Ohana & Co.

What Ohana & Co. does

Ohana & Co. is an independent, family-controlled boutique investment bank founded in Paris in 1994 by Ariel Ohana, specializing in M&A advisory, capital raising, and strategic transaction services for consumer brands and digital businesses. The firm serves a horizontal mix of clients across luxury, beauty, fashion, lifestyle, consumer goods, media, technology, and digital sectors — including LVMH, Coty, Diptyque, Hourglass, The RealReal, Juliette has a Gun, and Cegedim Santé. Its core offerings include sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory, growth capital raises (typically for companies with €25M-€150M in revenue), strategic acquisition programs for large corporations (€1B+), management advisory during sale processes, and an equity-compensated Incubator Services program for early-stage entrepreneurs.

The firm operates from three offices — Paris (headquarters), New York, and Los Angeles (opened 2019) — with a dedicated China desk in Paris serving clients across North America, Europe, China, Korea, Japan, and the Middle East. Each engagement is partner-led, with directors such as Ariel Ohana and Karine Ohana personally executing transactions. The firm's competitive positioning rests on "White Glove" service, cross-border deal execution, and a referral-based client acquisition model in which nearly all clients come from former client introductions.

Business model is professional services: transaction-based success fees on M&A mandates, with engagement structures varying by deal size and complexity. The firm has completed over 100 transactions over 30 years, with more than 50% of sell-side mandates closing with a foreign buyer. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Ownership remains entirely within the Ohana family (Ariel, Karine, and Laurent Ohana), with no external institutional shareholders, venture capital, or private equity investment. US securities offerings are made through a regulatory partnership with Tangent Capital Partners, LLC (FINRA/SIPC member).

Name

Ohana & Co.

Legal name

Ohana & Co – Media Invest

Website

https://ohanaco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ohana & Co. is an independent, family-owned boutique investment bank founded in Paris in 1994, providing M&A advisory and capital raising services to consumer brands, luxury, beauty, fashion, and digital businesses worldwide through offices in Paris, New York, and Los Angeles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Investment Banking Advisory

NAICS

Management of Companies and Enterprises (55)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

M&A Advisory (Buy-Side & Sell-Side) (BPAHAOAA)

Keywords

• Mergers and acquisitions advisory
• Investment banking services
• Consumer brands advisory
• Capital raising advisory
• Sell-side buy-side advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory Fees: Investment banking fees including sell-side and buy-side advisory, strategic acquisition programs, and management team advisory during sale processes. Revenue is generated through transaction-based fees (success fees upon deal closure) and potentially retainers for certain advisory assignments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ohana & Co. is a boutique investment bank providing sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory, growth capital raising, strategic acquisition programs, and management coaching during sale processes for consumer brands, luxury, beauty, fashion, media, healthcare, technology, and digital businesses. The firm also offers an incubator service for early-stage entrepreneurs, compensated primarily in equity, providing investor and distribution introductions, brainstorming sessions, and access to private events.

Product overview

Ohana & Co. is an investment banking boutique founded in 1994, offering a unified suite of M&A advisory and strategic consulting services. The firm operates as a single integrated offering centered on investment banking expertise, with services including sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory, growth capital raising, strategic acquisition programs, and management advisory during sale processes. Additionally, the firm offers an Incubator Services program for early-stage entrepreneurs, compensated primarily in equity, providing introductions to investors and distribution channels, brainstorming sessions, and access to private events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• M&A Advisory Services Sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory for consumer brands, luxury, beauty, fashion, media, healthcare, technology, and digital businesses. Includes business sales, acquisitions, and strategic advisory for entrepreneurs, family offices, private equity firms, and large corporations.
• Capital Raising Services Growth capital and equity raise advisory for medium-sized companies, typically with revenues ranging from $25 to $150 million in consumer and technology sectors. Includes management of investor identification, process execution, and structuring.
• Incubator Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50% of sell-side assignments closed with a foreign buyer
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PJ Solomon / Solomon Partners: Independent advisory boutique with strong consumer/retail coverage and cross-border execution. Comparable to Ohana in client profile and independent structure, and a direct competitor for founder-led consumer and beauty mandates in the US and Europe.
• Intrepid Investment Bankers: Consumer-focused M&A boutique with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and other US markets. Directly comparable: serves founder-led and family-owned consumer, beauty, and lifestyle brands with sell-side advisory, growth capital raises, and capital structure advice — directly overlapping Ohana's core client base. Identified as a prior employer of Ohana Director JB Mitchell.
• Lincoln International: Global mid-market M&A advisory with a dedicated consumer practice covering beauty, personal care, fashion, and retail. Comparable to Ohana in cross-border mid-market consumer mandates, although Lincoln operates with significantly broader sector coverage and larger deal teams.
• Financo: Boutique M&A advisor focused exclusively on consumer and retail, including beauty, fashion, and lifestyle brands. Closely comparable in sector specialization and client profile (founder-led consumer brands) to Ohana & Co., and a direct competitor for beauty and luxury mandates.
• Roth Capital Partners: Investment bank with a dedicated consumer practice offering M&A and capital raising for growth and mid-market consumer brands. Directly comparable to Ohana on growth-capital advisory and consumer M&A mandates; previously employed Ohana Director JB Mitchell on its consumer team.

Broad incumbents

• Rothschild & Co: Global M&A advisory with a long-established family-controlled independent model and a strong European luxury/consumer franchise. Closely comparable to Ohana in independence, cross-border execution, and family-control ethos, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Centerview Partners: Elite independent M&A advisory competing for the largest consumer/luxury transactions. Comparable to Ohana in its independent, conflict-free model, but operates at significantly larger scale and on larger-cap mandates.
• Moelis & Company: Public M&A advisory boutique with deep sector coverage including consumer and beauty. Comparable to Ohana as a sector-aware advisory firm; larger scale and public-company currency differentiate it on staffing and optionality.
• Lazard: Bulge-bracket advisor with a long-standing luxury and consumer franchise and a strong Paris presence. Competes with Ohana for premium French and European luxury/beauty mandates, often at the larger end of the size range where Ohana's boutique capacity is tested.
• Houlihan Lokey: Large global investment bank with a strong consumer practice covering M&A, capital raising, and restructuring. Competes with Ohana on larger consumer/luxury mandates and provides a benchmark for fee realization and team scale that an independent boutique must match to win premium processes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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