dinancapital.com

What dinancapital.com does

Dinan & Company, LLC is a privately-held investment banking firm founded in 1988 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, with a wholly-owned FINRA/SIPC registered broker-dealer subsidiary, Dinan Capital Advisors, established in 2012. The firm provides middle-market M&A advisory services spanning sell-side representation, buy-side acquisition advisory, private capital markets (capital raising), valuation and fairness opinions, and merchant banking financing, delivered through Managing Directors who lead each transaction from initial meeting to close.

The firm operates seven offices across six U.S. cities (Phoenix, Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, New York, San Francisco) and a research facility in New Delhi, India, supported by a 100+ person professional staff that includes roughly a dozen Managing Directors, several Associate Directors and Senior VPs, and a deeper analyst and research layer organized around dedicated industry groups (Technology, Healthcare, Industrials, Consumer, Business Services, Building Products & Services, and Transportation & Logistics). Its core proprietary asset is a database of 610,000+ largest U.S. private companies enhanced with AI technology for deal sourcing and market intelligence, complemented by international reach through Translink Corporate Finance membership covering 30+ foreign countries.

Dinan earns revenue primarily through transaction-based M&A advisory fees, supplemented by fees from valuation/fairness opinions and direct merchant banking co-investments. Pricing is engagement-specific and not publicly disclosed; engagements are negotiated based on deal complexity, size, and scope. The firm has executed 900+ M&A transactions with cumulative value exceeding $70 billion over 35+ years, with a current deal cadence that has included expansion of office footprint, practice areas, and senior hires through 2024–2025.

Name

dinancapital.com

Legal name

Dinan & Company, LLC

Website

https://dinancapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Dinan & Company is a Phoenix-based, privately-held middle-market investment banking firm founded in 1988 that provides sell-side, buy-side, and private capital markets M&A advisory to business owners, private equity firms, strategic buyers, and family offices through seven offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Investment Banking (M&A Advisory)

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523), All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Finance Advisory (Strategic Finance, Capital Structure & Recaps) (FSAEAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Buy-Side M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAB), Capital Raising Advisory (Equity & Equity-Linked) (FSAEAGAC), Corporate Finance & Capital Advisory (BPAHADAB)

Keywords

• Middle market investment banking
• Mergers and acquisitions advisory
• Sell-side M&A advisory
• Buy-side acquisition advisory
• Private capital markets advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory Fees: Transaction-based fees for sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory services, including sell-side mergers and acquisitions, buy-side mergers and acquisitions, and private capital markets advisory.
2. Valuation & Fairness Opinions: Fees for valuation services and fairness opinions provided to corporate clients.
3. Merchant Banking: Direct investment and co-investment services for portfolio companies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Dinan & Company / Dinan Capital Advisors is a middle-market investment banking firm providing M&A advisory services, including sell-side and buy-side representation, private capital markets / capital raising advisory, valuation and fairness opinions, and merchant banking financing. The firm has completed over 900 transactions totaling $70B+ in value across 35+ years, leveraging senior-level Managing Directors and dedicated industry groups spanning Technology, Healthcare, Industrials, Consumer, Business Services, Building Products, and Transportation & Logistics.

Product overview

Dinan & Company, LLC operates as a premier investment banking firm offering a unified suite of merger and acquisition advisory services. The core offerings consist of Sell-Side M&A Advisory (expert advisory services for business owners at all stages of the sale process), Buy-Side M&A Advisory (proprietary deal flow for private equity, strategic buyers, and family offices), and Private Capital Markets (capital raising services for founder-owned and sponsor-backed portfolio companies). Supporting services include Valuation & Fairness Opinions, Merchant Banking (financing for M&A transactions), and International Advisory Services (cross-border M&A through Translink Corporate Finance affiliation). The firm provides specialized industry expertise across seven sectors: Technology, Healthcare, Industrials, Consumer, Business Services, Building Products & Services, and Transportation & Logistics. The company also publishes quarterly industry reports covering these sectors as thought leadership content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 900+ total M&A transactions completed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Translink Corporate FinancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Dinan is a member of Translink Corporate Finance, one of the largest M&A corporate finance advisory groups in the world. This affiliation provides access to experienced M&A professionals in over 35 countries, enabling Dinan to better serve clients across the globe with local presence in the most important economic regions.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Lincoln International: Lincoln International is a closely comparable global middle-market M&A advisor with a senior-led model, sector-specialized industry groups, and offices across the U.S. and internationally. It is the most direct competitor to Dinan in middle-market sell-side and buy-side advisory.
• Harris Williams: Harris Williams is a middle-market M&A advisor organized by industry groups with a senior banker model, directly competing for sell-side and buy-side mandates in the same enterprise value range and sector verticals as Dinan.
• William Blair: William Blair's investment banking division runs a sizable middle-market M&A franchise with industry-specialized teams serving private equity and corporate clients, directly overlapping with Dinan's middle-market sell-side and capital markets practice.
• Robert W. Baird: Robert W. Baird's Global Investment Banking group operates a large middle-market M&A and capital raising practice with industry verticals, competing for similar private equity and family-owned business mandates as Dinan.

Broad incumbents

• Jefferies: Jefferies is a large full-service investment bank with a substantial middle-market M&A practice that directly competes with Dinan for many sell-side and buy-side mandates, though it operates across a much broader range of deal sizes and geographies.
• Piper Sandler: Piper Sandler runs a sizable middle-market advisory franchise serving private equity, corporations, and family-owned businesses, overlapping with Dinan across sector verticals but with a broader capital markets platform.
• Stifel: Stifel's Global Investment Banking group has a meaningful middle-market M&A franchise targeting family-owned and PE-backed businesses, competing with Dinan on enterprise value overlap while also offering public capital markets capabilities.
• Raymond James: Raymond James Investment Banking operates a large middle-market M&A practice organized by industry verticals, competing directly with Dinan for sell-side mandates while offering a broader services suite including public capital markets.
• B. Riley Financial: B. Riley Financial operates a Capital Markets advisory practice serving middle-market companies, overlapping with Dinan on M&A and capital raising; Dinan's own private capital markets MD was previously a Senior Managing Director at B. Riley Securities.
• Deloitte Corporate Finance: Deloitte Corporate Finance provides M&A advisory to middle-market and large-cap clients with a Big Four brand and global reach; one of Dinan's Managing Directors co-founded Deloitte's first U.S. M&A business in Chicago, making it a notable career pedigree overlap and competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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