Matthew Kratter

Matthew (Matt) Kratter is an experienced private and public company M&A and growth capital banker with a focus on transactions within marketing, media, and technology sectors.  Matt is a core senior member of Canaccord Genuity’s Technology, Media, Marketing and Information Services Group, based in New York, where he is responsible for identifying, executing, negotiating and successfully closing transactions for companies with attractive growth business models.

Matt joined Canaccord Genuity with its 2019 acquisition of Petsky Prunier where he was a senior tenured member for over a decade. Prior to joining CG Petsky Prunier, Matt had extensive transaction experience, beginning within the Media Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch, at cross border-focused M&A firm, Rothschild, and then as a Vice President in the M&A Group at Banc of America Securities, the latter two firms in which he had a significant focus on transaction activity for consumer and retail marketers.

Matt is a Management and Technology Program graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, holding a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Systems Science & Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the Wharton School.

Matt serves as Vice Chair of Canaccord Genuity’s U.S. Fairness Opinion Review Committee. He has been involved with published research with faculty at Columbia Business School on investment banking fairness opinions.