Michael Petsky has more than 30 years’ experience providing M&A and advisory services to marketing technology and services, digital marketing and media, and information and data companies. Mike was the co-founder of Petsky Prunier, a leading investment bank that provided M&A and advisory services to marketing technology and services, digital marketing and media, and information and data companies marketing, which was sold to Canaccord Genuity in 2019.
Prior to co-founding Petsky Prunier and its strategic consulting affiliate Winterberry Group in 1999, Mike was a managing director at Gruppo, Levey & Company, a boutique investment bank with a specialization in the catalog and marketing services industry M&A. In 1992, he founded Information Authorities, a competitive intelligence and industry research firm serving direct marketing companies. He sold that business to Gruppo, Levey in 1994. Previously, Mike held positions at the industry's largest trade group, the Direct Marketing Association, and Sequa Corp., a Fortune 200 aerospace company.
Mike holds a B.S. from the State University of New York College at Fredonia and an M.B.A. in finance from Fordham University.
Selected Transactions
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Approx US$160m
Datamyx
Financial Advisor to Datamyx on its sale to Deluxe Corporation
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MultiAd
Financial Advisor to MultiAd on its sale to SGS International
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Ariad Communications
Financial Advisor to Ariad Communications on its sale to Bluespire Marketing
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WineAccess
Financial Advisor to eCommerce Company WineAccess on its sale to Norwest Venture Partners
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Undercurrent
Financial Advisor to Undercurrent on its sale to Quirky
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Social Media Link
Financial Advisor to Social Media Link on its sale to From You Flowers
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Envelopes.com
Financial Advisor to Envelopes.com on its significant investment from TZP Growth Partners
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Miles
Financial Advisor and Agent to Miles in its growth financing and recapitalization
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Compact Information Systems
Financial Advisor to Compact Information Systems on its acquisition of ASL Marketing from DEFY Media