Ridgecrest Capital Partners is a private investment bank based in the San Francisco area providing expert merger and acquisitions, capital raising and financial restructuring advisory services for leading technology and other growth companies.
Ridgecrest was founded in 2001 to address the unmet needs of middle market companies for top-quality investment banking services. The firm brings senior and experienced Wall Street investment banking talent to bear on typically smaller transactions—professional assistance that is rarely accessible in such situations. Members of our team have managed scores of financing and M&A transactions and have raised over a billion dollars for technology and other growth companies.
We offer our clients the benefit of deep sector knowledge, extensive relationships and global reach to find thoughtful and creative solutions. We look to build long-term relationships and take pride that our unique combination of experience, focus and entrepreneurial drive is producing great results for our clients.
Our clients have also been praising our work:
"Ridgecrest did a tremendous job and provided invaluable help at every
stage of the M&A process. They brought efficiency, vision, persistence,
insight, chutzpah and experience at the same time. Furthermore, they
demonstrated an impressive capacity to subtly handle multiple acquirer bids
simultaneously. We enjoyed every single minute working with them, and they
actually made the deal happen. Ces gens sont formidables."
—Emmanuel Marot, Former General Manager, MotionBridge
"Ridgecrest did a great job of strategizing and managing each stage of the
M&A process. Their patience, dependability, and sheer motivation produced
a
great result for K2 Optronics. When presented with formidable challenges,
Ridgecrest effectively developed and executed tactical solutions. They
successfully created a competitive environment and certainly did a lot of
heavy lifting throughout the deal. I am looking forward to working with the
team again."
—Raj Kapany, CEO, K2 Optronics
"Ridgecrest was retained to advise Medéa Corporation's Board of Directors in
the matter of achieving a long-anticipated 'Liquidity Event'. Medéa was not
a startup and was not profitable and so presented a serious challenge to any
banker. A case for acquisition was jointly devised and alternatives sought.
A number of offers were considered over a period of time. During the
negotiations Ridgecrest principals were unfailing in displaying energy,
ingenuity and just plain good advice. Our preferred deal closed in January
2006 and was universally applauded by board, shareholders and employees. I
would not hesitate to recommend Ridgecrest to a friend or colleague.”
—Stuart Mabon, CEO Medéa Corp (rtd)
"Ridgecrest was terrific. Their patience and professionalism was top flight.
In a very difficult M&A environment and with a new technology, Ridgecrest
was tasked with a challenge and they delivered. They successfully created
a competitive environment that probably increased our asset by value over
100%. Without them we would not have received the value and we might not
have closed. I would recommend Ridgecrest anytime, anywhere."
—Scott Broomfield,
CEO Visuale
"Ridgecrest worked with RPA Wireless through every step in the sale process.
They listened to our concerns, helped to identify our needs, developed a strategy
addressing them, assisted in developing the sales materials, identified and interfaced
with the various interested parties and, most importantly, delivered on the strategy.
We couldn't be more pleased with the resulting transaction and their effort."
—
Steven Sinn, Principal, RPA Wireless
"After spending a lot of time and money with four other investment banks,
we were fortunate enough to find Ridgecrest Capital. We gave Ridgecrest a Herculean
task--we asked them to recapitalize a microcap public company with thousands
of individual common shareholders, as well as several groups of unrelated preferred
investors. Ridgecrest was expert at mediating between many investment groups
with very different investment criteria. Ridgecrest gave us the chance to start
over as a financially healthy company, with a simplified cap structure. Ridgecrest
indeed performed a miracle on Voxware -- I hope to work with them again in the
future, and give them my highest recommendation."
—Bathsheba Malsheen, CEO
Chaoticom, former CEO, Voxware
