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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Millennium 1
Financial Advisor to Millennium 1 Solutions on its sale to Dimension Data
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FreshAddress
Financial Advisor to FreshAddress on its strategic investment from TZP Growth Partners
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Zorch
Financial Advisor to Zorch International on its sale to Satori Capital
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Geoscape
Financial Advisor to Geoscape on its sale to Claritas
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Throtle
Financial Advisor to Throtle on its Series B Funding led by TransUnion
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Real Geeks
Financial Advisor to Real Geeks on its sale to FNF Group
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Cole Information
Financial Advisor to Cole Information Services on its sale to Brook Venture Partners
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S&E Sponsorship Group
Financial Advisor to S&E Sponsorship Group on its sale to Dentsu Aegis Network
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Approx US$160m
Datamyx
Financial Advisor to Datamyx on its sale to Deluxe Corporation