"Cooper and the ArchPoint team know the healthcare sector(s) cold, and understand how to achieve the best outcome in an exit. I worked closely with them on the sale of our company Dairyland Healthcare Solutions to Francisco Partners in 2007, and understand now how important it is to have an experienced advisory and transaction team in place to make a transaction like this one happen. "

Brady J. Klick
CEO, Intelligent Health Systems

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"Rob Louv and Dan Williams' commitment to our deal, along with their domain knowledge and senior relationships with buyers, made all the difference. We were able to get multiple buyers to make offers on our business and maximize value for stakeholders. I would absolutely work with Rob and ArchPoint again on any technology transaction. "

Jack Long
Former CEO PeopleAdmin

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"As an experienced business executive and investor, I have worked with a lot of investment bankers. John Cooper brings to the deal process a unique combination of corporate, financial and entrepreneurial experience as well as deep sector knowledge in the health care field.I look forward to working with John and the ArchPoint Team. "

John Reardon
Trident Capital

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"I worked with John Cooper in M&A at Microsoft. Cooper is a seasoned, experienced technology sector strategist and brings tremendous transaction experience to the table. He knows the markets he works in, and brings a lot to the table on both the buy and sell side. I hope to work with him again soon at ArchPoint Partners. "

Tivanka Ellawala
CFO, Mobile Communications Business

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"I would particularly like to thank Rob Louv of ArchPoint Partners, Thomas Knox of Morrison & Foerster and their staffs who have worked night and day to make this transaction possible. Their ideas, diligence and process orientation were truly outstanding."

Peter Cunningham
Chairman, INPUT

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"We truly enjoyed working with John Cooper and his team on the sale of our company to McAfee this year. John consistently brings the right blend of industry, business, and banking advisory talent to optimize outcome. I look forward to working in the future with John and the ArchPoint team."

John Street
CEO MXLogic

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"The ArchPoint Partners team was critical to Bloodhound Technologies in effecting an optimized exit process. ArchPoint's market relationships and transaction experience, combined with in-depth sector knowledge, were invaluable in achieving an outstanding outcome for the company."

Gary Twigg
CEO, Bloodhound

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"ArchPoint worked as a natural extension of Medfusion in this process and was critical in the negotiation, structuring and management of the transaction. Their team brought an in-depth knowledge of the healthcare sector that enabled us to effectively evaluate all of the available options and opportunities."

Stephen Malik
Founder and CEO, Medfusion

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"The banking team made all the difference in maximizing value by running a complex process that involved many suitors, ultimately leading to a very strong transaction with IBM. In addition, their knowledge of the legal aspects of the transaction allowed the bankers to lead much of the merger agreement negotiations creating an opportunity for them to optimize not just value but all material deal terms."

John Baumstark
Former CEO, dwl, Inc.

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"“Rob Louv and the ArchPoint team were able to bring a level of process expertise critical to the success of this transaction.  Indeed, Rob’s comprehensive understanding of negotiating a transaction and driving value was invaluable to me and the board.  As a Software as a Service ("SaaS") company, we also took great comfort in knowing that the ArchPoint team had completed over forty SaaS transactions as a firm.”     "

Somen Mondal
CEO & Co-Founder Field ID

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"We benefited greatly from working with Rob Louv and his team. Their combination of transaction knowledge, domain expertise and buyer relationships allowed him to maximize our deal outcome. In particular, they did an outstanding job highlighting our scarcity value and never giving the buyer leverage in the process by pushing back on exclusivity until we were within days of signing. I look forward to working with Rob and the ArchPoint team again when I need investment banking services. "

Brett Jackson
Former CEO, Digital Harbor

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"“Coop (John Cooper) managed ICG’s initial investment in our company, and played a material role for us as we contemplated further investments and/or business combinations. It was extremely helpful to have this ongoing relationship with ArchPoint all the way through our ultimate transaction with Google.”"

Rob Wight
Founder Channel Intelligence

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"Susan is able to leverage her technology background and her operations background to gain an in-depth understanding of any technology-based business. Her ability to understand where a company fits into its ecosystem enables her to conceptualize and communicate strategic implications of a combination that stretch beyond financial value, thereby maximizing potential valuation for clients. I look forward to future transactions with Susan and the team at ArchPoint."

Bill Lewis
Partner, Zone Ventures (a DFJ Global Network fund), Former Senior Equity Analyst, JPMorgan

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"ArchPoint played an integral role in this transaction, including very timely negotiations and valued guidance to Trust Digital."

Mark Shull
CEO, Trust Digital

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"ArchPoint Partners was critical in the negotiation, structuring and management of the transaction. Rob Louv and his team brought a significant understanding of our sector and our business that enabled us to effectively evaluate all of our strategic and financial options and optimize value for all stakeholders."

Jai Shekhawat
Founder and CEO, Fieldglass

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Services and relationships that ensure the best outcomes for our clients.

We work with growth companies in the technology and media domains, and offer a comprehensive range of advisory services including mergers, acquisitions, subsidiary spin-outs, divestitures, minority and majority recapitalizations, strategic market evaluations and fairness opinions.

Our history of success in optimizing outcomes for companies we work with is unparalleled in our area of focus.

Mergers & Acquisitions

The professionals at ArchPoint have effectively optimized and executed hundreds of intricate M&A transactions for media and technology companies around the globe. We leverage our experience as investment bankers, venture capitalists, technology entrepreneurs and corporate executives to optimize outcomes for our clients. On the sell-side we utilize our comprehensive understanding of the markets we serve to convey our client's value proposition to buyers and advantageously differentiate them to optimize valuations. We bring an unmatched knowledge of our markets to efficiently identify and structure best-outcome scenarios. ArchPoint has the knowledge and experience to approach each transaction with deftness and proficiency and we have consistently achieved highly successful results in public-to-public, public-to-private, and private-to-private transactions.

Private Capital Raising

ArchPoint's team of banking professionals have a combined 100 years of relationship-building with private equity investors and venture capitalists across the country and around the world. Our in-depth understanding of the markets we serve enables us to expertly communicate our client's value proposition to investors and advantageously differentiate our clients to optimize valuations. We have established a solid reputation for consistently bringing high-quality private companies to the most relevant investors in our sectors and we regularly receive in-bound calls from the top-tier technology and media investors seeking our deal flow. Our tremendous experience base enables us to assist in structuring investments with creativity and efficacy to ensure that both clients and investors are pleased with the outcome.

Board Advisory

ArchPoint's board advisory solution is unique among offerings from other investment banking and advisory firms. We have created a proprietary model to allow management teams and boards to evaluate potential market opportunities without voting to pursue any specific mandate or committing to a typical long-term investment banking relationship. Our goal is to provide intelligent and experienced counsel to extend and expand the company's ability to both respond to existing opportunity as well as to evaluate additional options.

We offer extensive advisory services for boards of directors and executive teams on issues including evaluation of exit opportunities, capital structure alternatives, valuation and shareholder value. We also develop reorganization and recapitalization plans. Our years of diverse experience enable us to suggest alternative structures and solutions for unique situations.