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Brian Stengel

Managing Partner at Trebuchet Partners

New York, New York

Overview

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2017 - Current

    Trebuchet Partners advises and invests in high growth, disruptive companies. We provide strategic and financial advice to senior decision makers across the technology, media and internet sectors (TMI). We work with both industry incumbents and disruptive growth companies and leverage extensive subject matter expertise, differentiated relationships and exceptional creativity to help our clients succeed. S49E Advisory.

  • Partner - Technology and Internet Investment Banking

    2015 - 2017

    Partner, Technology Group and Head of the Internet and Digital Media Practice providing M&A, capital raising and strategic advisory to both large cap and growth technology, media and internet companies. Maintain close relationships and active dialogue with senior executives at top global technology, media, internet and interactive companies and has differentiated access to top investors across the venture capital and private equity communities. Prior to PWP, Brian was Group Head of the Internet and Digital Media Practice at Waller Capital Partners and a senior banker at Morgan Stanley where he worked closely with leading private equity firms and their portfolio companies on leveraged acquisitions, debt and equity financing and principal investing assignments with a focus on the technology, media and telecom sectors.

  • Managing Director, Group Head Technology, Internet and Digital Media

    2009 - 2015

    Managing Director at Waller Capital Partners and Group Head of the firm’s Technology, Internet and Digital Media Practice providing M&A and private equity financing to high growth companies in the enterprise technology and consumer internet sectors. Brian has been named to the Power Players in Digital Media by AlwaysOn several years running and frequently speaks on topics related to digital media, M&A, financing, growth strategy and e-commerce at events including NCTA Innovation Park, OnMedia, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, OnHollywood, Disney Southeast Asia Digital Media Conference, nextMedia Hamburg Web Future, Kellogg Business School, University of Virginia and others.

  • Executive Director - Financial Sponsors Group

    2005 - 2008

    Worked closely with leading financial sponsors and their portfolio companies providing M&A origination and execution, leverage finance and portfolio monetization advisory. Coverage included: Apax Partners, Carlyle Group, General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, Fortress Investment Group, Merrill Lynch Private Equity, Centerbridge, Elevation Partners, Quadrangle, Arcapita, DE Shaw, Perry Capital and others with over $100 billion in investable AUM.

  • Managing Director / Founder

    2000 - 2005

  • Associate

    1996 - 1999

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