Delancey Street Partners

What Delancey Street Partners does

Delancey Street Partners is an independent, industry-focused investment bank founded in 2012 and headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). The firm serves CEOs, entrepreneurs, shareholders, and boards of directors of high-growth and middle-market private and public companies, with a stated mission to "deliver superior results" and a vision to "be the trusted advisor in the next stage of our client's journey." Its revenue model is purely professional services advisory, with fees negotiated per engagement (typically a percentage of transaction value for M&A mandates and retainers for strategic advisory work), and securities transactions effectuated through its affiliated FINRA/SIPC-registered broker-dealer, DSP Securities, LLC.

The firm's service offering spans six core lines: sell-side M&A advisory, buy-side M&A advisory, growth financings, recapitalizations, strategic evaluations, and fairness opinions and valuations. Senior professionals personally lead each engagement through every phase of the transaction process, including a proprietary "M&A Readiness" preparation phase intended to ready clients for due diligence and to surface value drivers ahead of market. The firm has completed 50+ transactions since founding and operates with a partnership culture that emphasizes impartial advice and long-term client relationships.

The firm organizes its coverage around four industry verticals — Business Services & Technology, Healthcare, Industrial & Industrial Technology, and Infrastructure — with deep sub-vertical taxonomies within each (e.g., HCM/Staffing, Outsourced Pharmaceutical Services, Engineered Components, Outsourced Utility Services). Target client segments include family-owned businesses, private equity portfolio companies, and public companies. The firm has a team of approximately 10-15 professionals across Managing Partner, Senior Managing Director, Managing Director, Director, VP, Associate, and Analyst levels, and maintains a relationship-driven go-to-market model with no digital sales channels or self-service distribution.

Name

Delancey Street Partners

Legal name

Delancey Street Partners, LLC

Website

https://delanceystreetpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Delancey Street Partners is an independent, industry-focused middle-market investment bank that provides sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory, growth financings, recapitalizations, strategic evaluations, and fairness opinions to family-owned businesses, private equity portfolio companies, and public companies across Healthcare, Business Services, Industrial, and Infrastructure verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Investment Banking & M&A Advisory

NAICS

Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (52315)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSAEAGAB

Buy-Side M&A Advisory

Financial & Insurance/Financial Advisory, Brokerage & Intermediation/M&A Advisory & Corporate Finance

Keywords

• M&A advisory services
• Investment banking
• Middle-market advisory
• Growth capital financing
• Strategic advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Wayne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory Services: The firm provides mergers and acquisitions advice including sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory, which represents the core of their business and majority of client engagements. Services include managing competitive M&A processes, valuations, deal structuring, and negotiations.
2. Capital Raising / Growth Financings: Assists clients in raising private capital from institutional sources to fund growth opportunities and strategic acquisitions.
3. Strategic Evaluations: Comprehensive strategic evaluations including recommendations for maximizing long-term value, often conducted well in advance of potential transactions.
4. Recapitalizations: Assists business owners in accessing private capital markets to achieve partial liquidity while retaining meaningful equity stake.
5. Fairness Opinions: Provides fairness opinions and valuations to business owners, boards of directors and special committees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Delancey Street Partners is an independent, industry-focused investment bank that provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services to high-growth and middle-market private and public companies. The firm advises clients on sell-side and buy-side M&A, sources growth capital from institutional investors, structures recapitalizations enabling partial liquidity, conducts strategic evaluations in advance of transactions, and delivers fairness opinions and valuations for boards and special committees.

Product overview

Delancey Street Partners is an independent, industry-focused investment bank offering advisory services rather than a software product. The firm provides M&A advisory services including sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, strategic evaluations, growth financings, recapitalizations, and fairness opinions. These service offerings work together to serve CEOs, entrepreneurs, shareholders, and boards of directors of high growth and middle market private and public companies across focus sectors including Business Services & Technology, Healthcare, Industrial & Industrial Technology, and Infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sell-Side Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory End-to-end advisory for business owners selling their companies, covering objective confirmation, due diligence, marketing, buyer outreach, due diligence management, negotiation, and transaction closing. Targeted at founders, family-owned operators, PE portfolio companies, and public-company boards pursuing liquidity or strategic exits.
• Buy-Side M&A Advisory Advisory services for buyers including initial target contact, valuation work, deal structuring, and negotiations to support strategic acquisitions and add-on transactions. Used by corporate acquirers and PE-backed platforms.
• Strategic Evaluations Comprehensive strategic assessments conducted in advance of potential transactions, providing recommendations for maximizing long-term value and shaping client readiness prior to going to market. Targeted at boards, founders, and PE sponsors evaluating strategic alternatives.
• Growth Financings Assistance to clients in raising private capital from institutional sources to fund growth opportunities and strategic acquisitions. Delivered via direct sourcing and structuring support for sponsors and management teams.
• Recapitalizations Advisory services that help business owners access private capital markets to achieve partial liquidity while retaining meaningful equity stake to participate in future growth, including majority recapitalizations and sponsor partnership transactions.
• Fairness Opinions and Valuations Independently delivered valuations and fairness opinions to business owners, boards of directors, and special committees to support fiduciary, strategic, and committee decision-making.

Quantifiable outcome

• Closed transactions in under 60 days for some clients
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• SnagajobminorOthers · 24 December 2024Snagajob.com, Inc. was acquired by JobGet, Inc. with Delancey Street Partners providing buy-side M&A advisory services. Founded in 2000, Snagajob connects 45 million job seekers annually with quality jobs.
• Gardner Spring, Inc.minorOthers · 24 November 2024Acquired by Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Co. with Delancey Street Partners as exclusive financial advisor. Founded in 1907, Gardner manufactures stock springs and wire forms for industrial, automotive, and consumer applications.
• Stratix LabsminorOthers · 24 November 2024Acquired by United States Pharmacopeia with Delancey Street Partners providing buy-side advisory services. Headquartered in Saint Paul, MN, Stratix Labs develops tools for microbiological quality controls.
• DSP Securities, LLCcoreOthers · 24 January 2023Securities offered through DSP Securities, LLC, a member of SIPC and FINRA. All other transactions are effectuated through Delancey Street Partners, LLC.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenhill & Co. Independent global M&A advisor focused on transactions for corporations, private equity sponsors, and governments. A relevant comp on independent structure and M&A-only focus, though typically engaged on larger mandates than Delancey's core middle market work.
• Houlihan Lokey: Larger global investment bank with a strong middle market M&A advisory franchise alongside corporate finance, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory. Directly competes for sell-side and buy-side mandates in the same deal-size range.
• KeyBanc Capital Markets: Middle market investment bank with a long-standing M&A practice focused on industrial, healthcare, and business services — competes for the same family/founder-led sell-side mandates and PE sponsor engagements.
• D.A. Davidson: Employee-owned financial services firm with a dedicated middle market M&A group serving family/closely held businesses and PE-backed companies across industrial, healthcare, and business services — overlapping squarely with Delancey's four verticals.
• Stout: Middle market advisory firm with M&A, valuation, and financial advisory practices serving private equity and corporate clients — overlaps directly with Delancey's M&A advisory and fairness opinion services.
• Robert W. Baird: Diversified middle market investment bank with a large M&A practice focused on industrial, business services, healthcare and tech — competes for the same middle market sell-side and buy-side mandates and is a fixture in the same PE sponsor bake-offs.

Direct peers

• Brown Gibbons Lang & Company: Independent middle market investment bank focused on M&A advisory and capital raising for closely held and PE-backed businesses across industrial, business services, consumer, and healthcare — a near-direct comp on size, structure, and target customer.
• Lincoln International: Independent, globally focused middle market investment bank providing M&A advisory and capital raising services to private equity firms, corporations, and founder-led businesses. Highly comparable in target client, deal size band, and sector coverage (industrial, healthcare, business services, tech).
• Cascadia Capital: Independent, middle market M&A advisory firm with sector-focused practices in industrial, healthcare, business services, and consumer — highly comparable in target client, sector coverage, and senior-banker-led delivery.
• PMCF (P&M Corporate Finance): Independent, middle market M&A advisory firm serving industrial, business services, and healthcare clients — closely matches Delancey in deal size focus, senior-led engagement model, and PE sponsor relationships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments9 records

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