Cherry Tree & Associates
Matt Otto has a diverse work experience in the field of finance and development. Matt is currently working as the Vice President of Development at Cherry Tree & Associates starting from August 2023. Prior to that, they worked at 3M as part of their Corporate Development team from October 2021 to June 2023. Before joining 3M, they held positions at TripleTree as a Vice President from June to September 2021, and as an Associate from January to June 2021. Prior to TripleTree, Matt served as a Partner at EastLake Advisors, where they provided strategic and financial alternatives advice to entrepreneurs, families, founders, and executives from June 2019 to December 2020. Matt began their career at Cherry Tree Companies, starting as an Analyst and eventually becoming a Senior Associate. Matt'stenure at Cherry Tree spanned from May 2010 to March 2019.
From 2007 to 2011, Matt Otto attended the University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance.
Cherry Tree & Associates
Cherry Tree & Associates is a Minneapolis-based private investment banking firm with more than four decades of transaction experience. Our primary focus is Sell-Side M&A engagements with middle market companies where ownership wants to either realize their liquidity goals or desires to recapitalize their business to better position it for future growth. Additionally, we represent Buy-Side clients in their efforts to add acquisitions to complement their organic growth efforts. We have an exceptional team of dedicated investment banking professionals, many of which have had C-level operating experience in their backgrounds as CEOs or CFOs. They collectively represent hundreds of years of transaction and operating experience. The backgrounds of our Managing Directors and Associates includes extensive M&A transaction and financing experience as well as operating roles as CEOs and CFOs of growth companies. Our leadership team has held positions on over 80 boards of directors and through our previous management of four private equity/venture capital funds, we have developed a unique understanding of how Private Equity firms operate and make decisions. Our firm has advised on over $4 billion of M&A and financing transactions. If you are looking for Cherry Tree Wealth Management, please visit www.cherrytreewealth.com.