Mergers & Acquisitions

Testimonials

• "B. Riley was a great partner in this transaction, and their involvement helped us broaden our investor base."

  
  Scott Slater
  Chief Executive Officer
  Cadiz, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDZI)

• "B. Riley's depth of experience and relationships in the Optics and Aerospace and Defense industries played a key role in marketing to the appropriate suitors and in receiving the right value for our company. LightWorks received significant interest from multiple suitors and ultimately selected II-VI, which was an ideal fit because its culture, engineering and manufacturing expertise were similar to those of LightWorks."

  
  Daniel Barber
  Co-Founder, President and CEO
  LightWorks Optics, Inc.

• “We were extremely pleased with B. Riley’s advice and execution throughout the course of our strategic review process.  The team was singularly focused on achieving the best possible outcome for Aldila and its shareholders and was instrumental in navigating the deal through various structural and strategic challenges.”

  
  Peter Mathewson
  CEO
  Aldila, Inc.

• “Our selection of B. Riley to represent Affinity was based on the firm’s keen perspectives into the dynamics of the medical interconnect industry, clear understanding of the Company’s value proposition and extensive experience in completing corporate sale transactions.  Their skillful management and execution of the transaction was exceptional,” 

  
  Mary Phillipp
  Founder and CEO
  Affinity Medical Technologies

• "B. Riley's knowledge of the optical components industry, relationships with investors who understand our sector, and distribution strength were key to EMCORE's decision to engage B. Riley," 

  
  Hong Hou
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  EMCORE Corporation

• “The team’s knowledge of the various financing solutions available to Prestige allowed us maximum flexibility in structuring the right transaction and identifying the right capital partner. My team and I look forward to working with the B. Riley team going forward as we continue to grow Prestige."

  
  Sang Cho
  CEO
  Prestige Corporation

• “B. Riley’s in-depth knowledge and research coverage of the financial services industry provides an experience and expertise that has served us well [...] We continue to be impressed with the professionalism of the B. Riley banking team.”

  
  Gregory Garrabrants,
  Chief Executive Officer & President
  BOFI Holding, Inc.

• The execution of the B. Riley team was excellent and exceeded our expectations.

  
  Gregory Garrabrants
  Chief Executive Officer and President
  BOFI Holding, Inc.

• B. Riley provided sound advice, canvassed the market and talked with every logical buyer for TPI.  Their efforts helped refocus our company on our core business, which positions us for future growth.

  
  Mitchell Francis
  Chairman, CEO and President
  TIX Corporation

• We appreciate working with B. Riley, the transaction was done expeditiously and professionally.  The B. Riley team exceeded our expectations.

  
  Richard Kurtz
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  Advanced Photonix

• B. Riley worked well with our team in developing and executing our strategic initiative. They were both professional and efficient in helping close this transaction.

  
  Jeffrey H. Coats
  President and CEO
  Autobytel

• Trojan has always viewed B. Riley as an integral part of our corporate team as it relates to our current and future growth plans.  This transaction is yet another in a series of successful mandates they have completed for us over the last several years. We could not have done this without them.

  
  Jeff Elder
  President
  Trojan Battery

• We continue to be impressed with the B. Riley team’s skill of execution and insightful capital markets access and timing.

  
  Rick Godber
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  Trojan Battery

• B. Riley helped us evaluate a number of funding alternatives, they worked with us very closely throughout the process and were instrumental in helping us navigate through the debt capital markets and in ultimately securing an important relationship with Monroe.

  
  Bill O’Gara
  Chief Executive Officer
  The O’Gara Group

• B. Riley is an important partner to Dynamics Research Corporation and their investment banking team moved swiftly in arranging our subordinated debt financing for this transaction.  B. Riley’s knowledge of the financing markets, and the firm's relationships with leading debt and equity providers, were critical in getting us across the finish line.

  
  Dave Keleher
  SVP and CFO
  Dynamics Research Corporation

• The B. Riley team did an excellent job in representing Cardiogenesis, without B. Riley’s exceptional efforts, we would not have completed such a favorable transaction for our shareholders.

  
  Paul McCormick
  Chairman
  Cardiogenesis

• B. Riley’s banking team was efficient in identifying and coordinating the right combination of new and existing API investors to participate in our private placement. Their experience in the defense sector was a benefit to API.

  
  Brian Kahn
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  API Technologies

• We’ve known the B. Riley team for several years.  Their extensive relationships with quality capital sources were instrumental in helping us secure funding for acquisitions and our overall growth needs.

  
  Donald Tringali
  Chairman of the Board
  National Technical Systems, Inc.

• B. Riley’s experience in the financing of defense and technology companies allowed us to secure needed capital quickly and efficiently.

  
  William McGinnis
  Chief Executive Officer
  National Technical Systems, Inc.

• For a company such as ours which is in a growth phase, we appreciate B. Riley coming to the table with their A-Team, who bring over 30 years of banking experience.  This is in stark contrast to larger firms who do not bring this kind of talent to smaller deals.  We’ve worked with B. Riley since the late 1990s, and they were integral in helping build one of my prior companies, Titan Corp., which was successfully sold to L3 Communications for approximately $2 billion dollars.  We’ve found B. Riley to be relationship oriented and not transaction driven.   For Kratos, the B. Riley team has represented us in three successful capital raises and two advisory engagements in the past 12 months.  Each time, they have consistently exceeded our expectations. This offering was completed in 36 hours which is testimony to the strength of the existing Kratos shareholder base, the strength of B. Riley’s institutional relationships and the quality of our company’s fundamentals.

  
  Eric DeMarco
  President and CEO
  Kratos Defense & Security Solutions