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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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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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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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OEM Capital

Investment Bank
  • 7 Total Closed Deals
OEM Capital has emerged over the past two decades as an international leader in mergers and acquisitions and capital raisings for smaller mid-cap firms engaged in the information technology and electronics industries. Through our worldwide affiliates we offer our clients the benefits of approximately 300 dealmakers at 60 firms in 40 countries, dealmakers who successfully close hundreds of transactions each year. Our contacts include approximately 150,000 top industry executives to whom we have ready access while our database includes over 40,000 companies active in the IT and electronics…
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Jun 2013
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Mar 2012
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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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Peter A Sokoloff & Co

Investment Bank
  • 6 Total Closed Deals
Peter A. Sokoloff Co.primarily advises on corporate mergers and acquisitions within specific industries in which the firm has deep knowledge and relationships. Founded in 1997, the firm has achieved international standing by covering the vital industries of Security and Telecommunications.Within Telecommunications our firm specializes in MA of the vendors who provide software and services to carriers and enteprrises. Our Security practice includes hardware, software and services businesses who provide physical and logical security products and services to protect Homeland Security,…
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May 2017
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Jun 2013
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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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RHK Capital

Investment Bank
  • 4 Total Closed Deals
The Investment Banking Group at Trust Advisory Group offers a wealth of Wall Street experience through our seasoned professionals to the underserved small cap company sector and start-up companies as well. We have successfully funded both public and private companies. We offer equity and debt financing to help further the growth of companies that are often overlooked by the larger investment banking firms. Structured finance vehicles have also been used to achieve the needs of larger companies, while creating specific advantages that enhance their balance sheets.
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Jul 2014
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AllianceOne Enterprises

Investment Bank
  • 4 Total Closed Deals
AllianceOne Enterprises (“AllianceOne Enterprises” or “AOE”) is a boutique investment banking and financial advisory firm providing a specific range of services primarily to lower to middle market companies (enterprise values ranging from $5 million to $50 million). Since 1983, the professionals of AllianceOne Enterprises have worked with smaller companies of select sectors throughout the United States by evaluating and effecting both capital market and strategic transactions (mergers/acquisitions/divestitures).    AOE’s principals have a unique and complementary set of…
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Feb 2026
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RA Capital Advisors

Investment Bank
  • 2 Total Closed Deals
RA Capital Advisors is a leading private investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private financings, shareholder matters, restructurings and crisis situations for clients ranging from middle market companies to the Fortune 500. Founded in 1988, the firm has served as financial advisor on some of the most significant and complex transactions in U.S. corporate history. RA Capital Advisors is a private investment bank. TRUSTED ADVISORS Since inception, RA Capital Advisors has consummated transactions on behalf of our advisory clients with an aggregate value in excess of $60…
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Aug 2011
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Aug 2011
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Boustead Securities, LLC

Investment Bank
  • 2 Total Closed Deals
Boustead's bankers offer a wide range of capital market transactions -Raise equity for late-stage private or small cap public companies -Arrange senior or junior debt for US or international operations -Complete M&A projects efficiently and at best values -Assist with stock buybacks, M&A defense reviews, exchange offers, etc.
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Gar Wood Securities, LLC

Investment Bank
  • 2 Total Closed Deals
Gar Wood Securities Private Capital Group extends the firm’s capital raising efforts to US middle market private companies seeking early stage funding, growth capital, recapitalization or funding for special situations. Via a network of institutional investors, family offices and investment advisors the placement team at Gar Wood is able to provide cost-effective access to capital solutions in an underserved segment of the industry.Industry FocusOur investor base is diverse and therefore enables Gar Wood Private Capital Group to engage clients across many sectors: alternative energy,…
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Nov 2025
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4Front Capital Partners

Investment Bank
  • 2 Total Closed Deals
4Front Capital Partners is a boutique investment & merchant bank that focuses on raising capital for midsize Canadian and U.S companies. We screen deals for quality and help real capital meet real investment return opportunities. General StatsAmount raised in past 24 months: $200MMNumber of raises: 5Average size of raises: $40MM Total number of investments: 7
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Sep 2017
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Marber Capital

Investment Bank
  • 2 Total Closed Deals
Marber Capital assists private companies from post-seed to middle market to prepare for capital raising (debt and equity), execute the raise, and then implements or enhances finance infrastructure and risk management procedures to grow the business. Mr. Berman has over 25 years’ experience in finance, first as an equity analyst covering manufacturers in Japan, then on the buy side with the Rockefeller family office doing deep-dive fundamental analysis, valuation and modeling for potential investment. His management experience began in the securities industry where he first led a small team…
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