Corey Cooper , CEO , Bote

“GulfStar’s knowledge and effort delivered an outcome that far exceeded our expectations.”

01/06

Bin Yu , CEO , Utegration

“GulfStar doesn’t just do its job. They got into the details and tactical side of our business.”

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Dr. Najeeb Thomas , Founding Physician , Crescent City Surgical Centre

“GulfStar understood how to value us appropriately. I felt we were in good hands the whole way.”

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03/06

Bill Ganss , President , AIAP

“GulfStar had the connections and the insights we needed to take our business to the next level.”

04/06

Jake Perciful , CEO , Renegade

“GulfStar managed the entire process seamlessly. We couldn't have done it without them.”

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Samuel Sprunt, Jr. , Former Chairman , Tideland

“My family couldn't be happier with both the initial transaction and the additional liquidity.”

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About Us

GulfStar is one of the leading middle market investment banking firms in the United States, with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results in mergers and acquisitions, private placements and strategic advisory services. We advise private business owners and corporate clients nationwide, with revenues ranging from $25 million to $350+ million across a variety of key industry sectors.

34
years of middle market leadership
760
completed transactions
250
+
years of combined managing director experience

Services

Full complement of strategic and capital advisory services

We provide our middle market clients with a complete solution backed by a full complement of strategic advisory and corporate finance capabilities, delivered through a highly-tailored, effort-intensive and relationship-based service model.

Industries

Sector-specific expertise

We have deep institutional knowledge of the critical industry forces that drive your business and unlock transactional value.

Energy, Power & Infrastructure

Consumer Products & Services

Industrial Services & Manufacturing

Specialty Distribution

Environmental & Sustainability

Business Services

Software & Tech-Enabled Services

Healthcare

Recent Transactions

Thoughtful engagement. Extraordinary results.

has been acquired by
a portfolio company of
Industry
Business Services
Services
Mergers & Acquisitions

For over 50 years, Steger Bizzell has been a leader in civil engineering in Central Texas. The Company has performed more than 22,000 projects for governmental and private clients, with expertise covering a wide range of disciplines including hydraulic and hydro-logic analysis, floodplain mapping, transportation, water and wastewater utilities, planning and site design, and surveying. Headquartered in Georgetown, just north of Austin, Steger Bizzell adds a team of more than 50 technical experts with deep water, wastewater and land development expertise to CHA, a full-service engineering, design, and management consulting firm. Steger Bizzell will rebrand as Steger Bizzell, A CHA Company. The acquisition expands CHA’s team to more than 2,100 professionals across 55+ offices, from Canada to Florida to California.

has been acquired by
a portfolio company of
Industry
Consumer Products & Services
Services
Mergers & Acquisitions

Alpha, a privately held, family-owned frozen foods manufacturer based in Waller, Texas, was founded in 1984 by Greek immigrants George and Athena Sarandos. Alpha has grown from a regional foodservice distributor into a highly respected producer of frozen pizzas and pizza components for national accounts. Today, Alpha operates from a modern, highly efficient, 115,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility serving a broad range of customers, including K-12 schools, leading grocery retailers and well recognized packaged foods brands.

has been acquired by

JHBDMB Holdings, Inc.

Employee Stock Ownership Trust

Industry
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
Services

Based in Houston, BWFS is a full-service, ASME-certified fabricator of large, complex pressure vessels with in-house capabilities to engineer, draft, fabricate, stress relieve, sandblast, and coat large pressure vessels in one location with minimal outsourcing. The Company has proudly served the offshore oil and gas industry for more than 25 years and has over 14,000 vessels in use around the world.

has been acquired by
a portfolio company of
Industry
Energy, Power & Infrastructure
Industrial Services & Manufacturing
Services
Mergers & Acquisitions

Founded in 1925 as Arthur Dooley & Son and renamed Dooley Tackaberry following its 1987 acquisition of The Tackaberry Company, Dooley has an extensive history in the distribution of fire and safety equipment to the oil and gas industry and municipal fire service market. Having grown steadily, Dooley’s biggest strengths are designing and fabricating fire detection and suppression systems as well as supplying fire protection and personal protective equipment to upstream, midstream and downstream customers throughout the world. Today, Dooley represents all major product lines in the fire and safety equipment industry.

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