[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Auctus Capital Partners is pleased to announce it has been named a Top Investment Bank from Axial, a private deal network serving professionals who own, advise, and invest in North American lower middle market companies.
“We are excited and thankful for the recognition our leadership has earned as we continue to support clients,” said Muhammad Azfar, Managing Partner of Auctus Capital Partners. “Today’s lower middle market businesses require unique, integrated approaches to manage increasingly complex needs and achieve favorable outcomes that maximize value and create steady growth.”
The 2021 Q4 ranking places Auctus in the Top 5 with a score of .97 in Axial’s League Table with surface data on investment banks to reveal their selectivity, relative attractiveness of their client’s businesses, and their overall sell-side process efficacy. The investment banks at the top are those who work with the most in-demand clients; balance breadth, selectivity, and accuracy in the buyers they engage; and generate the largest number of positive outcomes for their clients (for detailed methodology, see the end of this feature).
The 2021 Q1 ranking places Auctus in the Top 15 with a score of .93. Axial’s Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables aggregate and rank Axial sell-side M&A advisors based on their quarterly deal activity. Three factors disproportionately drive league table ranking, including 1) Client quality [based on pursuits per deal], 2) Buy-side targeting [pursuit rate per deal] and 3) Deal outcome [down-funnel LOI and closure activity].[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text][tombstone-slider][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]
Top 20 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks [Q4 2021]
Axial | January 20, 2022
We are excited to release Axial’s Q4 2021 Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables.
2021 was the strongest year on record for M&A, both on Axial’s lower middle market deal making platform, and in the broader M&A market. Recovering markets, a 2020 Covid-driven backlog of sellers, cheap financing, and heavily incentivized buyers combined to create extremely active small business M&A conditions.
M&A activity on Axial grew 31% overall in 2021:
821 investment banks brought deals to market using Axial in Q4.
See the full list of the Top 20 Investment Banks on Axial in 2021 Q1 here and in Q4 here.
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Top 20 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks [Q1 2021]
Axial | April 15, 2021
We are excited to release Axial’s Q1 2021 Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables.
Our investment banking league tables rank sell-side M&A advisors based on their Axial activity, incorporating three core M&A advisory attributes: client quality, buy-side targeting, and deal process effectiveness (for detailed methodology, see the end of this feature).
The Q1 2021 league tables also celebrate and acknowledge those advisors who successfully enabled the lower middle market’s entrepreneurs to come back to market following a year of unprecedented hardship. After sharply declining in Q2 2020, deal volume on Axial continued to consistently increase quarter-over-quarter, culminating in Q1 of this year, which posted the strongest deal volume number on the platform since 2016 (up 27% YoY).
733 investment banks brought deals to market using Axial in Q1.
821 investment banks brought deals to market using Axial in Q4.
See the full list of the Top 20 Investment Banks on Axial in 2021 Q1 here and in Q4 here.
League Table Methodology
Unlike traditional league table structures that have remained the same for years, with firms being assessed against deal volume and deal dollar volume, Axial league tables surface data on investment banks that reveal their selectivity, the relative attractiveness of their client’s businesses, and their overall sell-side process efficacy. The investment banks at the top of the Axial League Table are leaders across the following three categories:
- Client Quality: Buy-side demand for engagements represented by the advisor
- Buy-Side Targeting: The advisor’s ability to balance selectivity, accuracy, and breadth when identifying potential buyers
- Process Effectiveness: The advisor’s ability to generate positive outcomes for their client Axial League Table data incorporates and includes:
- Overall Deal Relevance: How many buy-side mandates (financial and strategic) align with the advisor’s engagements?
- Process Selectivity: How broad or narrow are the advisors’ sell-side processes relative to their peers?
- Signed NDAs: How many buyers indicate interest in each of the advisor’s engagements, measured by the number of signed NDAs.
- Buyer Referrals: Feedback we receive from buyers regarding the manner in which the advisor manages their processes.
- Closed Deals: How many deals has the advisor closed where they involved one or more Axial buyers in the process?
Together, the Top 20 Investment Banks are those who work with the most in-demand clients; balance breadth, selectivity, and accuracy in the buyers they engage; and generate the largest number of positive outcomes for their clients.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
