Genesis Capital
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Genesis Capital is an independent investment banking
firm dedicated to working with public and private companies, family owned businesses and institutional investors to achieve their strategic initiatives. Genesis Capital has expertise in mergers and acquisitions
and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, going private transactions, recapitalization, capital raises, restructuring
, and bankruptcy related work.
Since its establishment in 2003, Genesis Capital has advised public companies such as Northrop Grumman , Spectrum Brands , Choicepoint , Starwood Hotels and Resorts , and Lodgian , and family owned businesses, including The Paradies Travel Shops, Herschend Family Entertainment Group, and Jackson Healthcare.
to under $50 million of enterprise value
and has completed transactions ranging from over $1 billion to under $25 million.
, and a member of that firm's Management Committee. At Robertson Stephens, Jonathan's primary responsibilities included managing the firm's global investment banking activities for the Software Group, Electronic Manufacturing Products and Services Group and Energy Technologies Group. He also served on the firm's Fairness Opinion Review Committee and managed the Atlanta office and activities in the Sunbelt Region of the United States. Prior to joining Robertson Stephens, Mr. Goldman was a Managing Director with the Robinson-Humphrey Company which was later acquired by SunTrust , where he headed the Healthcare Group. From 1987 to 1995, Jonathan was in the investment banking group of Credit Suisse First Boston
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Industrial and Defense:
Technology:
Consumer Retail:
Business Services:
Telecom/Media:
Energy Technology:
Real Estate:
The firm has completed transactions for several global businesses and has also completed numerous cross-boarder transactions, providing additional relationships and expertise with international operations and acquirers.
Investment banking
An investment bank is a financial institution that assists individuals, corporations and governments in raising capital by underwriting and/or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities...
firm dedicated to working with public and private companies, family owned businesses and institutional investors to achieve their strategic initiatives. Genesis Capital has expertise in mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin, or a new field or...
and divestitures, leveraged buyouts, going private transactions, recapitalization, capital raises, restructuring
Restructuring
Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs...
, and bankruptcy related work.
Since its establishment in 2003, Genesis Capital has advised public companies such as Northrop Grumman , Spectrum Brands , Choicepoint , Starwood Hotels and Resorts , and Lodgian , and family owned businesses, including The Paradies Travel Shops, Herschend Family Entertainment Group, and Jackson Healthcare.
Mission
Genesis Capital was founded in 2003 by Jonathan D. Goldman with a mission to best serve clients by focusing on client need rather than size. Since its establishment, the firm has worked with clients in excess of $30 billion of enterprise valueEnterprise value
Enterprise value , Total enterprise value , or Firm value is an economic measure reflecting the market value of a whole business. It is a sum of claims of all the security-holders: debtholders, preferred shareholders, minority shareholders, common equity holders, and others...
to under $50 million of enterprise value
Enterprise value
Enterprise value , Total enterprise value , or Firm value is an economic measure reflecting the market value of a whole business. It is a sum of claims of all the security-holders: debtholders, preferred shareholders, minority shareholders, common equity holders, and others...
and has completed transactions ranging from over $1 billion to under $25 million.
Jonathan Goldman
Prior to founding Genesis Capital, Mr. Goldman was a Managing Director of Robertson StephensRobertson Stephens
Robertson Stephens was a San Francisco-based boutique investment bank that focused on primarily on technology companies...
, and a member of that firm's Management Committee. At Robertson Stephens, Jonathan's primary responsibilities included managing the firm's global investment banking activities for the Software Group, Electronic Manufacturing Products and Services Group and Energy Technologies Group. He also served on the firm's Fairness Opinion Review Committee and managed the Atlanta office and activities in the Sunbelt Region of the United States. Prior to joining Robertson Stephens, Mr. Goldman was a Managing Director with the Robinson-Humphrey Company which was later acquired by SunTrust , where he headed the Healthcare Group. From 1987 to 1995, Jonathan was in the investment banking group of Credit Suisse First Boston
Credit Suisse First Boston
Credit Suisse First Boston was the former name of the banking firm Credit Suisse.-History:In 1978, Credit Suisse and First Boston Corporation formed a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture called the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston...
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Industry Coverage
Genesis Capital concentrates on growth industries where it has specific experience and can leverage its network of corporate, institutional, private equity, hedge fund and family office investors. The firm's broad industry expertise gives it a unique perspective over many transaction types, enabling it to focus solely on advising its clients in a conflict free environment.Key Industry Expertise:
Healthcare:- Information Technology, Services, Medical Devices
Industrial and Defense:
- Manufacturing, Aerospace/Defense
Technology:
- Software, Hardware, Manufacturing, Semiconductors
Consumer Retail:
- Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods
Business Services:
- IT Staffing, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
Telecom/Media:
- CLECs Wireless & Facility Based Carriers, Outdoor Advertising, Radio Broadcasting
Energy Technology:
- Distributed Generation, Power Quality, Metering, UPS, Fuel Cells
Real Estate:
- Securitization, Development Financing, Acquisition
The firm has completed transactions for several global businesses and has also completed numerous cross-boarder transactions, providing additional relationships and expertise with international operations and acquirers.