Sanjay Chadda
Managing Director, Co-Head of US Investment Banking, Co-Head of US Technology, Media, Marketing and Information Services Investment Banking
Sanjay Chadda joined Canaccord Genuity through the acquisition of Petsky Prunier and co-heads one of the most active investment banking practices on Wall Street focused on the broader media, digital advertising and marketing, commerce, information and marketing technology and services industries.
As a trusted advisor to CEOs and private equity sponsors, Sanjay has led more than 150 transactions during his career and has successfully completed over 50 transactions since the beginning of 2017 alone. In his engagements, he focuses on origination, due diligence, marketing, management, and negotiation of both M&A and private placement transactions in order to drive successful results for his clients. He is active in the firm's industry practice areas and brings to his engagements a unique combination of extensive sell-side and buy-side M&A experience as well as a deep understanding of business models of companies in the sectors he covers.
Sanjay has been a speaker at Strategy Institute’s Digital Out-of-Home Media Conference and the DMA Annual Leader’s Summit. He has also been a guest lecturer at New York University’s School of Continuing & Professional Studies Interactive and Direct Marketing Program. Prior to joining Petsky Prunier in 1999, he served as a financial analyst in GE Capital’s Financial Management Program. Sanjay holds a B.S. from the Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, where he graduated with honors.
In addition to his investment banking responsibilities, Sanjay is responsible for personnel development and is active in the firm’s marketing, recruiting, and strategic initiative activities.
Contact:
SChadda@cgf.com
+1 212 842 6022
Location: New York, US
Selected transactions completed include:
- Financial Advisor to StackCommerce on its Sale to TPG
- Financial Advisor to Bayard Advertising on its sale to Shamrock Capital
- Financial Advisor to Social Method on its sale to Power Digital, a portfolio company of Periscope Capital
- Financial Advisor to Swoop Inc. and IPM.ai on sale to W2O Group
- Ballast Research, a division of National Journal Group and Atlantic Media, Financial advisor on sale to Falfurrias Capital
- Financial Advisor to Acceleration Partners on its investment from Mountaingate Capital
- Financial Advisor to Tinuiti on its Investment from New Mountain Capital
- Financial Advisor to The Aberdeen Group on its Sale to Spiceworks Ziff Davis
- Financial Advisor to Amper Music on its Sale to Shutterstock
- Financial Advisor to Blue Acorn iCi on it's sale to Infosys
- Financial Advisor to Quartile Digital on it's significant investment from Rockbridge Growth Equity
- Exclusive Financial Advisor to Sense360 on sale to Medallia
- Financial advisor to Sagepath on sale to Reply
- Financial Advisor to AdWeek on its sale to Shamrock Capital
- Financial Advisor to a fast growing provider of online customer acquisition solutions to the insurance Sector on its sale to a strategic buyer
- The sale of Salesforce Platinum consultancy Lev, a portfolio company of Inoca Capital Partners, to Cognizant
- Advisor to Media Storm on its sale to Merkle, Part of Dentsu Aegis Network
- Financial Advisor to Centerfield on sale to Platinum Equity
- Financial Advisor to a fast growing provider of online customer acquisition solutions to the insurance Sector on its sale to a strategic buyer
- Financial Advisor to Performance Improvement Partners on sale to Erie Street
- Financial Advisor on Growth Equity Investment from PeakEquity
- Financial Advisor to SessionM on its sale to Mastercard
- Advised Global Digital and Brand Strategy Consulting Firm Prophet on its Growth Financing from Gladstone and Comerica
- Exclusive Financial Advisor to MuteSix on Sale to Dentsu
- Exclusive Financial Advisor to Mobiquity Inc on its sale to Hexaware Technologies Ltd
- W2O's investment from New Mountain Capital
- 3Q Digital's significant growth investment from Erie Street Capital and PSP Capital
- Financial Advisor to HigherEducation.com on its sale to Red Ventures
- Backstage's significant investment from Ridgemont Equity Partners
- MediaAlpha's significant minority investment from Insignia Capital
- Financial Advisor to MightyHive on its sale to S4 Capital
- Financial Advisor to DEG on its sale to Dentsu Aegis Network
- Financial Advisor to Match Marketing Group on its sale to Southfield Capital
- Financial Advisor to GlynnDevins on its investment from CIP Capital
- WillowTree's significant investment from Insignia Capital
- Financial Advisor to Cluep on its sale to Impact Group
- Financial Advisor to Jun Group on its sale to Advantage Solutions
- Financial Advisor to Giant Creative Strategy on its sale to Huntsworth
- Financial Advisor to ABUV Media on its sale to a Strategic Acquirer
- Financial Advisor to Red Ventures on its sale of Caring.com
- Sale of Take 5 Media Group to Advantage Solutions
- Financial Advisor on the sale of its Auto Insurance, Home Insurance, Mortgage, and Technology Assets to QuinStreet
- List Partners' significant investment from Northlane Capital Partners
- Financial Advisor to Throtle on its Series B Funding led by TransUnion
- Financial Advisor to BrandShop on its sale to Beringer Capital
- Financial Advisor to Katch on the sale of its Over 65 Health Insurance and Life Insurance customer acquisition business to MediaAlpha
- Financial Advisor to Datalot on its investment from Lightyear Capital
- Financial Advisor to Allconnect on its sale to Red Ventures
- Financial Advisor to Simpli.fi on its sale of a majority stake to GTCR
- Financial Advisor to Brand Connections on its sale to Advantage Solutions
- Financial Advisor to APCO Worldwide on capital raise
- Financial Advisor to Lucid on its $60 Million Series B Minority investment led by North Bridge Growth Equity
- Financial Advisor to JWALK on its sale to Shiseido Americas
- Financial Advisor to Deluxe Corporation on its acquisition of First Manhattan Consulting Group
- Financial Advisor to SpinMedia on the sale of SPIN, VIBE, Stereogum, and deathandtaxes
- Financial Advisor to Ansira on its sale to Advent International
- Financial Advisor to Triad Retail Media on its sale to WPP’s Xaxis
- Financial Advisor to Soda on its sale to Red Ventures
- Financial Advisor to Zeta Global on its acquisition of Acxiom's Email Services Unit
- Cognizant’s acquisition of Idea Couture
- Financial Advisor to TRANZACT on its sale to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- Financial Advisor to BioPharm Communications on its sale to Omnicom Health Group
- Financial Advisor to the Path to Purchase Institute on its sale to RFE Investment Partners
- Financial Advisor to Clearlink on its sale to Sykes
- Sale of Clarus Commerce, including freeshipping.com, by Norwest Venture Partners to Trivergance, Falcon Investment Advisors, and Landon Capital Partners
- Financial Advisor to Hero Digital on its majority investment from CI Capital Partners
- Petsky Prunier advises The Carlyle Group and H.I.G. Growth Partners’ portfolio company Media Properties Holdings on its sale to Cannella Response Television
- Financial Advisor to Fluent on its sale to IDI
- Centerfield's significant growth recapitalization from H.I.G. Growth Partners
- Financial Advisor to Datamyx on its sale to Deluxe Corporation
- Financial Advisor to Sq1 on its sale to Ansira
- Financial Advisor to Chaotic Moon on its sale to Accenture
- Financial Advisor to BrandShare on its sale to Aperion Management and Leeds Novamark Capital
- Financial Advisor to Undercurrent on its sale to Quirky
- Financial Advisor to eCommerce Company WineAccess on its sale to Norwest Venture Partners
- Financial Advisor to Social Media Link on its sale to From You Flowers
- Financial Advisor to RPM Direct on its sale to EXL
- Financial Advisor to QualityHealth on its sale to Sharecare
- Financial Advisor to Steel Media on its sale to Social Reality
- Financial Advisor to TRANZACT on its majority investment from White Mountains Insurance Group
- Sale of Cadient Group to Cognizant
- Financial Advisor to Visible Technologies on its sale to Vocus
- Financial Advisor to Baseline on its sale to Gracenote
- Financial Advisor to Manifest Digital on its acquisition of SocialKaty
- Financial Advisor to MediaAlpha on its majority investment from White Mountains Insurance Group
- Financial Advisor to TagMan on its sale to Ensighten
- Financial Advisor to ClickSquared on its sale to Zeta Interactive
- Financial Advisor to New Track Media on its sale to F+W Media
- Financial Advisor to FreshSpace Media on its sale to Advantage Sales and Marketing
- Financial Advisor to Simpli.fi on its Series B growth investment led by Frontier Capital
- Financial Advisor to LeadKarma on its sale to Bankrate
- Financial Advisor to Engauge Marketing on its sale to Publicis Groupe
- Financial Advisor to Slingo on its sale to RealNetworks
- Brand Networks' $68MM minority investment from AEA Investors
- Financial Advisor to Triad Retail Media on its sale to Rockbridge Growth Equity and Falcon Investment Advisors
- Financial Advisor to Buysight on its sale to AOL
- Financial Advisor to avVenta Worldwide on its sale to Accenture
- Financial Advisor to mediaFORGE on its sale to Rakuten LinkShare
- Financial Advisor on financing for Show Media
- Financial Advisor to Zeta Global on investment from GCP Capital Partners and Madison Capital Funding
- Financial Advisor to LifeStreet Media on Investment from Nautic Partners
- Sale of DentalPlans.com to The Riverside Company
- Financial Advisor to Show Media on the sale of its Taxi Top Advertising Division to VeriFone Systems
- Financial Advisor to TRANZACT on its sale of Tranzact Information Services to Halyard Capital
- Financial Advisor to ClearSaleing on its sale to eBay's GSI Commerce
- Financial Advisor to CLEARLINK on its majority investment from Pamlico Capital
- Financial Advisor to Group DCA on its sale to PDI
- Financial Advisor to Hydra on its sale to Adknowledge
- Financial Advisor to FetchBack on its sale to eBay's GSI Commerce
- Exclusive financial advisor to Carlson Companies
- Financial Advisor to Cannella Response Television on its significant equity investment from ZM Capital
- Financial Advisor to Brand Connections on its sale to Veronis Suhler Stevenson
- Financial Advisor to AdOn Network on its sale to Prime Visibility Media Group
- Financial Advisor to Advanced Results Marketing on its merger with Mercury Media
- Financial Advisor to Innovation Ads on its sale to On Target Media Holdings
- Financial Advisor to InPulse Response Group on its sale to West Corporation
- Financial Advisor to Haggin Marketing on its major investment from Lake Capital
- Financial Advisor to Vacation Connections on the sale of a majority interest to The Cypress Group
- Financial Advisor to to ICOM Information & Communications on its sale to The Loyalty Group
- Financial Advisor to Bigfoot Interactive on its sale to Epsilon
- Financial Advisor to Mail South on its sale to New Mountain Capital and MailSouth Senior Management
- American Telecast Corporation has sold ATC Agency Services, LLC to Lake Capital
- Triplex Direct Marketing Corporation has been sold to InfoUSA, Inc.
- Transcontinental has sold Sodema to SR. Teleperformance
- Kramer Lead Marketing Group has been sold to ChoicePoint
- Direct Marketing Solutions has been sold to Alpine Investors, LP
- Sale of Yesmail to infoUSA
- CC3 has been sold to Providence Equity Partners
- Acquisition of Novus List Marketing or L90
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