Tobacco experience when evaluating Investment Banks?

Relevant Food, Beverage & Tobacco experience can be an important consideration when evaluating a firm. Familiarity with the sector can provide a stronger understanding of its business models, market dynamics, valuation considerations, and transaction environment. The 268 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Food, Beverage & Tobacco.

Do all Investment Banks in this directory focus exclusively on Food, Beverage & Tobacco?

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Food, Beverage & Tobacco Investment Banks directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Food, Beverage & Tobacco, rather than an exclusive sector focus. Individual profiles provide additional context on each firm’s areas of focus and activity within the sector.

How do I compare Investment Banks with experience in Food, Beverage & Tobacco?

When comparing Investment Banks with experience in Food, Beverage & Tobacco, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 268 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

How do I connect with Food, Beverage & Tobacco Investment Banks?

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 Food, Beverage & Tobacco Investment Banks directory, you can request information here.


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