Christian Vansant
Managing Director at Madison Park Group
- Role
- Managing Director at Madison Park Group
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christian Vansant
Accomplished investment banker and corporate development executive with 25+ years of M&A and corporate finance experience including transactional, corporate strategy/strategic planning, technology licensing, partnership development, and acquisition integration experience in Fortune 500, mid-market and emerging company settings. Bulge bracket investment banking background as well as corporate development and entrepreneurial experience. Deep domain expertise in software and tech-enabled services with industry knowledge and company relationships in a wide range of subsectors. Particular focus on security and IT management software and services, marketing and advertising technology and services, and data analytics and management, including structured and unstructured data and related analytical tools and infrastructure. Partner-level relationships with over 500 tech-focused venture capital and private equity firms as well as C-suite and corporate development relationships with over technology companies. Specialties: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A), venture capital and venture debt private placements, corporate development, strategic planning, acquisition integration, and private equity.
Experience
Managing Director
Jan 2007 — Present
Madison Park Group is a middle market investment banking boutique focused on technology, providing sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory services and capital formation expertise to growing companies with $10 - 50 million of software revenue or $25-100 mm of services revenue. The firm has grown to a 20 professionals and has advised on over 200 sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions and equity and mezzanine debt private placements since its founding in 2004, with an aggregate deal value of over $30 billion. Sourced and executed nearly 50 sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions as well as debt and equity private placements, yielding roughly $30 million in transaction fees Initiated relationships with prospective clients as primary business development professional for MPG on the west coast Lead transactional project management efforts, simultaneously coordinating up to five concurrent transaction teams Developed a broad background in the technology industry with a strong emphasis on software (both perpetual license and SaaS) and tech-enabled business services Sector expertise in cybersecurity, marketing technology & services, data & analytics and IT & cybersecurity services Set up MPG\'s west coast operations in 2007 and have recruited, trained and supervised all west coast personnel since inception
Education
University of Michigan - Ross School of Business
Bachelor, Business Administration; Finance, Accounting, and Economics
1989 — 1993
Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management
Master, Business Administration; Corporate Strategy & Operations Management
2002 — 2004
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