Top Steel Products Investment Banks

GulfStar Group

73 Total Closed Deals

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GulfStar is one of the leading middle market investment banking firms in the United States. We help business owners succeed by offering a level of negotiation experience, strategic and valuation insights and transaction guidance you simply won’t find elsewhere or doing it yourself. How? We recruit top talent and foster a culture that is personally invested in the results we help our clients achieve. Our services include mergers and acquisitions, private placements, and financial advisory services. To date, GulfStar has completed more than 700 transactions involving buyers and sellers from…

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• Apr 2016 Advised Cactus Fuel, LLC in its sale to Hastings Equity Partners
• Mar 2016 Advised Gibson Applied Technology & Engineering, Inc. on an investment from Morgan Stanley Credit Partners
• Dec 2015 Advised The Infinity Group in its sale to Wood Group
• Dec 2015 Advised XL Parts in its sale to Marubeni America Corporation

MelCap Partners

62 Total Closed Deals

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MelCap Partners, LLC is an independent, private investment-banking firm providing financial advisory services to middle market companies, including sell-side and buy-side advisory services, the private placement of debt & equity capital, and general advisory services. MelCap focuses on middle market transactions between $10 million and $250 million. Please see our website for additional information (www.melcap.com).

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• Feb 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Feb 2024 Advised Performance Produce, LLC in its sale to GrubMarket, Inc.
• Nov 2023 Advised Selinsky FORCE in its sale to KLH Capital
• Nov 2023 Advised Crozier Welding, LLC in its sale to Confidential Company

VRA Partners, LLC

51 Total Closed Deals

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VRA Partners is an independent investment banking firm that focuses on providing merger and acquisition advisory services to leading middle-market companies and private equity groups located throughout the U.S. VRA Partners also assists companies with raising capital for growth, acquisitions, recapitalization, going-private and management buy-out transactions, as well as provides fairness opinions, valuations and strategic advisory services. The professionals of VRA Partners have completed more than 550 transactions with aggregate transaction value in excess of $40 billion across a broad…

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• Aug 2023 Advised Advanced Practice Education Associates, Inc. in its sale to Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC
• May 2023 Advised SquareMouth in its sale to Specialty Program Group, LLC
• Apr 2023 Advised Modus eDiscovery Inc. in its sale to Repario
• Sep 2022 Advised Business Intelligence Associates in its sale to HaystackID

Dresner Partners

50 Total Closed Deals

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Dresner Partners is a middle market investment bank specializing in mergers & acquisition advisory, financial restructuring and corporate turnarounds, institutional private placements of debt and equity, valuation and strategic consulting. Our clients are middle market companies operating both in the U.S. and internationally. We are deeply committed to exceeding client expectations and maintaining the highest levels of integrity. Our experienced professionals have the foresight necessary to navigate through highly complicated transactions to maximize value for our clients. The Firm's…

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• May 2023 Advised Vic West Importers d/b/a Grandpa Gus' in its sale to VCM Products
• Mar 2015 Advised Damian Services Corp on an investment from Sterling Bancorp
• Jul 2014 Advised Guardian Industries on an investment from Altra Industrial
• Mar 2014 Advised G2 Partners in its sale to Excellere Partners

Cassel Salpeter & Co.

47 Total Closed Deals

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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 Dillard Anderson Group

44 Total Closed Deals

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The Dillard Anderson Group specializes in providing acquisitions and exit strategies for the owners of mid-market oil and gas service, manufacturing and business services companies. Our sole objective is to assist the owner in realizing the maximum value that the market will pay for their business. Working as an agent for the owner, we analyze all aspects of each individual business including market, financial position, competition and personnel. Through our well established professional network - established over the past thirty years - qualified candidates are identified. The client company…

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• Jun 2026 Advised The Loomis Agency/iluminere in its sale to Meet The People
• Oct 2024 Advised Premier Transportation on an investment from The Hoffman Family of Companies
• Jul 2019 Advised Southwest Medical and Dental in its sale to DHPI, Inc.
• Feb 2018 Advised Excel Stimulation (Certain Assets) on an investment from Rock Hard Cementing

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The McLean Group, LLC

44 Total Closed Deals

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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

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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

FourBridges Capital Advisors

40 Total Closed Deals

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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

Carriage Hill Inc.

32 Total Closed Deals

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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

Focus Strategies Investment Banking

28 Total Closed Deals

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Based in Austin Texas, Focus Strategies has earned a reputation as a premier middle-market investment bank focused on serving the unique needs of privately held businesses seeking capital or ownership transition. Built on an impeccable reputation for high integrity, we help companies and their owners flourish by applying broad experience, industry expertise, hands-on guidance and local knowledge to maximize shareholder value. Focus Strategies specializes in merger and acquisition advisory, raising capital and providing strategic advisory services for founder-owned middle market companies. We…

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• Oct 2024 Advised Lamar Technical Services, Inc. in its sale to Think Power Solutions
• Oct 2023 Assisted Milk + Honey in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
• May 2023 Advised Trace Analytics LLC in its sale to Ingersoll Rand
• Feb 2023 Advised MSB School Services in its sale to Craftsman Capital

League Park Advisors

25 Total Closed Deals

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​League Park is a boutique investment bank that professionally and ethically advises clients on strategies aimed to maximize shareholder value. We assist middle market companies with transactions that generate value through mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, capital raising, structured finance, and outsourced corporate development.Our deep industry expertise spans business services, healthcare, industrial, retail and consumer products, specialty distribution, technology and transportation and logistics. With a unique blend of investment banking, corporate development, private…

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• Oct 2024 Advised SOSS® Door Hardware in its sale to Allegion plc
• Apr 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
• Apr 2024 Advised Arco Comfort Air, LLC in its sale to Confidential Company
• Apr 2024 Advised Childers Holding Company Inc. in its sale to Grove Mountain Partners

Romanchuk & Co.

25 Total Closed Deals

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Romanchuk & Co. is an award-winning boutique M&A investment banking firm with a focused expertise in advising companies within the energy and industrials sectors. We advise business owners on the preparation and sale of their company, assist them in identifying strategic opportunities, and help them execute upon those strategies. We specialize in providing sell-side M&A advisory services to lower middle-market companies with revenues or enterprise values ranging from $15 million to $250 million. For more information, please visit our website at www.romanchukco.com.Registered…

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• May 2024 Advised BCM & Associates in its sale to JMR Services
• Apr 2024 Advised Space City Services in its sale to Quantix
• Oct 2023 Advised Outsource Utility Construction Corp. in its sale to Jumana Capital
• Oct 2023 Advised Yates Line Co. in its sale to GridTek Utility Services

Footprint Capital

20 Total Closed Deals

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In our opinion, critical elements to providing sound advice come from experiences, a willingness to learn, and diversity. Each member of our team has followed a distinct path, giving us a view into mergers and acquisitions from all angles. These varying business perspectives include those of acquisition advisors, company owners, lenders, investors, internal strategists, accountants, and from within Fortune 500 companies. We have seen what works in successful engagements and how to predict and prevent problems in transactions. Such expertise means we can put ourselves in a client’s shoes and…

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• Dec 2023 Advised Advanced Services in its sale to Eco
• Dec 2023 Advised MRCS in its sale to Beacon Specialized Living
• Dec 2023 Advised The Basement Doctor in its sale to Tecum Equity
• Dec 2023 Advised Columbia Corrugated Box in its sale to SupplyOne

Brock Capital Group, LLC

20 Total Closed Deals

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Employing the unparalleled collective experience and relationships of its 45+ managing directors, Brock Capital Group offers investment banking advisory and consulting services to clients on a broad variety of matters at the most senior level. Brock partners include former heads of investment banking groups at global Wall Street firms as well as C-level executives and directors of Fortune 500 companies. No other firm brings the same level of expertise to middle market clients. Services include advising and leading private company sales, corporate spin-outs, management buy-outs, private…

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• Dec 2014 Advised WesTest Engineering Corporation in its sale to Rantec Power Systems
• Nov 2014 Assisted Aerofleet in securing debt financing from Board Advisory
• Mar 2014 Advised Exosome Diagnostics on an investment from Qiagen
• Jan 2014 Advised Chrysler Group LLC in its sale to Fiat North America LLC

Business Capital

14 Total Closed Deals

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Business Capital is a leading commercial finance and debt restructuring firm specializing in arranging customized debt based solutions for rapidly growing as well as distressed small and middle market companies nationwide who require a unique, timely and tailored financing structure to address their particular needs. In situations where conventional capital sources are not an option, Business Capital has repeatedly delivered financial solutions to a broad assortment of private and public companies seeking additional liquidity.

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• Jun 2015 Assisted Ice Cream Manufacturer in securing debt financing from Confidential
• May 2015 Advised Hortau on an investment from Confidential Capital Provider
• Mar 2015 Assisted General Engineering Contractor in securing debt financing from Confidential
• Feb 2015 Assisted Frozen Treats Mfgr. in securing debt financing from Confidential

Szymon Zephan Capital

13 Total Closed Deals

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Our mission is to help our clients succeed in all of their endeavours. At Szymon Zephan Capital, every customer is important. And our reputation hinges on the fact that we treat even our smallest clients with the same respect and diligence we would treat our largest clients. We earn the trust of our clients and our lenders by our actions every single day. An independent financial advisory firm serving clients with sound advice and effective solutions to strategic and financial matters. We operate in a global network of relationships with key decision-makers in corporations, governments and…

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• Sep 2022 Assisted Confidential Company in securing debt financing from Confidential Company
• Jun 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
• Jun 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company
• Jun 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Roadmap Advisors

13 Total Closed Deals

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Roadmap Advisors is a boutique investment banking firm providing acquisition search, sell-side and advisory services:For buyers, we execute proactive, thesis-driven acquisition searches to uncover, evaluate and close acquisitionsFor sellers, we leverage our intimate understanding of the buy-side perspective to extract full value in the sale of our clients’ companiesOur corporate advisory service helps clients identify pockets of opportunity and create significant value within their operationsWe have participated in tens of thousands of transaction opportunities throughout our…

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• Oct 2024 Advised Aggregates Company in its sale to Aggregates Company
• May 2024 Assisted Foodservice Company in securing debt financing from Specialty Finance Co.
• Mar 2024 Advised Tank Cleaning Contractor in its sale to Family Office
• Aug 2023 Advised Majestic Collision & Frame Repair in its sale to Merx Truck & Trailer

Mt. Vista Capital

12 Total Closed Deals

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Mt. Vista Capital, Inc. is full-service investment banking firm providing professional merger and acquisition, financial advisory and business valuation services exclusively to middle market companies. Our middle market focus on sell-side advisory is designed to provide efficient execution of our client's transaction while maximizing value. Our financial advisory services provide assistance to our clients in structuring and sourcing the capital resources they need to fund organic or acquisition growth strategies. To support both of these service areas we also provide business valuation…

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• Oct 2013 Advised Chief Executive Boards International in its sale to Aegis Assistance, Inc
• May 2013 Advised Experienced Commercial Printing Executives in its sale to Regional Commercial Printing Executives
• May 2013 Advised Regional Healthcare Services Co. in its sale to Strategic Competitor
• Jun 2012 Advised OFM, Inc. in its sale to Gen Cap America

Quazar

12 Total Closed Deals

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Quazar Capital Corporation, founded in 1990, is a private Investment Banking firm specializing in Merger and Acquisition (M&A) services including:Sell-Side AdvisoryBusiness Planning & Exit PlanningGrowth Planning & Buy-Side Advisory, andFinancing & Deblt PlacementQuazar typically works with private and closely-held businesses with sales between $5 Million and $100 Million. There is no substitute for experience and integrity when you retain merger and acquisition professionals to help you buy or sell a company. With Quazar’s 30-plus years of successfully working with numerous companies,…

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• May 2024 Advised Brainier Solutions in its sale to ClearCompany
• Apr 2024 Advised SET Environmental in its sale to Foothills Environmental
• Apr 2024 Advised Versa-Lok Family of Companies in its sale to CC Companies and Rock Hard Landscape Supply
• May 2023 Advised Gentle Transitions of California in its sale to Corporate Relocation International