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 200 transactions during his career and has successfully completed over 50 transactions since the beginning of 2020 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.
Prior to joining Petsky Prunier in 1999, Sanjay 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.
Selected Transactions
- Financial Advisor to Hero Digital, a Portfolio Company of AEA Investors, on its Strategic Combination with Huge
- Financial Advisor to NEORIS on its Sale to EPAM
- Financial Advisor to Veritone on the Sale of its Media Agency, Veritone One, to Insignia Capital Group
- Financial Advisor to Blankfactor on its Acquisition by Globant
- Financial Advisor to LeapPoint on its Sale to Omnicom
- Financial Advisor to Ansira on the Sale of its Automotive Dealership Solutions Business Sincro to DealerOn
- Financial Advisor to Mars United Commerce on its Sale to Publicis
- Financial Advisor to Adfire Health on its Sale to Health Union
- Financial Advisor to Team Go on its Sale to Market Performance Group, a Sentinel Capital Partners Portfolio Company
- Co-Manager to Zeta Global on its US$310,200,000 Follow-On Offering
- Financial Advisor to Advantage Solutions on the Sale of Digital Advertising Platform Jun Group to Verve Group
- Financial Advisor to Riveron on its Acquisition of Yantra
- Financial Advisor to Resume Builder on its Sale to BOLD
- Financial Advisor to AdTheorent on its Sale to Cadent
- Advisor to CarltonOne Engagement on its Investment from Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Passive Bookrunner to MediaAlpha on its US$125,400,000 Follow-On Offering
- Financial Advisor to Softcrylic on its Sale to Hexaware
- Financial Advisor to Advantage Solutions on the Divestiture of its Performance Media and Marketing Technology Company Adlucent to BarkleyOKRP
- Financial Advisor to Bits In Glass on its Significant Investment from Capital Square Partners
- Financial Advisor to Market Performance Group on its Sale to Sentinel Capital Partners
- Financial Advisor to Ansira on its Sale to Truelink Capital
- Advisor to My Code on its Majority Investment from Ariel Alternatives
- Financial Advisor to Barkley on its Strategic Investment From Keystone Capital
- Financial Advisor to Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media on its Sale to PMG
- Financial Advisor to Brainlabs on its Significant Investment from Falfurrias Capital
- Financial Advisor to Factor Creative on its Sale to Virtusa
- Financial Advisor to Bayard a Portfolio Company of Shamrock Capital on its Sale to Appcast
- Financial Advisor to Avance Investment Management on its Strategic Investment in Clevertech
- Financial Advisor to Corra on its Sale to Publicis
- Financial Advisor to FS Vector on its Investment from Stone-Goff Partners
- Financial Advisor to 2X on its Strategic Growth Equity Investment from Recognize
- Financial Advisor to Shift7 Digital on its Sale to Merkle
- Financial Advisor to TI Health on its Sale to Real Chemistry
- Financial Advisor to Eruptr on its Sale to Amulet Capital Partners and Athyrium Capital Management
- Financial Advisor to WillowTree on its Sale to TELUS International
- Financial Advisor to Aspirent a Portfolio Company of Summit Park on its Sale to NTT Data
- Financial Advisor to Kelso & Company on its Acquisition of DEFINITION 6
- Financial Advisor to Incline on its Investment in Icreon
- Financial Advisor to Ntersol on its Sale to CI&T
- Financial Advisor to Fueled Digital Media on its Investment from Insignia Capital
- Financial Advisor to Wpromote on its Significant Investment from ZMC
- Financial Advisor to Network Coverage on its Majority Investment from Tenex Capital Management
- Financial Advisor to Synoptek on its Majority Investment from Quad-C Management
- Financial Advisor to Searchspring on its Strategic Investment from PSG
- Financial Advisor to Highwire on its Strategic Investment from Shamrock Capital
- Financial Advisor to Dig Insights on its Strategic Investment from Beringer Capital
- Financial Advisor to Kelso on its Growth Investment in Emtec
- Financial Advisor to RIA on its Strategic Investment from Avance Investment Management
- Financial Advisor to The Stable on its Acquisition by Accenture
- Financial Advisor to 3Q Digital on its Merger with DEPT®
- Financial Advisor to Brandshare on its Sale to Advantage Solutions
- Financial Advisor to Profitero on its Sale to Publicis
- Financial Advisor to What If Media Group on its Significant Investment from Abry Partners
- Financial Advisor to Terraboost on its Investment from Trive Capital
- Financial Advisor to Power Digital a Portfolio Company of Periscope Equity on its Strategic Capital Investment from Court Square Capital Partners
- Financial Advisor to TA Digital on its Sale to Omnicom Group
- Financial Advisor to Sales Boomerang on its Strategic Investment from LLR Partners
- Financial Advisor to QuickFrame on its Sale to MNTN
- Financial Advisor to Apply Digital on its Growth Investment from Interlock Equity
- Joint Placement Agent on PIPE Transaction in Support of MCAP Acquisition Corp.’s December 2021 Merger with AdTheorent
- Financial Advisor to AdTheorent on business combination with MCAP Acquisition Corp. and Supports Transaction as Joint PIPE Placement Agent
- Financial Advisor to Quartile, a portfolio company of Rockbridge Growth Equity, on its Acquisition of Sidecar
- Exclusive Financial Advisor to True Influence on its Sale to MeritB2B
- Co-Manager to Definitive Healthcare on its Follow-on Offering
- Exclusive Financial Advisor to Hero Digital on its Sale to AEA Investors
- Exclusive Financial Advisor to Hathway on its Sale to Bounteous
- Financial Advisor to EPAM on its Acquisition of Emakina Group
- Financial Advisor to Benzinga on it's Majority Investment from Beringer Capital
- Financial Advisor to WebFX on its strategic investment from Trilantic North America
- Advisor on Simpli.fi’s investment from Blackstone
- Financial Advisor to Edison on its sale to YipitData
- Financial Advisor to Exclusive Concepts on its partnership with Trinity Hunt Partners
- Co-Manager to Definitive Healthcare on their Initial Public Offering
- Financial Advisor to H Code on its its Investment from Falfurrias Capital Partners
- Financial Advisor to Trailer Park on its Growth Investment from Erie Street and Origami Capital Partners
- Financial Advisor to Bounteous on its strategic investment from New Mountain Capital
- Financial Advisor to Tinuiti on its acquisition to Bliss Point Media
- Financial Advisor to Datalot on its Sale to Centerfield
- Financial Advisor to Court Square on its Significant Investment in Connatix
- Financial Advisor to Kitewheel on its sale to CSG
- Financial Advisor to Bionic on its sale to Accenture Interactive
- Acted as Co-Manager to Zeta Capital on it's $215m Initial Public Offering
- Financial Advisor to Perform[cb], a portfolio company of Centre Lane Partners, on its sale to Beringer Capital
- Financial Advisor to Investor’s Business Daily on its Sale to Newscorp
- Financial Advisor to Optimad Media on its sale to ORIX Capital Partners
- Co-manager to DoubleVerify on its Initial Public Offering
- Financial Advisor to Crisp Results on its sale to Digital Media Solutions
- Bookrunner to MediaAlpha on its Pricing of Secondary Offering
- Joint Bookrunner to Velocity Acquisition Corp. on its IPO
- 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
- Ballast Research, a division of National Journal Group and Atlantic Media, Financial advisor on sale to Falfurrias Capital
- Financial Advisor to Tinuiti on its Investment from New Mountain Capital
- Financial Advisor to Acceleration Partners on its investment from Mountaingate 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 Swoop Inc. and IPM.ai on sale to W2O Group
- Bookrunner for MediaAlpha on its IPO
- Financial Advisor to Blue Acorn iCi on its sale to Infosys
- Financial Advisor to Quartile Digital on its 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 Inside Response on its sale to SelectQuote
- Financial Advisor to Inside Response on its sale to SelectQuote
- 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 on Growth Equity Investment from PeakEquity
- Financial Advisor to Performance Improvement Partners on sale to Erie Street
- Financial Advisor to Centerfield on sale to Platinum Equity
- 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 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 Match Marketing Group on its sale to Southfield Capital
- 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
- Financial Advisor on the sale of Katch's 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 Simpli.fi on its sale of a majority stake to GTCR
- Financial Advisor to Allconnect on its sale to Red Ventures
- 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 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
- Financial Advisor to Cognizant on its 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
- Financial Advisor to 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
- Financial Advisor to Centerfield on its 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 eCommerce Company WineAccess on its sale to Norwest Venture Partners
- Financial Advisor to Undercurrent on its sale to Quirky
- 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 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 Triad Retail Media on its sale to Rockbridge Growth Equity and Falcon Investment Advisors
- Financial Advisor to TRANZACT on its sale of Tranzact Information Services to Halyard Capital
- Financial Advisor to Show Media on the sale of its Taxi Top Advertising Division to VeriFone Systems
- Financial Advisor to Pareto on its Take-Private acquisition by The Riverside Company
- 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
- Financial Advisor to Direct Group on the sale of its fulfillment and database management divisions to Budco
- 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 On Target Media LLCon its sale to Catterton Partners
- Financial Advisor to TenUnited & Direct Impact on the sale of a majority stake to Halyard Capital to create Engauge
- 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 InPulse Response Group on its sale to West Corporation
- Financial Advisor to Innovation Ads on its sale to On Target Media Holdings
- Financial Advisor to Haggin Marketing on its major investment from Lake Capital
- Financial Advisor to to ICOM Information & Communications on its sale to The Loyalty Group
- Financial Advisor to Vacation Connections on the sale of a majority interest to The Cypress 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
- Financial Advisor to Aspen Marketing Services on the acquisition of SRI Analytics
- Direct Marketing Solutions has been sold to Alpine Investors, LP
- American Telecast Corporation has sold ATC Agency Services, LLC to Lake Capital
- Transcontinental has sold Sodema to SR. Teleperformance
- Exclusive Financial Advisor to CMGI on its sale of Yesmail to infoUSA
- Triplex Direct Marketing Corporation has been sold to InfoUSA, Inc.
- Kramer Lead Marketing Group has been sold to ChoicePoint
- CC3 has been sold to Providence Equity Partners
- Acquisition of Novus List Marketing or L90