Serving the investment banking needs of emerging
growth and middle market companies since 1978.
SERVICES | TRANSACTION TYPES
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
We work closely with privately held companies, management teams, boards of directors, and principals to arrange mergers & acquisitions across a variety of industries. We advise on the overall transaction process, identification and solicitation of possible buyers, as well as structuring and financing the sale. In addition to helping structure, negotiate and execute transactions, we often simultaneously arrange financing to complete the transaction.
PRIVATE PLACEMENTS & FINANCINGS
As a registered FINRA broker/dealer, we arrange equity private placements and/or debt financings in connection with growth plans, refinancings, recapitalizations, as well as mergers & acquisitions. We help companies raise working capital, long-term debt and permanent capital from venture capital funds, private equity funds, family offices, strategic investors, commercial banks, non-bank lenders, subordinated debt providers, as well as other institutional sources.
FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES
We provide a variety of financial advisory services, including corporate financial planning, advising on commercial banking relationships, joint venture financings, strategic alliances, family business planning, minority investments, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations. We also selectively render fairness opinions and valuation services for tax and audit purposes, ESOP valuations, option plans, financings or mergers & acquisitions.
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PRINCIPALS
SUMNER KAUFMAN
Sumner Kaufman founded Kaufman & Company in 1978 and currently serves as President. Mr. Kaufman’s investment banking career spans over five decades and more than 150 transactions. MORE
SETH KAUFMAN
Seth Kaufman is a Managing Director with Kaufman & Company. Prior to joining Kaufman & Company in 2002, Mr. Kaufman was a Senior Vice President at First Albany Capital, where he was responsible for...MORE
JOHN McCARTHY
We are saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague, John, who passed away August 31, 2024....MORE
NEIL H POWELL
Neil H. Powell serves as Senior Advisor to Kaufman & Company. Previously, Mr. Powell served as a partner of the private equity firm of Crescent Private Capital, a Small Business Investment...MORE
KEN R. ROSSANO
Kenneth R. Rossano serves as a Senior Advisor to Kaufman & Company. Mr. Rossano’s career in the financial industry includes twenty-eight years as a senior executive with the First National Bank of Boston...MORE
FRANK A. SOLA
Frank A. Sola serves as a Senior Advisor to Kaufman & Company. Mr. Sola has over 50 years of strategic, operational and investment experience in professional services, integration services, and...MORE
TESTIMONIALS
Our leveraged buyout of a division of Avery Dennison Corporation was on-again-off-again several times. Kaufman & Company resurrected the deal and brought together the seller and our financing sources, utilizing mutual trust and a very creative transaction structure that benefited all parties."
Dean Yannucci | CEO
WICOR Americas, Inc.
By taking time to understand our company, Kaufman & Company zeroed us in on the right type of investors for our Series D financing. Their streamlined process made the use of our time very efficient. During the process, they worked proactively with new investors and existing shareholders to create a win-win for everyone involved. Their unrelenting focus on completing the financing pushed us over the goal line."
Joshua Kruger | CEO
Tibersoft Corporation
Having used Kaufman & Company as my thought partner for several different financial purposes for over a decade, I still have not tapped the full knowledge of the firm. From strategic alliances to valuation work, the firm provides me everything I could get from a larger investment bank, but with close personal attention to my company’s needs."
Jerry Sprole | President
Leasing Technologies International, Inc.