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Jamie McGurk

General Partner @ BAM Elevate | Capital Formation, M&A

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $4,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $2,125,000.00

Skills

Financial Analysis
Due Diligence
Mergers
Strategy
Investment Banking
Corporate Finance
Start-ups
Capital Markets
Investments
Venture Capital
Corporate Development
Debt & Equity Capital Raising
Business Development
Strategic Partnerships
Mergers & Acquisitions
Business Strategy
Finance
Equities
Competitive Analysis
Portfolio Management

Education

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2021

    Jamie McGurk is a General Partner at BAM Elevate, the private investment division of Balyasny Asset Management L.P., a global multi-strategy investment firm. BAM Elevate invests in breakout companies in transformational industries poised to compound long-term value. We provide our private portfolio companies with capital, in addition to access to BAM's unique global platform to help Elevate their team, performance, and capabilities

  • Advisory Board Member

    2022

2019 - 2021

  • Managing Partner - Private Investments

    2019 - 2021

  • Operating Partner

    2012 - 2019

    Formed, built and managed the Corporate Development operating team of 10 partners. Over 7+ year tenure, assisted portfolio companies in raising $20 billion in equity and $2 billion in debt capital, $23 billion in M&A transaction value and $12 billion in gross IPO proceeds raised in 437 closed transactions.

  • Director, Investment Banking

    2010 - 2012

    M&A, capital markets and private placements for growth companies in the communications technology and enterprise storage and compute sectors.

ThinkEquity LLC

2005 - 2010

  • Director - Communications Technology & Digital Media Investment Banking

    2005 - 2010

    M&A, capital markets and private placements for growth companies in the media and communications industries.

2004 - 2005

  • Associate, Global Telecom Investment Banking

    2004 - 2005

    M&A and capital markets for large-cap telecom companies globally.

Coqui Capital Partners

2000 - 2002

  • Associate

    2000 - 2002

    Boutique VC fund founded by three successful entrepreneurs. Focus primarily on early-stage investments in the technology, media and communications sectors.

1997 - 2000

  • Debt Capital Markets

    1997 - 2000

    Fixed Income Division - experience in range of corporate and government agency issuer debt.