We are highly experienced Investment Bankers and Advisers focusing on the lower end of the middle market. Our sweet spot is companies with greater than $1.0 Million TTM EBITDA and less than $100 Million in annual revenues.
Welcome to CFA-MidWest, the oldest and largest, mid-market, mergers & acquisition advisory firm in the region. We focus on providing a full range of M&A support services for middle market companies. We are committed to delivering results for our clients.As a business intermediary, CFA represents clients in the sale, merger, purchase, and valuation of closely held businesses. We specialize in manufacturing, distribution, and service companies who have sales of $3 Million to $100 Million located throughout the USA. We have represented clients from California to New York, from Washington state…
Founded in 2010, NorthView Advisors LLC is a boutique, independent investment banking firm with offices throughout the US. We specialize in providing capital raising, M&A, and strategic advisory services to lower- middle-market businesses and private equity firms nationwide.Our DNA consists of senior professionals with diversified skill sets and extensive transactional experiences that consistently deliver superior results for our clients––clients we consider Partners.Together we handle career and company-defining transactions from start to finish while you continue to focus on running…
Skyway Capital is a leading middle-market investment bank specializing in mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, and private capital advisory services.
Vesticor Advisors was founded on the principle that owner-operated companies in the lower middle market are unique and require specialized attention and advice when considering strategic investment and exit opportunities. Vesticor Advisors provides M&A and capital raising advisory services exclusively to founder and owner-operated companies. We support clients with the expertise needed to build their business through growth acquisitions, optimize value in an exit or sale, transition ownership to family or management, divest non-core assets, or raise capital. After founding, building and…
🏆 Top 5 Lower Middle Market Investment Bank — Axial - Q1, Q2, Q3 2025🚀 Investment Banking, Rebuilt for the Real World🔧 A tech-enabled investment bank for the essential services economyIn 2024, we launched The Advisory with a simple belief:Main Street business owners deserve Wall Street-level outcomes.We’re not software for bankers. Not a listing site. Not another deal marketplace.We’re a true, full-service investment bank purpose-built for the essential services economy—HVAC, plumbing, landscaping, accounting, and the businesses that keep America running.⚠️ The…
Founded in 2000, VelocityHealth Securities operates a financial advisory firm and a middle market investment banking firm focused on growth companies within all healthcare sectors including: biotechnology, business process outsourcing (BPO), diagnostics, distribution, healthcare information technology (HCIT), healthcare services, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. VHS offers mergers and acquisitions advisory services for sponsors and companies with enterprise value transactions from $10 million to $200 million, including buy-sides, recapitalizations, sell-sides and fairness opinions. We…
Stout is a global investment bank and advisory firm specializing in corporate finance, valuation, financial disputes, and investigations. We serve a range of clients, from public corporations to privately held companies in numerous industries. Our clients and their advisors rely on our premier expertise, deep industry knowledge, and unparalleled responsiveness on complex matters.Investment BankingOur industry-focused bankers specialize in mergers and acquisitions, private capital raising, and other financial advisory services for privately held businesses, portfolio companies of private…
Stanton Park Advisors is an investment banking firm providing best-in-class business valuation, capital raising, and merger & acquisition advisory services to growth-oriented businesses worldwide.Stanton Park is led by Jon Taylor, an investment banking professional whose career has spanned Wall Street and Capitol Hill for more than 20 years. Jon has more than a decade of merger and acquisition, strategic advisory, and business valuation experience and has successfully advised clients across a broad range of industries, including government services, aerospace & defense, business services,…
The DVS Group is a boutique mergers and acquisitions firm. We're deal people - who deal with people. We find and combine the right people, the right capital, and the company. Money matters - it's just not the only thing that matters. Our client's definition of success drives our engagement.
Victory Partners is unique, unlike any other financial advisory and private equity firm serving the middle market you will find. If you walk our halls, you will not find anyone who talks with a locked jaw or wears an ascot. None of us were sitting on the fortunes of our forefathers when we set out to build a world class firm. We have earned our reputation the old fashioned way, through hard work, perseverance, and truly understanding the tenets of entrepreneurialism. Everything we have built over the last 10 years has been around celebrating the entrepreneur. Our great economy…
Taureau Group is an independent boutique investment bank providing merger and acquisition services to lower middle market companies throughout the world. Our unique capabilities provide clients with a greater number of options, leading to a higher likelihood of success: Navigation of transaction complexitiesProven collaboration and negotiation skills to ensure your needs are metA sense of urgency and a focus on creative solutions that help get deals doneSkilled target research to access an extensive network of potential buyers and sellers, both globally and domesticallyStructured marketing…
Founded in 1973, CEA has developed a reputation for consistently exceeding client expectations with a very high level of integrity and professionalism. CEA has advised on over 900 transactions in approximately 60 countries. Our clients rely on us as their trusted advisor and we take that responsibility very seriously. Every business is a derivative of something, and when you’ve been around as long as CEA, you’ve had experience in many different circumstances. In considering Business Development, Financial Advisory Services, Investment Banking or Strategic Advisory Services, CEA believes…
Merit Investment Bank is a leading boutique investment bank focused on middle market companies. We are experts in M&A transaction execution and closing. We combine decades of experience with technical expertise, tenacity, creativity, and dedication to ensure not only that a transaction is closed, but that it is closed in our client’s best interest. We deliver market-leading outcomes by applying the integrity, intelligence, insight, instinct, and intensity of a trusted advisor, with no conflicts. We provide end-to-end M&A advisory services, utilizing our…
Most Recent Transactions
Advisor
Mar 2018
Undisclosed
was acquired by
Traverse Pointe Partners
Advisor
Oct 2016
STONEFIRE Grill, Inc.
was acquired by
Goode Partners
Advisor
Nov 2015
Pro-Vac LLC
was acquired by
Peninsula Capital Partners LLC and Silver Peak Partners
Salient Finance is a corporate advisory firm providing consulting services covering business strategy, corporate development, mergers and acquisition, turn arounds, financial structuring and capital procurement services to established small and medium-sized companies based in North America. Our head office is located in Toronto, Ontario.
OneAccord Capital Advisors is a national investment bank working with business owners to transition privately owned companies and maximize the financial returns of their efforts. We specialize in owner-operated businesses in the $20-$200 million range.Our team is uniquely equipped to guide business owners because we are or have been business owners. We have sat in the owner/CEO seat, had to make the same decisions, and have firsthand experience in the sale process.Our core distinctive is an emphasis on transition instead of transaction. We emphasize candid business diagnostics &…
Westbury Group LLC is a FINRA-registered boutique investment bank with national and international reach, dedicated to providing superior financial and strategic advisory services for mid-market firms, on transactions ranging from $20 million to $900 million and above. Our financial professionals have a wealth of experience in a broad range of industries, including Technology, Healthcare, Aerospace/Government/Defense, Advanced Manufacturing and Energy. Drawing on this experience and using our specialized capabilities, our teams assist clients with mergers and acquisitions, raising debt and…
Bridgepoint Investment Banking is a market-leading boutique investment bank that serves clients over their corporate lifecycles by providing capital raising and M&A advisory solutions. Bridgepoint is a tenacious, creative and results-oriented boutique investment bank focused on impact and value creation for the companies we serve. We provide confidential, independent and unconflicted solutions and strategic advice. We have an unequivocal focus on our clients and their prosperity. We measure our performance by the long-term success of our clients.Together, Bridgepoint principals have more than…
Hyde Park Capital is one of the most active boutique investment banking firms in the United States, advising middle-market public and private companies across a wide range of industries. For more than 25 years, we have delivered trusted advisory services in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, infrastructure and project finance, fairness opinions, and strategic financial advisory engagements.Our senior bankers bring decades of experience advising founder and family-owned businesses as well as private equity backed and publicly traded companies. We are widely recognized for our expertise…
Most Recent Transactions
Advisor
Jan 2026
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists and Affiliates
was acquired by
Evolve Orthopedic Partners
Advisor
Aug 2025
Commercial Residential Aluminum
was acquired by
Garden City Equity
Advisor
Mar 2025
VitalTech
was acquired by
CoachCare
Advisor
Mar 2025
Infiniti Medical
was acquired by
CIMA Animal Health, a Portfolio Company of Incline Equity Partners
PCE is a leading investment bank that delivers M&A, ESOP, valuation, and advisory services to middle-market business owners across the U.S. With decades of experience, sector depth, and a people-first mindset, we help entrepreneurs and their advisors navigate complex transitions with clarity and confidence.From growth planning to exit strategy, we’re more than dealmakers — we’re long-term partners committed to maximizing value and preserving legacy. Headquartered in Orlando, with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, and New Jersey, our national footprint ensures local insight and…
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