Brennan Plaetzer
Advisor at BAYANA
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2020 - Current
As a lifelong learner with multifaceted expertise spanning traditional private equity, established tech ventures, and emerging digital assets, I evaluate investments and advise founders across diverse ecosystems shaping the global digital economy. My adaptability bridging legacy finance, decentralized protocols, AI, biotech and more allows me to spot high-upside, undervalued opportunities missed by narrowly-focused investors. With in-depth understanding accrued through self-driven study of sophisticated structuring and quantitative modeling techniques combined with hands-on technology experience, I provide invaluable guidance helping ambitious entrepreneurs build, fund and scale boundary-pushing companies and blockchain platforms to solve real-world problems. I welcome conversations on how we can work together fulfilling this immense potential whether through impact-driven investments, enterprising new partnerships, or collaborating on the frontier tech innovations that will transform lives.
Advisor
2023
As an accomplished Advisor to BAYANA, the pioneering premium marketplace bridging independent creators with consumers to forge tomorrow's leading brands, my role encompasses steering the financial strategy and modeling pivotal to our success. With a robust foundation of nearly 15 years in alternative asset investing, my journey spans a comprehensive spectrum: from secondary, primary, and co-investment ventures in private equity and venture capital, to the dynamic arenas of digital assets.
CFO
2024 - 2024
Blockchain Laboratories launches web3 startups that are using tokenization to create a better future.
Blockchain Laboratories develops blockchain and cryptocurrency projects that have triple bottom line use cases.
Raised $250,000.00 from Newchip Accelerator.
Vice President - Private Equity
2016 - 2020
I was one of the most senior investment professionals focused on making private equity secondaries, private equity co-investments and private equity primary investments in a fund called the CPG Carlyle (a registered private-equity fund), accredited investor offering. Open-ended fund structure. At the time of my departure, The CPG Carlyle Commitments Fund was the second largest private equity tender offer fund in the US (As of 2023- it is the fifth largest private equity tender offer fund).
Senior Associate - Private Equity
2015 - 2016
Central Park Group, LLC, is an independent investment advisory firm that specializes in alternative investment strategies.
Senior Associate
2010 - 2015
Built firm's first impact secondaries model. At the time of my departure, I was focused on: private market secondaries with measurable impact. North Sky Capital launched the first impact private equity fund of funds in 2005, followed by several additional funds covering primaries, secondaries, infrastructure, co-investments and/or special situations. TRANSACTION TYPES: Secondary LP Purchases, Fund Restructurings, Annex Funds and Secondary Directs ASSET TYPES: Buyout, Growth Equity, Venture Capital and Infrastructure. GEOGRAPHIES: North America, Western Europe and Asia. INDUSTRIES: Education, Environment Energy Management and Storage, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Agriculture, Waste-to-Value and Waste Reduction.
North Sky Capital is an investment management firm that invests in companies through private equity funds and infrastructure projects.
Analyst
2010 - 2010
Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking (PJMB) is a part of the asset management business of Piper Jaffray Companies
Summer Analyst
2009 - 2009
Investment banking summer analyst focused on valuation, M&A and turnaround.
FOCUS Investment Banking is a trusted name in middle market M&A advisory services worldwide.
Summer Analyst
2008 - 2008
Stone Arch Capital, LLC is a private equity fund based in Minneapolis, MN.