Bankers: raising west-coast VC money for European tech firms

What tech banking firms would be useful to contact when looking for a Valley capital injection ($10-20MM) into a European tech firm? Is there any such thing as a league table for this? Many thanks.

 

Thanks laxmonkey.

Matrick, I am just trying to shortlist a few that would be best positioned for the situation I described above. Surely could just ring up every tech banking team but would prefer some recommendations to limit the effort..

 

What round are you on? A lot of banks don't want to be involved in earlier rounds (series A, B, C) even if they are sizeable, and the VCs really don't want them their either. Also, what sector of tech are you in? Some VC funds won't have a mandate that allows investments outside of the US.

 
brutalglide:
There are very few "top" tech M&A shops that are boutiques (especially if you don't count Lazard/Greenhill/Moelis/etc.). The only strong ones I can think of are Qatalyst (duh) and Union Square Advisors.

This is not true. There are literally dozens of very good tech focused boutique IBs. They may not be "top" as in having Wall Street Oasis name recognition, but there are plenty of good ones out there that do great work.

 
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brutalglide:
There are very few "top" tech M&A shops that are boutiques (especially if you don't count Lazard/Greenhill/Moelis/etc.). The only strong ones I can think of are Qatalyst (duh) and Union Square Advisors.

This is not true. There are literally dozens of very good tech focused boutique IBs. They may not be "top" as in having Wall Street Oasis name recognition, but there are plenty of good ones out there that do great work.

Very interesting...care to name them?

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TechBanking:
brutalglide:
There are very few "top" tech M&A shops that are boutiques (especially if you don't count Lazard/Greenhill/Moelis/etc.). The only strong ones I can think of are Qatalyst (duh) and Union Square Advisors.

This is not true. There are literally dozens of very good tech focused boutique IBs. They may not be "top" as in having Wall Street Oasis name recognition, but there are plenty of good ones out there that do great work.

I don't disagree that there are plenty of good ones that do great work. I'm simply saying if you wanna compare vs Goldman/MS TMT's of the world, there are few that have comparable name brand/recognition.

 

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