Top 5: Defense-Focused Investment Banks for Lower Middle Market

If you're interested in selling your company, finding the right advisor is important. While there are a lot of factors to consider, we believe domain expertise is the most important. Your advisor should help tell the story of your business and it's hard to do that if they don't understand it. And, nowhere is this more relevant than the Aerospace & Defense and Government Services industry, which is more technical than about any other.  

The size of the industry means there are a lot of investment banks and M&A advisors to choose from. But, finding an experienced team that is willing to work with a small business is tough - in short, there is so much demand for their services, that they can become picky when it comes to the size of their client. For that reason, we thought it would be helpful to compile a list of the best investment banks in the industry that will work with businesses with an Enterprise Value of $25 Million or less. 

Factors we considered: market presence, number of years of experience, true market expertise, flexibility to take on smaller businesses, and this one is a bit subjective but we think is pretty important: overall good people who care about their clients and the underlying mission they serve.

So, in no particular order, here is our list of the top 5 defense-focused investment banks for the lower middle-market:

1. G2 Capital Partners (Tyson's Corner, VA): www.gsquaredcap.com

2. The McLean Group (McLean, VA):         https://mcleanllc.com

3. Monument Capital Partners (D.C.): https://monumentcapitalpartners.com

4. KippsDeSanto (Tyson's Corner, VA): https://kippsdesanto.com

5. FOCUS Investment Banking (Tyson's Corner, VA): https://focusbankers.com

If you're still not seeing an option that works you, reach out to our Advisory Team at Donovan Capital Group, which may be able to help you in regards to deal origination, transaction support, and capital raise advisory.