FirePower Capital
Alan Chettiar is a seasoned professional in investment and advisory roles, currently serving as an Advisor at Spearhead Corp Dev since January 2020 and as a Partner in M&A Advisory at FirePower Capital since July 2017, where the firm focuses on innovative investment banking solutions for Canada's lower mid-market. Prior to these positions, Alan held the role of Vice-President Investment Manager at B.E.S.T Funds from April 2007 to July 2017, overseeing transactions, managing portfolio investments, and conducting due diligence. Alan Chettiar's academic credentials include an MBA in International Business from the Ted Rogers School of Management, an LLB from Dalhousie University, and a B Comm in Global Business Management from Saint Mary's University.
FirePower Capital
FirePower Capital advises and invests in Canada’s entrepreneurs, helping them complete mission-critical transactions, such as acquiring a competitor, selling to a strategic buyer, or financing their growth with our own or our partners’ capital. We started FirePower Capital with a single thought in mind: give lower mid-market companies access tothe same level of sophisticated transactional advice that is only available to larger companies; reason is, investment banks in Canada do not “scale down” from headline-grabbing deals.As a team we have created a next-generation investment bank specifically for lower mid-market companies. Since 2012, we have brought together a diverse and dynamic team of deal-makers, marketers, entrepreneurs, engineers, and developers to execute on the vision.We have challenged the ways investment banks traditionally do deals: for example, we have created a cross-functional team in which experts fulfill a specific component of each deal; we have written new software that has allowed us to advance multiple deals simultaneously without sacrificing attention to detail; we have built new, active networks that connect Canadian businesses with relevant buyers, investors, and lenders worldwide.We are determined to win in the lower mid-market, where no-one thinks it is feasible to grow a successful investment bank. Our people will continue to disrupt the ways deals get done in Canada with their results-driven attitude, entrepreneurial spirit, and confidence to say “we can do this better”.