Investment Banking (Industry Sector: Media & Communications)

iQ Venture Advisors' consulting services include advice on business and financial structure, on board membership and senior management, and on potential joint ventures and affiliations. Among its services iQ Venture Advisors will assist clients in the development of effective means to present themselves to the market place and potential investors.

Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for over 55 years. Headquartered in New York, with offices in over 30 cities around the world, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, as well as asset and wealth management. The firm provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

JEGI has been the leading independent investment bank for the global media, information, marketing, software and tech-enabled services sectors since 1987. Headquartered in North America, with offices in New York City and Boston, as well as London and Sydney through its partnership with Clarity (www.claritycp.com). JEGI provides clients with a global network of prospective buyers and senior decision-makers, as well as vast industry knowledge, perspective and intelligence.

Founded over 20 years ago, KBS Corporate has established itself as a leading sales advisor by adopting an approach that is truly disrupting the traditional methodologies of company sales. KBS Corporate offers a highly creative and proactive approach in order to identify prospective acquirers from across the globe. Its experienced professionals operate across most major sectors and have successfully advised on the completion of thousands of company sales.

Kidron Corporate Advisors LLC is a full service boutique investment bank specializing in cross-border emerging growth companies in the following markets: technology and media, telecom, consumer goods and financial services. Kidron offers a holistic service model that combines fundraising, independent advice and expert execution. In addition to M&A, Kidron has an in-house venture fund, which also focuses on the aforementioned industries.

Linch Capital is an Atlanta, GA-based boutique investment and merchant bank. Linch Capital assists companies seeking equity or debt growth capital, pursuing divestitures or acquisitions, or seeking other financial advisory services. Its focus is on growth companies in the technology and media, specialty finance, and consumer sectors with operations based in the Southern United States.

Mabuhay Capital Corporation provides financial advisory services and capital raising solutions to clients dealing with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), restructurings and other strategic matters. Mabuhay Capital was founded on the belief that clients, regardless of their size, value high-quality independent advice from specialists with decades of experience and a deep understanding of their companies.

Mazzone & Associates is a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm. It provides comprehensive transactional services for middle market companies, private equity groups and individuals buying and selling companies, raising capital and structuring debt. Additionally, the firm offers merchant banking services for select transactions when appropriate.

McCafferty & Company is a leading media and technology advisory firm based in Los Angeles, CA. It provides comprehensive financial advisory services in the entertainment, media and technology sectors.The firm's core expertise is grounded from a finance, valuation and operational perspective. Its industry expertise, existing network of relationships and history of successful execution provide McCafferty & Company with a unique competitive advantage to assist the clients on capitalizing on the convergence of the changes and improvements in technology.

Meta delivers high quality M&A and corporate finance advice to shareholders, management teams and corporates in the United Kingdom. Meta specialises in the delivery of company sales, management buy-outs and buy-ins, corporate acquisitions and private equity development capital transactions. Meta is the exclusive UK representative of the CDI Global M&A network, an affiliation of over fifty professional M&A specialist offices located in major economic centres across the world delivering cross-border, middle-market transactions in the sub $250m range.