Croft & Bender, an Atlanta-based investment banking firm, is pleased to announce that Matt Veal has joined the firm as a Vice President. Matt joins Croft & Bender with nearly 10 years of investment banking experience.
Prior to joining Croft & Bender, Matt was a Vice President at Lincoln International, a middle market investment bank headquartered in Chicago, IL. During his three years at Lincoln, Matt was involved in 20 M&A and capital raising transactions. Matt was a member of Lincoln’s Healthcare Group and also executed transactions across a variety of other industries, including business services, consumer and industrials. Prior to Lincoln, Matt was a member of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey’s Energy & Power Investment Banking Group in Atlanta, GA. Matt earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Finance from Wake Forest University.
Ronnie Goldman, Managing Director with Croft & Bender, noted, “Matt will be a great addition to Croft & Bender. He brings a variety of advisory and capital raising experience with public, privately-held and sponsor-backed businesses. We expect Matt to play a key role in the firm’s continued growth.”
Matt Veal commented: “It’s a great time to be joining Croft & Bender as the growing firm has recently expanded to a new office and made several key hires. Croft & Bender’s three straight record years and continued robust deal activity, along with the firm’s outstanding reputation for client service, affirmed my decision to join the team. I am very excited to have the opportunity to support the firm’s continued growth and to build on my career at such a solid platform.”
About Croft & Bender
Since 1996, Croft & Bender has provided superior M&A, capital raising, and financial advisory services to middle market and emerging growth companies with enterprise values of $25 to $250 million or capital raising needs of $10 to $75 million. We provide advisory services on both sell-side and buy-side assignments. With institutional relationships across the country, we also help companies raise equity or debt capital, whether for growth or the recapitalization of existing shareholders. We also provide advisory services for a broad range of business situations to help business owners, directors and management teams assess critical strategic issues that impact shareholder value.
In addition, through C&B Capital, the firm manages three growth equity funds with over $70 million under management. C&B Capital typically participates as a co-investor on transactions with other institutional investors.
For more information, please visit www.croft-bender.com.
