Top Tennessee Investment Banks with Recent Private M&A Activity

Active Firms

TTM Deal Flow

$3M-$11M

Core Revenue Range

$500K-$2M

Core EBITDA Range

Top Sectors by Activity

Consumer Goods 27%

Food & Hospitality 27%

Industrials 13%

Arts & Entertainment 7%

Business Services 7%

Key Attributes

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

VelocityHealth Securities Inc.

1 Closed Deal via Axial

2 Total Closed Deals

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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…

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May 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
May 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Frost & Company, LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal

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Frost & Co., LLC is a boutique investment bank, specializing in institutional private placements of equity, debt and mezzanine capital, strategic/ﬁnancial advisory services as well as merger & acquisition services for entrepreneurs, emerging growth and middle market companies.

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Oct 2018 Advised Undisclosed in its sale to Druid Capital Partners

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

Oaklyn Consulting

38 Total Closed Deals

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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

Corporate Finance Associates - Mid. South

13 Total Closed Deals

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CFA was ranked among the top 10 M&A Advisors for U.S. transactions under $50 million by Thomson Reuters, Corporate Finance Associates is an international investment banking firm serving middle-market businesses. For nearly 60 years, Corporate Finance Associates has been advocating on behalf of business owners who are restructuring a company, either through divestiture, merger, acquisition or recapitalization. We also frequently work with private equity firms and strategic buyers to find acquisition targets. As the whole is generally greater than the sum of the parts, a synergistic acquisition…

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Apr 2013 Advised Innovative Circuits, Inc. in its sale to High Point LLC
Dec 2012 Advised Key Staff Source in its sale to Qualified Staffing
Dec 2012 Advised n/a in its sale to n/a
Jul 2012 Advised Calco Travel, Inc.; Hotard Travel, Inc, and subsidiaries in its sale to Celerity Partners

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Seacap Advisors

3 Total Closed Deals

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At Seacap, we believe that every business is unique, and our approach is tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients. Our comprehensive suite of services includes Business Valuation, Transaction Execution, and Strategic Advisory. By leveraging our expertise and industry connections, we empower our clients to make informed decisions and maximize the value of their assets.We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding results through a commitment to integrity, professionalism, and personalized attention. We take the time to understand the intricacies of each client's business, working…

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Dec 2025 Advised Paulsen Printing Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Sep 2025 Advised Valentine Insurance Services in its sale to Oakbridge Insurance
Sep 2024 Advised Michael Hatcher & Associates in its sale to Walnut Grove Capital Partners

Bailey Southwell & Co.

1 Total Closed Deal

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Founded in 2005 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, Bailey Southwell & Co. is a partner-owned investment bank focused on providing small and mid-size healthcare and tech-enabled services businesses outstanding M&A and capital raising services. Our team of experienced professionals approach each engagement with the highest level of service, integrity, and objectivity and bring decades of industry expertise to execute complex transactions for some of the most sophisticated entrepreneurs, owner/operators, buyout groups, and strategic players.

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Jan 2018 Advised Cooper-Atkins Corporation in its sale to Emerson Electric Co.

Watercress Capital

1 Total Closed Deal

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Watercress Capital was formed with the goal of connecting Family Offices and Private Equity Groups with lower to middle-market deal flow across the United States, with a focus in the Southeast.

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Jan 2023 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Silvermark Partners

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Silvermark Partners is an investment bank providing advice and services to assist organizations with mergers and acquisitions, financings, and other strategic initiatives.

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This member has no reported closed transactions.

Pallas Partners

10 Total Closed Deals

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Pallas Partners is a boutique advisory firm focused on M&A Advisory, Strategic Advisory, and Capital Advisory for lower middle-market, privately held companies. Founded in 2007 with offices in Louisville, KY, and Nashville, TN, our senior team has experience leading companies through growth, transition, and exit.We serve:Founders and family-owned businesses seeking to maximize exit valuePrivate equity and family offices looking to divest, expand, or enhance portfolio performanceStrategic buyers and institutional investors pursuing targeted acquisition…

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Sep 2024 Advised Huncilman Sheet Metal Fabrication in its sale to NIX
Apr 2020 Advised Oliva Torras in its sale to Bracket Systems, Inc
Dec 2018 Advised Kentuckiana Allergy in its sale to Family Allergy & Asthma
May 2017 Advised Malone Workforce Solutions in its sale to Allstaff

Bayfield Partners

10 Total Closed Deals

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Bayfield Partners is a boutique investment bank serving private middle market and emerging growth companies. The firm provides M&A and capital raising services to entrepreneur and family owned companies that prefer an extra level of personal attention. Advisory services include buy-side and sell-side M&A, as well as general strategic advisory. Capital raising includes venture capital, growth equity, private equity, bank debt, private senior debt and mezzanine debt. Bayfield serves clients in all industries, including industrial, energy, gaming, healthcare, business services, consumer and…

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Jul 2023 Assisted The BlackStone Group in securing debt financing from Oxbow Carbon & Minerals
Jul 2023 Advised Core Metal Group in its sale to Ospraie
Jul 2023 Advised Mexico Metals in its sale to Marco International
Jul 2023 Advised The Academic Palm Beaches in its sale to Palm Beach Day School

Avondale Partners, LLC

1 Total Closed Deal

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Avondale's investment banking services include mergers and acquisitions advisory services, and capital raising execution on behalf of high quality public and private companies throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Our focus is on mid-size and growth companies operating in dynamic industries. The larger investment banking firms continue to demand significant deal sizes and fees, leaving the middle market companies without high quality investment banking execution. Avondale is meeting this growing need and filling the middle market void. The firm targets transactions in the $25…

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Feb 2024 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

WaveCrest Securities

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WAVECREST SECURITIES PROVIDES CAPITAL RAISING, M&AADVISORY, AND CORPORATE FINANCE SOLUTIONS.The Firm is composed of seasoned veterans from major investment banks with decades of execution experience and a track record of delivering results. Our clients are leading corporations, financial sponsors and entrepreneurs, who value our core philosophy of providing unbiased advice, senior level attention and creative solutions. Our team has deep relationships with family offices, private equity firms, hedge funds, mezzanine and senior lenders, and commercial banks.

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This member has no reported closed transactions.

Decosimo Corporate Finance, LLC

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Decosimo Corporate Finance, LLC (DCF), member FINRA, SIPC, provides sell-side and buy-side advisory services, debt and equity capital sourcing, and fairness opinions. We provide these services to a wide range of industries across the nation. We strive to build client relationships based on trust, our years of experience, and our wealth of connections. Sell-side and Buy-side advisory, sourcing debt and equity financing, fairness opinions, and business valuation. DCF is licensed broker/dealer.

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This member has no reported closed transactions.

Wunderlich Securities

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Established in 1996 in Memphis, TN, Wunderlich Securities, a full-service brokerage firm, is committed to providing a comprehensive range of professional products and services to meet the needs of individual investors as well as corporations and institutions. The Firm offers financial advisory, brokerage, equity research and investment banking services. Fixed Income broker services are provided through Wunderlich Securities Fixed Income Capital Markets and WunTrade divisions of Wunderlich Securities. The firm operates in 24 offices across 14 states and employs more than 450 professionals.

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This member has no reported closed transactions.

Data Routers

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Cardinal Hill Capital's affiliate Data-Routers is a holding company for real estate and entertainment related ventures. All are rather small businesses with disciplined focus seeking strategic growth.

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This member has no reported closed transactions.

Decosimo Corporate Finance

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DCF, LLC, member FINRA, SIPC, provides sell-side and buy-side advisory services, debt and equity capital sourcing, and fairness opinions. We provide these services to business owners from a wide range of industries across the nation. We strive to build client relationships based on trust, our years of experience, and our wealth of connections.

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This member has no reported closed transactions.

Aaron Capital

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Founded in 1989, Aaron Capital is the investment bank for family owned and entrepreneurial driven middle market companies. For over 28 years the Aaron team has provided bulge bracket quality services to its clients. As an entrepreneur owned bank we understand our client’s needs, desires and stress points. This enables us to aggressively pursue our clients’ goals and deliver superior results in each of our transactions.Our international team comprises dedicated American, European, and Asian bankers who tenaciously execute high-valuation transactions for our clients. Each of our…

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This member has no reported closed transactions.

Firms in the Tennessee 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 Tennessee Investment Banks is $3M-$11M, with a core EBITDA range of $500K-$2M. 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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee are active across multiple regions, while firms based elsewhere may also participate in the Tennessee market. Location can provide useful context, but it should not be interpreted as a firm’s geographic boundary.

When comparing Investment Banks in Tennessee, consider factors such as sector focus, size range, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 19 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 Tennessee Investment Banks directory, you can request information here.

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