Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 26, 2024

Washington, DC, (April 26, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services is honored to be named among the Top 25 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks of Q1 2024 by Axial.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 30, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a leading national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, is honored to be named among the Top Lower Middle Market Investment Banks for the third quarter of 2023 by Axial.

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Successful Acquisitions

APRIL 4, 2024

Capstone’s Abigail Iaconis Earns MMP Certification Capstone Strategic is pleased to announce that Senior Analyst Abigail Iaconis has received her certification as a Middle-Market Professional (MMP) from the Association for Corporate Growth.

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How2Exit

JUNE 16, 2024

Roger transitioned into the real estate sector, focusing on condo development and conversions, and later into corporate law, sharpening his skills in mergers and acquisitions. He is currently a key figure at GenX Capital Group, specializing in private equity and strategic roll-ups of lower market companies.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 7, 2024

Washington, DC (June 7, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, announced today that Chenega Corporation (“Chenega”) has acquired SecuriGence LLC. FOCUS represented Chenega in this transaction.

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 19, 2024

Washington, DC, (March 19, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the technology services industry by Axial, the trusted deal platform serving the lower middle market.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 21, 2024

Washington, DC, (June 21, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the industrials sector. For more information, visit www.focusbankers.com.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 2, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the consumer industry.

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M&A Leadership Council

JULY 22, 2023

Tony specializes in advising private equity and corporate investors on mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, recapitalizations and divestitures. In addition to his Big4 experience, Tony also brings extensive middle-market experience to Bennett Thrasher, having served in three top 20 middle market CPA firms.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor Baltimore, MD – September 5, 2024 – Chesapeake Corporate Advisors (“CCA”) is pleased to announce it has served as the exclusive financial advisor to Sensible Solutions and Technologies, Inc. appeared first on Chesapeake Corporate Advisors.

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 15, 2023

Washington, DC, (August 15, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that it has added two new managing directors, Mike McCraw and William R. Bill”) Snow.

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Successful Acquisitions

APRIL 7, 2023

Industry sectors in which she has assisted clients includes aerospace, biomedical devices, credit unions, HVAC, manufacturing, packaging solutions, property management, security, sporting goods, and materials distribution.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

APRIL 8, 2024

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor Baltimore, MD – April 9, 2024 – Chesapeake Corporate Advisors (“CCA”) is pleased to announce it has served as the exclusive financial advisor to SoftTech Solutions, Inc. SoftTech Solutions”), a custom software development firm that specializes in serving the U.S.

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Intrepid Banker Insights

JANUARY 26, 2023

Previously, Lorie held senior banker roles at StormHarbour Securities, Variant Capital Advisors, Seabury Group, KPMG Corporate Finance and Gordian Group. Intrepid has developed a leading middle-market advisory platform, with industry expertise across a broad range of sectors and deep institutional relationships.

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How2Exit

JULY 23, 2023

Education and training for both sellers and buyers are crucial in the market. Corporate acquirers have advantages in terms of trust and the ability to execute acquisition strategies. This presents an opportunity for corporate acquirers to play a significant role in the market.

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Tyton Partners

JANUARY 18, 2024

Corporate L&D and Staffing Transactions The corporate training landscape continues to be defined by the requirement for many employers to upskill and reskill their workforce to learn job-ready skills. This technology is still in the early innings though, as there are currently few scalable opportunities ripe for investment.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

The Top Industrials Private Equity Firms Mega-Funds and “Large” Private Equity Firms Upper-Middle-Market (UMM) and Middle-Market (MM) Firms Special Situations, Stressed, and Distressed Firms Newer / Smaller PE Firms with Some Industrials Focus How Do Industrials Private Equity Deals Work?

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 10, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that Paul Waters has joined the firm as Chief Business Development Officer. Merrill Lynch.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

OCTOBER 22, 2024

For investors that plan to finance a portion of the deal with debt, a government contracting business with visible, low-risk revenue also paves an easier path to securing financing. That makes lower middle-market government contractors desirable targets, assuming they meet all the criteria a PE group considers important.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 20, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that Bearing Distributors, Inc. Bearing Distributors, Inc.

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Focus Investment Banking

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

We’re delighted to have assisted the CORE team in securing another high-quality precision manufacturing company for their expanding PrecisionX platform” commented Jorge Maceyras, FOCUS Managing Director. “We We look forward to watching their continued growth.”

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Focus Investment Banking

MAY 16, 2024

The transaction will provide NCG’s clients with additional service capabilities (particularly in security and project management) as well as the deep knowledge base and resources of Cantey Tech’s 120+ employees. We made the right choice with Cantey Tech.”

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 17, 2024

For businesses, these providers are enabling a variety of new services ranging from videoconferencing to software defined networking and security. However, FOCUS continues to see opportunities for middle market CSPs. Furthermore, it is often the middle market CSPs that point the direction for the future of the industry.

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Focus Investment Banking

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Washington, DC (December 18, 2024) FOCUS Investment Banking (FOCUS), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, announced today that SUCCESS Computer Consulting (SUCCESS), a leader in managed IT and security services for small and medium-sized businesses, has been acquired (..)

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OfficeHours

JUNE 27, 2023

That’s the minimum time we recommend allocating to PE prep to be competitive for a megafund or upper middle market placement during on-cycle. OfficeHours coaches come from 100+ premier institutions and many have exited from banking into various industries including private equity, hedge funds, startups, and corporate development.

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Focus Investment Banking

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Speaking of beneficial owners, the Corporate Transparency Act was discussed. His work includes business sales and capital raises for middle-market companies as well as buy-side services for acquirers seeking middle-market companies.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 1, 2024

Dexterra provides quality solutions for ongoing maintenance and operations to clients in the aviation, defense and security, retail, commercial, private industry, healthcare, education and government sectors. With operations in 11 of 13 provinces and territories as well as in the U.S.,

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The Deal

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Itochu has tapped KPMG Corporate Finance Inc. Arsenal went on to sell the business to American Securities LLC, which shortly after sold it to adhesives giant H.B. Japanese conglomerate Itochu Corp. has retained financial advisers for a carve-out of small adhesives unit Helmitin Inc., sources familiar with the matter said.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

JUNE 2, 2023

That’s the topic CCA Managing Director Marty O’Neill and Shirley Collier, President of Scale 2 Market, discussed on the Growth Masters Federal podcast, which this blog recaps. Investors are still active in the M&A middle market, even in a difficult economy. Recently, those figures began drifting downward.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 11, 2024

In what was likely the period’s largest transaction, private equity firm American Securities acquired NWN Corporation from its previous private equity backers. Distributors and Logistics Services For the second straight reporting period the Distributors and Logistics Services sub sector had 11 transactions.

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Focus Investment Banking

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Like many middle market companies, Devenish didn’t have in-house counsel on the payroll, so McEntee got creative. With over three decades of M&A and corporate legal experience across the globe, Devereux has been involved with some of Ireland’s largest and most complex transactions, including the privatization of Aer Lingus.

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Tyton Partners

APRIL 10, 2024

Excolere Equity Partners is a leading middle market private equity firm that leverages its deep sector experience and strategic and operational expertise to accelerate the growth and enhance the impact of companies in the Education and Human Capital sector.

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The Deal

JULY 18, 2023

“While a select few lenders have maintained their hold size parameters, the overwhelming majority of lenders have significantly reduced their check size in response to the drop off in redemptions and repayments in their portfolios,” said Joseph Weissglass , managing director at middle market investment bank Configure Partners LLC.

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Periculum Capital

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Periculum coordinated with Densborn Blachly (lead M&A counsel; Indianapolis, Indiana), Arnall Golden Gregory (counsel for government contracting and national security matters; Washington D.C.) Periculum’s most senior transaction leaders, Chris Caniff and Sean Frazer, orchestrated every detail of the strategy employed.

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Solganick & Co.

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Joining forces with 66degrees, we will now also be able to offer our customers world-class capabilities covering cloud migrations, infrastructure, security, application modernization, and enterprise productivity. We are a firm of accomplished corporate transaction lawyers, with our shareholders averaging over twenty years of experience.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 7, 2024

If you join as a senior in university, there may still be options, but you most likely won’t win offers at the top banks and may have to target lower-middle-market and regional-boutique firms. This is not for you if you’d also be perfectly fine with a corporate banking or FP&A job offer. If your GPA is below 3.0,

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To learn more about the indicators of what makes a good ESOP, as well as the benefits and the pitfalls, I turned to Focus’ Corporate Finance Head, Bob Beard, who executes ESOPs on behalf of our clients. For a middle market company, that is somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000 annually. It's deferred.

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