In the just released 451 Group 2009 Tech M&A Banking Review, America’s Growth Capital was ranked as the most active boutique investment bank and trailed only four top bulge bracket firms. In addition, AGC was ranked #1 for the year in Security and Enterprise Networking transactions. To access the full report, click here.

 

 

AGC’s 6th Annual West Coast Conference a Hit with Companies and Investors

America’s Growth Capital held its 6th Annual Information Security and West Coast Emerging Growth Conference on March 1st and 2nd in San Francisco. We would like to thank the participants and the attendees for making this our most successful conference to date and a great environment for buyers, investors and entrepreneurs to meet, share ideas and do business. Among the highlights:

 

• 1,000+ attendees
• 285+ fast-growing companies with median revenues of $25mm
• 300+ investors from leading PE/VC/Debt/Public Equity firms
• 650+ one-on-one meetings
• Corporate and business development executives from top tech acquirers such as Cisco, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Symantec, SAP, Trend Micro and others

 

What attendees had to say:

“Thank you again for including us in the event and the incredible job of bringing together such a comprehensive group of companies and investors. I really enjoyed meeting very interesting people and seeing such a large representation of our industry brought together.”

“A quick note to say thank you for the invitation to your conference. Very impressive operation. Extremely well run and very high value for the companies, entrepreneurs and investors. It looked to me as though deals were being done everywhere.”

“Thanks so much for helping us organize our schedule at your conference. Our team met many interesting businesses and think this has been one of the most productive conferences we have been to in a long time.”

About America's Growth Capital

AGC is heading into 2010 with momentum and optimism. While 2009 was a tough year, our firm was up in revenues and profits over 2008 on 20 completed deals, including the sale of Configuresoft to EMC, the sale of Ounce Labs to IBM and the sale of reCAPTCHA to Google. This was our highest annual total since inception in 2003 and put us over the 100-transaction mark. We have added to head count and are hiring at all levels. Our firm is solely focused on discovering and working with exciting emerging growth companies to achieve their vision, whether it is to raise capital or achieve liquidity.  Our world class team stands ready to help you meet your goals.