Hennepin Partners

What Hennepin Partners does

Hennepin Partners is a privately-held middle market investment bank founded in 2018 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm provides strategic and M&A advisory services — specifically sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, debt private placements, equity private placements, and analysis of strategic alternatives — to three principal client categories: privately-held business owners and entrepreneurs, private equity firms (including dedicated sponsor coverage of portfolio companies), and large corporations executing divestitures or joint ventures. The firm is structured as an LLC and operates as a FINRA/SIPC member broker-dealer.

The firm's go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with senior bankers delivering mandates directly to clients across eight industry verticals: Agriculture/AgTech, Business & Industrial Services, Consumer/Food/Retail, Distribution, Energy, Healthcare, Industrial Products, and Software & Technology. The firm positions itself against bulge-bracket banks by offering senior-level commitment, deeper industry specialization, and compensation aligned to mandate success rather than pyramid-structured junior coverage. Geographic reach is enabled domestically from Minneapolis and internationally through the Infinita M&A Alliance, which provides access to 15 offices across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Hennepin Partners generates revenue exclusively through transaction-based advisory fees on completed M&A and capital-raising mandates. The firm claims cumulative executed transaction value exceeding $50 billion across hundreds of deals; specific revenue, deal volume per period, and profitability metrics are not publicly disclosed. No funding rounds, acquisitions, or external investment have been recorded. The firm has no proprietary software, technology platform, or AI/ML product — its competitive position rests entirely on the experience and relationships of its senior professionals.

Name

Hennepin Partners

Legal name

Hennepin Partners LLC

Website

https://hennepinpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hennepin Partners is a Minneapolis-based middle market investment bank providing M&A advisory, debt and equity private placement, and strategic alternatives analysis to entrepreneurs, private equity firms, and corporations across eight industry verticals, with international reach via the Infinita M&A Alliance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Middle Market Investment Banking

NAICS

Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (523150), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Industry-Specialist / Sector-Focused M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

M&A Advisory (Buy-side/Sell-side) (BPAHADAC), Buy-Side M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAB), Cross-Border M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAH), Capital Raising Advisory (Equity & Equity-Linked) (FSAEAGAC)

Keywords

• Middle market investment banking
• M&A advisory services
• Sell-side advisory
• Private equity advisory
• Strategic alternatives analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

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

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory Fees: Hennepin Partners generates revenue through financial advisory fees from M&A transactions including sell-side mandates, buy-side mandates, debt and equity private placements, and strategic alternative analysis. The firm serves entrepreneurs, private equity firms, and corporations in the middle market.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hennepin Partners is a middle market investment bank that provides M&A advisory and strategic financial advisory services to entrepreneurs, private equity firms, and corporations. Its core offerings are five advisory service lines: Sell-side M&A, Buy-side M&A, Debt Private Placements, Equity Private Placements, and Analysis of Strategic Alternatives, delivered across industry verticals including Agriculture/AgTech, Healthcare, Industrial Products, Software & Technology, Energy, Distribution, Consumer Food & Retail, and Business & Industrial Services.

Product overview

Hennepin Partners is a middle market investment bank providing M&A advisory and strategic financial advisory services — not a product-technology company. It does not sell or license any software product, platform, module, or named digital offering. Its core offerings are advisory service lines: Sell-side M&A, Buy-side M&A, Debt Private Placements, Equity Private Placements, and Analysis of Strategic Alternatives, delivered to entrepreneurs, private equity firms, and corporations across multiple industry verticals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sell-side M&A Advisory

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Infinita M&A AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational alliance partnership providing Hennepin Partners with global reach through 15 offices across U.S., Europe, and Asia including Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, India, and Turkey. This partnership provides enhanced international relationships and access to foreign buyers for middle market M&A transactions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Livingstone Partners: Boutique M&A advisor focused on middle-market transactions across multiple verticals with international reach. Highly comparable to Hennepin's industry-team structure and senior-led engagement model.
• Lincoln International: Global middle-market M&A advisory firm with a comparable sector-specialized, senior-led delivery model. Competes head-to-head with Hennepin for sell-side and buy-side mandates in the lower and middle market.
• Cascadia Capital: Middle-market M&A advisory firm with sector-focused teams and a similar senior-banker-led model. Highly comparable in size, structure and vertical specialization to Hennepin Partners.
• PMCF (P&M Corporate Finance): Middle-market M&A advisory firm providing sell-side, buy-side, and capital raising services to industrial and business services clients. Closely comparable in deal size and industry coverage to Hennepin.
• Brown Gibbons Lang & Company: Middle-market investment bank with verticalized industry teams across industrials, consumer, healthcare, and business services. Direct competitor for sell-side mandates of similar size to Hennepin's.
• Carl Marks Advisors: Middle-market advisory firm providing M&A, restructuring, and capital raising services. Overlaps with Hennepin on sell-side advisory and capital placement mandates for similarly sized middle-market companies.

Broad incumbents

• Robert W. Baird: Large, employee-owned investment bank with a strong middle-market M&A and capital raising franchise. Competes with Hennepin in industrials, consumer, and healthcare verticals.
• Piper Sandler: Public investment bank with a sizable middle-market advisory practice across multiple verticals including AgTech, healthcare, and industrial. Direct competitor for sponsor coverage and sell-side mandates of similar size to Hennepin's.
• Houlihan Lokey: Larger, publicly traded investment bank with a significant middle-market M&A franchise. Overlaps with Hennepin on middle-market sell-side and buy-side advisory mandates but operates at substantially greater scale.
• William Blair: Established global investment bank with strong middle-market M&A practice. Competes with Hennepin for sponsor-led middle-market mandates but offers a broader product set including capital markets and equities research.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hennepinpartners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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