Danon Blea
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Blake Street Capital | Private Capital Formation · Platform & Transaction Advisory · Special Situations
- Role
- Co-founder & Managing Partner at Blake Street Capital
- Location
- Denver, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Danon Blea
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Blake Street Capital, an independent advisory firm focused on private capital, funds, and platform-level transactions.Over 30 years of experience in investment banking and private capital advisory across corporate, real asset, and alternative investment strategies, spanning mergers & acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, real estate finance, and structured finance, including prior roles at Lehman Brothers, C.E. Unterberg, Towbin / Unterberg Harris, and Rauscher, Pierce, Refsnes (RBC)Advises founders, sponsors, owner-operators, and private investment firms on capital formation, platform development, joint ventures, structured investment vehicles, and opportunistic, and special-situation transactions, including distressed and transitional scenarios.Industry experience includes consumer & retail, industrials, power & energy, defense & aerospace, technology, media & telecom, homebuilding, sports & entertainment, gaming & lodging, and real estate.Real estate experience spans land, residential, commercial, hospitality, and specialty/alternative assets, including single-family, multifamily, student and senior housing, storage, marinas, and mixed-use developments, across ground-up, existing, and adaptive re-use strategies.Maintains a broad network of institutional and private capital partners, including family offices, private equity and real estate firms, credit and special situations investors, endowments, pensions, and insurance capital.MBA, UCLA Anderson School of Management (Finance & Entrepreneurial Studies); Robert A. Toigo Fellow.Dual B.A,(Philosophy, Political Science) University of California, San Diego.Two-time international representative, USA Basketball. FINRA Series 7, 24, 63 & 79.
Experience
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Jan 2007 — Present
Co-Founder and managing partner of an independent private capital and transaction advisory firm active across funds, direct investments, and platform-level mandates in real assets and operating businesses.Lead and execute select engagements involving fund formation and structuring, corporate and real estate transactions, platform development and roll-ups, joint ventures and structured partnerships, co-investment and special purpose vehicles, recapitalizations, and complex sponsor- and founder-led transitions.Sector focus includes consumer/industrial, real estate, and hospitality. Real estate work includes platform-related multifamily and residential (BTR), adaptive reuse and hotel-to-housing conversions, student and senior housing, storage, mixed-use assets, and select hospitality situations.Maintain a deep network of institutional and private allocators, including family offices, private equity and real estate firms, endowments and foundations, pension and insurance capital, credit and special situations investors, and strategic capital partners.Blake Street Capital, LLC offers securities through Stonehaven, LLC, Member FINRA / SIPC.
Education
UC San Diego
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Philosophy
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance & Entrepreneurial Studies
UC San Diego
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Political Science and Government
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