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Travis Borden

Freelance Investment Banker
United StatesFreelance Investment Banking Since September 5, 2017

Travis was part of the founding team at Moelis & Co., a $2.5 billion global investment bank, and has 18 years of experience advising clients on $40+ billion of M&A, capital raising, and restructuring transactions. In 2015, he founded a socially responsible advisory firm, Keene Advisors, named "Best for the World" 2017-2019. Travis joined Toptal to expand his network and share his expertise advising companies from startups to Fortune 500 firms.

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Keene Advisors

Paul Huffman

Freelance Investment Banker
United StatesFreelance Investment Banking Since November 6, 2019

Paul has completed 90 investment banking assignments with an aggregate value of over $3 billion during a 20-year investment banking career. Paul is also the founder and manager of several start-ups, including driving growth to the INC 500 list at Commodore Leasing, LLC from formation to #193 in 2016. As a freelancer, Paul brings clients his investment banking experience combined with start-up and operating background.

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Commodore Leasing, LLC

George Mathew

Freelance Investment Banker
United StatesFreelance Investment Banking Since September 30, 2019

George has worked on M&A, IPO, and fixed income transactions with a cumulative deal value of $20+ billion at renowned Wall Street banks including Salomon Brothers and Morgan Stanley. A Fulbright scholar, George is active in the fintech startup sector and was on the management committee of Houston’s largest independent bank. At Toptal, he enjoys refining business models and optimizing financing structures to maximize flexibility and profitability.

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Morgan Stanley

Marc Howland

Freelance Investment Banker
United StatesFreelance Investment Banking Since July 19, 2019

Marc is a Harvard Business School graduate with honors, a former investment banker from Goldman Sachs, and private equity investor at The Carlyle Group. He has helped execute more than $70 billion worth of global M&A and financing transactions in the tech, media, telecom, infrastructure and sports facility finance markets. Marc enjoys freelancing to contribute his knowledge and skills to others while working on his own early-stage ventures.

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Keyturn Pbc

Stefano Sironi

Freelance Investment Banker
United KingdomFreelance Investment Banking Since June 3, 2019

An investment banker turned entrepreneur, Stefano has executed over £15 billion of M&A and capital raising transactions while working as an associate at Merrill Lynch and as M&A manager at a leading technology company. Today, Stefano enjoys advising clients on fund-raising and executing M&A transactions by leveraging his experience in investment banking, technology, and entrepreneurship.

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Axioma Europe Ltd.

Tobias Buck

Freelance Investment Banker
United KingdomFreelance Investment Banking Since April 7, 2020

Tobias is a private equity investor and board advisor who has invested, raised, and refinanced more than $4 billion throughout his career across the entire company life cycle from seed round start-ups to late-stage buyouts across Europe/US, and various industries. He combines highly analytical thinking with a very structured work approach and a passion for the creative fields. He connects easily with people valuing high IQ/EQ environments.

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Deutsche Entertainment AG

Trevor Davis

Freelance Investment Banker
CanadaFreelance Investment Banking Since February 21, 2019

Trevor is an experienced entrepreneur and banker with a background in business plan development, financial modeling, M&A, capital raising, and business valuation. He has worked and advised clients across many industries. Trevor has worked on over $5 billion of M&A and financing transactions and has advised clients ranging from early-stage startups to multi-billion dollar businesses.

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Healis Business Consulting

Ryan Kuhn

Freelance Investment Banker
United StatesFreelance Investment Banking Since April 3, 2020

Ryan is an investment banker, private equity investor, and entrepreneur with experience across industries, including the industrials, energy, transportation and logistics, healthcare, and technology sectors. He has completed over US $5 billion in aggregate M&A and financing transaction value. Ryan enjoys working with entrepreneurs, corporations, and private equity clients to help create value.

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WaveCrest Securities

Neil Portus | CFA, CMA

Freelance Investment Banker
United StatesFreelance Investment Banking Since March 17, 2017

Neil is a CFO for growth companies and a former equity analyst at Goldman Sachs in NY where he helped lead numerous transactions including Zipcar's $1.1 billion IPO. He was also an equity analyst at Barclays Capital & Lehman Brothers and began his career at a boutique investment bank (M&A, restructuring, debt financings). He's built his operational skills both as a startup founder and as the CFO of an East Africa-focused impact investment firm.

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Unity Development Group

Jay Schiff

Freelance Investment Banker
United StatesFreelance Investment Banking Since February 14, 2019

Jay is a 25-year private investment professional experienced in capital raising, deal sourcing, underwriting, capital markets, portfolio management, and restructuring. As the regional head of middle-market finance at Merrill Lynch and president of Centre Lane Investment Corp., he has invested $864 million in middle-market companies. Jay consults on corporate finance advisory issues while leading an angel-funded medical device business as a co-founder and CEO.

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Previously at

Addinex Technologies

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  • How are Toptal investment bankers different?

    At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our investment bankers to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 100,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with finance experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.

  • Can I hire investment bankers in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

    Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with an investment banker within 48 hours of signing up.

  • What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal investment bankers?

    We make sure that each engagement between you and your investment banker begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

  • What type of talent does Toptal have?

    Our platform hosts a very diverse set of skill sets, experiences, and backgrounds. Our freelancers range from software engineers, user experience designers, project management experts, and product managers to corporate finance experts who have worked at leading public companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more.

    Our freelancers are former managing directors, investment banking analysts, and M&A advisors with multiple years of experience in M&A processes for large and middle market companies.

  • What other services does Toptal provide?

    Besides our talent matching services, we also assemble cross-functional teams of finance experts, senior project managers, web developers, app developers, user interface designers, and freelancers with other technical skills.

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