FirePower Capital
Michael D'Ercole, MBA has a diverse work experience spanning various industries.
- In 2019, they joined FirePower Capital, where they initially worked as a Manager, Origination before being promoted to Vice President, Private Capital in July 2021. Michael continues to hold this position.
- From 2017 to 2019, D'Ercole founded their own company called Michael D'Ercole Films.
- In 2018, they served as an Investment Analyst (Intern) at The Woodbridge Company Limited.
- From 2015 to 2016, D'Ercole worked as the Director of Sales and Business Development at CUT and TSO.
- Prior to that, from 2014 to 2016, they worked as a Sales Advisor at Moncler.
Michael D'Ercole, MBA pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Investment Banking from the University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor's Degree from Queen's University between 2008 and 2013. The field of study for their bachelor's degree was not specified.
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”.