New York — Viridian Capital Advisors is pleased to announce that Mr. David Kelman has joined Viridian as an investment banker where he will help to lead and to execute buy- and sell-side assignments in the firms growing M&A practice.
David has two decades of experience as an investment banker, entrepreneur, wealth manager, and private equity professional. He managed over 25 M&A transactions totaling more than $10 billion at several investment banking firms including Credit Suisse, Bear Stearns, and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). While at Credit Suisse and DLJ, David led the firm’s distressed M&A efforts; At Bear Stearns, he worked in the healthcare banking group.
David also worked in private equity, providing transaction support for public and private company buyouts. Most recently, he oversaw strategic transactions for a Colorado-based cannabis company with multi-state operations in cultivation, production, and distribution.
David received his MBA from Columbia Business School where he was on the Dean’s List and taught corporate finance (valuation, modeling) to first-year MBAs. He completed his undergraduate work at Babson College, where he graduated with a B.S., cum laude, in finance.
Scott Greiper, the President and Founder of Viridian, commented, “We are delighted to bring David Kelman onto the Viridian platform. As the cannabis industry undergoes rapid consolidation, David’s high-level M&A experience will bring tremendous value to our practice and to our clients. At a time when more and more of our investment banking practice involves both buy- and sell-side M&A work, the timing of David’s arrival is ideal.”
About Viridian Capital Advisors, LLC
Viridian Capital Advisors is a financial and strategic advisory firm dedicated to the cannabis market. We are a data- and market intelligence-driven firm that provides investment banking, M&A, corporate development, and investor relations services to emerging growth companies and qualified investors in the cannabis sector. Our banking practice, through broker-dealer Pickwick Capital Partners, LLC (Member FINRA/SIPC), provides capital and M&A to fund the growth of our clients, while our advisory practice helps to position and build their businesses. Our team’s decades of high level operating and transactional experience on Wall Street in a variety of emerging sectors, allows Viridian to provide comprehensive strategic and financial solutions that assist cannabis enterprises in realizing their full potential.
