Veteran Investment Banker John C. Siegler joins Ridgecrest
Capital Partners; Announces Opening of Seattle Office
We are pleased to announce that veteran investment banker John C. Siegler
has joined Ridgecrest Capital Partners as a Managing Director. Mr. Siegler
will open Ridgecrest’s Seattle office and continue his focus on retail,
restaurant and consumer products companies, as well as extend Ridgecrest’s
core focus in technology into the Northwest region.
John was the Founder and Managing Partner of Seattle-based Capital Run LLC,
a firm specializing in raising institutional private equity,
strategic/corporate financings, and M&A advisory services. Recent
transactions include the sales of Pacific Coast Restaurants, KJM and
Issaquah Dental; a licensing agreement between Asceptica and Tyco
Healthcare; valuations for NanoString Technologies and the Hal Smith
Restaurant Group; and private equity raises for CoolCuts 4 Kids and The
Welldunn Restaurant Group. Prior to Capital Run, John joined Volpe Brown
Whelan & Co. (later the Prudential Volpe Technology Group, a division of
Prudential Securities) in February 1999 to open VBW’s Seattle office,
establishing its private/strategic capital placement group, and directing
the B-to-B internet investment banking team focusing primarily on IPO’s and
secondaries. Prior to VBW, John was a Managing Director with Dain Rauscher
Wessels where he ran DRW’s Seattle office and Pacific Northwest Corporate
Finance operations, which included directing the Consumer/Retail Investment
Banking Team and managing DRW’s private capital placement group. John was
named to the Chairman’s Council and the 1% Club in recognition of his
outstanding accomplishments.
Prior to joining DRW in 1995, John established the private capital
organization at Piper Jaffray Inc. and helped develop the firm’s restaurant,
retailing and consumer products industry groups. Previously, he spent five
years at Montgomery Securities as head of the Private Placement Department.
He was also responsible for the Company’s $100 million venture capital
portfolio and several sectors of its software investment banking activities.
Prior to Montgomery, he structured and marketed R & D partnerships at
PaineWebber, Inc. and oversaw PaineWebber Development Corporation's west
coast office. Prior to PaineWebber, John spent four years at Aetna Life and
Casualty as a senior investment officer in a variety of buy-side investment
positions including venture capital, leverage buyouts, CATV and media
finance, technology lending and portfolio management. John serves as a
director of the Welldunn Restaurant Group and Altthera Health.
John's non-profit and community activities include serving on the Board of
Directors of the ACT Theatre (ex-President), Music of Remembrance
(ex-Chairman), the local and national chapters of The American Liver
Foundation, and Temple De Hirsch Sinai. He Co-Chair’s the Centennial
Campaign Committee of the St. Albans School for Boys (Washington D.C.), is
president of the Princeton Club of Western Washington, is the Pacific
Northwest Regional Chair of Princeton’s Aspire Capital Campaign, and is
chairman of the Northwest Chapter of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations.
John earned a BA degree from Princeton University (1977) and an MBA from the
University of Chicago (1982).
"John is one of the great bankers of his generation, and he has built a
phenomenal track record providing financing solutions for growth companies
throughout his career. His fund-raising skills and extensive network of
relationships nation-wide is an excellent addition to the firm, and will
further strengthen our position as a leading investment banking boutique.
John is also an old friend and one of my favorite people, and I’m thrilled
to be his partner,” said Joshua Rafner, Ridgecrest’s CEO.
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