Vaquero Capital
David Grove is passionate about helping founders and PE/VC backed management teams execute on complex transactions. Mr. Grove founded Vaquero Capital in 2011 to serve private Saas, Internet/mobile & data companies throughout their lifecycle and has over 19 years experience advising companies on capital raising and mergers and acquisitions. David has advised on over 45 transactions at Vaquero and over 120 transactions in his career. His clients/ transactions have included Alchemy Systems, DealerFx, Hyphen, Drilling Info, Allegro, Irth Solutions, Kony, Manta Media, HomeAway, Alchemy Systems, Zillow, StreetEasy/ Zillow, Vision/ Granicus, Quorum/ Entero, Dachis/Sprinklr, Brightcove, TechMediaNetwork, Motricity, ReachLocal, DTS, Monotype Imaging, Lexar Media, and DivX. He has worked on transactions with many leading investor partnerships, including Insight Venture Partners, Accel/KKR, Bain Capital, Benchmark Capital, Austin Ventures, TCV, Greycroft, ABS, Oak Investments and Redpoint Venture Partners. David was a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and has been a senior leader in SaaS, Mobile, Internet & Digital Media groups in the middle market. He began his investment banking career at Cowen & Co. and served as a corporate attorney previously. He holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law. Mr. Grove loves the slopes on Tahoe, Whistler/ Blackcomb, raising his three daughters, enjoying live music (from Willie Nelson to LCD Soundsystem) and playing golf.
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Leading software investment banking advisory firm for private equity backed and founder-led private growth companies. The firm specializes in vertical SaaS and mobile across the supply chain, logistics, energy, real estate, compliance, govtech/edtech, and healthcare verticals. We’re tech and value focused. Tell us where you want to be tomorrow and we’ll get you there today. By advising technology companies on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions with a real understanding of their goals, we realize better outcomes for founders, PE, VC, and strategic partners across the SaaS, Internet, mobile, and data verticals. As your trusted advisor, we believe in quality, transparency, and most importantly, in you. In fact, our belief in our clients’ potential means we may offer equity positions in their business by committing capital alongside investors through an affiliate entity. We power your possiblility with superior positioning, process management, and transaction execution for capital raising and mergers and acquisitions. Extensive industry knowledge and strong relationships with investors, buyers, and innovative companies in our core vertical sectors always come standard—and with high standards. When you work with Vaquero, excellence is a done deal. Recent Industry Awards: 2018-2023 Technology Investment Bank of the Year: M&A Atlas Awards 2023 Private Equity Deal of the Year: M&A Atlas Awards 2022 Boutique Investment Bank of the Year: M&A Advisor Awards 2020 and 2022 Investment Bank of the Year (Growth Business): ACQ Global Awards 2023 M&A Investment Bankers Top 50 Americas (David Grove): Global M&A Network 2023 Rising Star Dealmakers Award (Dominic Chan): Global M&A Network 2020 Rising Star Dealmakers Award (Terry Jiang): Global M&A Network