San Francisco Bay Area
Investment banker focused on advising Software & Internet companies on corporate strategy, value creation, M&A, and capital markets transaction origination and execution. Select sectors of expertise include e-commerce marketplaces, social media, advertising technology, restaurant software and marketplaces, consumer digital health, digital media, direct-to-consumer brands, and on-demand mobility. Based in NYC from 2005-2018 and SF since 2018. Select transactions include: IPOs: Lyft (Joint Bookrunner), Pinterest (Joint Bookrunner), DoubleVerify (Joint Bookrunner), VerticalScope (Lead Left Bookrunner), Bumble (Joint Bookrunner), Pubmatic (Active Bookrunner), Olo (Active Bookrunner), DoorDash (Joint Bookrunner), ZoomInfo (Joint Bookrunner), GoodRX (Joint Bookrunner), Eventbrite (Joint Bookrunner) Venture Capital / Growth Equity Financing: Moloco $150M Series C led by Tiger Global, AvePoint $100M investment from Goldman Sachs, Palantir Private Capital Raise, Silver Lake Kraftwerk’s investment in Peloton, Verafin $60M investment from Spectrum Equity, VerticalScope $45M investment from ABRY Partners M&A: Rhône’s acquisition of Wahoo Fitness, BiteSquad sale to Waitr for $300M, Apollo’s acquisition of Yahoo!, VerticalScope $310M sale to TorStar, Legacy.com sale to Great Hill Partners, Naylor Media sale to RLJ Equity Numerous LBO & acquisition finance transactions (Platinum Equity / Cision, Omnitracs, Endurance International / Web.com, Blackstone / Bumble, Silver Lake / Quorum Business Solutions, Apollo / Yahoo!), convertible notes (Dropbox, Redfin, Eventbrite, Lyft), Direct Listings (Slack, Squarespace, Palantir), SPACs (GPAC II, Crown PropTech Acquisitions, Vivid Seats de-SPAC)