Amy LaBan co-heads US Financial Sponsor coverage and joined Canaccord Genuity through the acquisition of Petsky Prunier and has extensive experience completing successful transactions in the technology, information, marketing, and media industries. She joined Petsky Prunier in 2008 and previously led business development for the firm. Prior to joining Petsky Prunier, she spent 11 years at Lake Capital, a private equity fund managing $1.3 billion in equity commitments. During her time at Lake Capital, Amy was a key member of the investment team, which raised more than $1.7 billion in equity commitments and was responsible for business development and transaction sourcing. She proactively originated platform company candidates and built pipelines of follow‐on targets through direct calling on entrepreneurs and fostering intermediary/referral relationships, including a long‐term relationship with Petsky Prunier.
Amy has years of experience in the public markets as both a corporate head of investor relations and as an investor relations consultant. She also spent five years at Citibank in an international cash management division as a product manager. She began her career in advertising in account management and market research.
Amy holds a B.A. in Asian studies and a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an M.B.A. from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. She is a CFA charterholder.
Selected Transactions
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Manifest
Financial Advisor to Manifest Digital on its acquisition of SocialKaty
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US$16m
Simpli.fi
Financial Advisor to Simpli.fi on its Series B growth investment led by Frontier Capital
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N/a
CitizenHawk
CitizenHawk, a portfolio company of Maveron, has been sold to Wolters Kluwer
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US$68m
Brand Networks
Financial Advisor to Brand Networks on its minority investment from AEA Investors
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River North Group
Financial Advisor to River North Group on its sale of Marketing Drive and WELD media to Match Marketing Group
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N/a
Brant Screen Craft
Financial Advisor to Brant Screen Craft on its sale to Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Co.
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N/a
mediaFORGE
Financial Advisor to mediaFORGE on its sale to Rakuten LinkShare
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Triad Retail Media
Financial Advisor to Triad Retail Media on its sale to Rockbridge Growth Equity and Falcon Investment Advisors
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SkyMall
Financial Advisor to SkyMall on its sale to Direct Brands