Dave Bustos

Dave Bustos

Partner, Fort Capital Partners

Dave is the founder of Fort Capital Partners, a boutique investment bank providing middle market companies and entrepreneurs with access to M&A advisory and capital raising services. Before Fort Capital, he spent 23 years working with investment banks in Vancouver, Toronto and New York.

Over his career, Dave has advised companies, boards, entrepreneurs and private equity investors on transactions across a broad range of industries including consumer products, industrial products, clean tech, infrastructure, forest and building products, mining, utilities, and technology. A “generalist” over much of his career, he has developed a detailed understanding across most investment banking situations, including capital raising and M&A, and makes that knowledge available to his clients and colleagues.

Dave received his BComm from The University of British Columbia and is a graduate of the Portfolio Management Foundation (or UBC PMF). He is married with two children.

Specialties: Investment banking generally; capital raising (public equity, private equity and debt), public and private company mergers & acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, valuations, and financial advisory services.