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Capstone Partners President and Managing Partner Featured in Investment Dealer's Digest
December 09, 2003 - Capstone's President and Managing Partner, John Ferrara, was referenced in a recent article in Investment Dealer's Digest on "The Wall Street Diaspora." Ferrara was highlighted as one of the bankers who, left dangling after corporate firm closure,
took his Wall Street skills with him and opened his own investment banking boutique. > MORE
Capstone Gaming Expert Quoted in San Francisco Chronicle
December 09, 2003 - Capstone Vice President Scott Yen's expertise in the electronic gaming industry was cited in a recent San Francisco Chronicle article on the Sega-Sammy transaction. "Sammy definitely does have deep pockets," said Scott Yen, vice president of Capstone Partners LLC. "Sega has been hampered by lack of direction. Having a partner like Sammy gives them an opportunity to be a healthy player."
Capstone Partners Featured in ACG Newsletter
November 25, 2003 - ACG recently announced the arrival of Capstone Parterns LLC into the middle-market.
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Capstone Partners Names James Beakey Vice President
Boston, MA - November 21, 2003 - Capstone Partners LLC, a national investment banking advisory firm solely dedicated to middle market transactions, today announced the addition of James A. Beakey, Jr.
as vice president in the firm. > MORE
Capstone Partners Headlines Article in Boston Business Journal
November 14, 2003 - Capstone Partners was the subject of a recent article in the Boston Business Journal which highlighted its four recently closed deals and six others near completion. "We have a two- to three-year game plan," said Ferrara. "We are trying to grow in controlled fashion, and we think we have a core team to last for some time."
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Capstone Partners Unveils National Middle Market Mergers and Acquisitions Practice
November 03, 2003 - The proven team that helped direct Andersen’s Corporate Finance practice to a leadership position in the mergers and acquisitions marketplace has leveraged that experience and market expertise to form Capstone Partners LLC, a national investment banking advisory firm solely dedicated to middle market transactions. > MORE
Capstone Featured in Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
November 03, 2003 - Capstone was featured as an emerging leader in the resurgent middle-market M&A industry in a recent market overview in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. "The incident with Enron was very unfortunate for the employees of Enron and the broader investment world but also for the employees of Andersen," Mr. Yen says. "Our group was a subsidiary that had nothing to do with the audit world. This gave us the opportunity to get closer to clients and leave the Andersen umbrella and some of the negative associations with that."
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Capstone Quoted in the New York Times
October 23, 2003 - Capstone Vice President Scott Yen's expertise on the medical equipment market was cited in a recent New York Times article about the industry:
Capstone Partners Advises netDecide Corporation on its Sale to Informa Financial
Boston, MA - September 30, 2003 - Capstone Partners LLC, a national investment banking firm specializing in middle-market mergers and acquisitions, today announced that the company has advised netDecide Corporation on its sale to Informa Financial, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Informa Group PLC (LSE: INF.L). The terms of this transaction were not disclosed. Capstone Partners initiated the transaction, acted as financial advisor, and assisted in the negotiations for netDecide Corporation. > MORE
Capstone Partners Debuts Fellowship Program
August 26, 2003 - Capstone is pleased to announce the successful kick-off of its educational fellowship program. Capstone has developed special programs to provide college scholarships to inner city youths and offer real-time training for emerging undergraduate .
Capstone Partners Expands Global Coverage to Europe
August 15, 2003 - Capstone Partners has formed an international alliance with Kroll Zolfo Cooper LLC in Europe to strengthen its international distribution channels for client transactions. Kroll is a large, fully integrated corporate advisory firm with broad European market coverage. Noah Brown, a Vice President with Capstone, stated, “This is just an extension of our legacy with Andersen. > MORE
Capstone Partners Advises MolecularWare on its Sale to CalbaTech
June 09, 2003 - Privately held MolecularWare, Inc., a bioinformatics firm, announced that it has been purchased by California-based CalbaTech, Inc. (OTC BB: CLBE) and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the life sciences company. Terms were not disclosed. Capstone Partners LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to the shareholders of MolecularWare. > MORE
Capstone Gaming Expert Quoted in San Francisco Chronicle
May 14, 2003 - Capstone Vice President Scott Yen was quoted in an article on the video gaming industry in the San Francisco Chronicle.
"This means much more for Nintendo than for Sony," said Scott Yen, analyst at Capstone Partners LLC, an investment banking firm headquartered in Boston. "Nintendo has had a lock on this market."