Freeman & Co. Hires Tony Seto as Executive Director to Co-Head Financial Technology
Investment Banker formerly with Portico Capital, Gridley & Company, and Deutsche Bank joins Freeman & Co. to strengthen senior coverage team
New York, NY, February 28, 2017 (Newswire.com) - Freeman & Co. LLC, a leading investment bank focused on the Financial Services industry, is pleased to announce that Tony Seto has joined the firm as an Executive Director to co-head Financial Technology.
“We are excited Tony has joined our team to enhance our Financial Technology coverage. Payments, Transaction Processing, and related Data/Analytics sectors represent a natural expansion of Freeman & Co.’s core coverage” remarked Eric Weber, CEO and Managing Director of Freeman & Co.
Tony Seto added, “I am pleased to join Freeman & Co.’s highly respected platform. The firm’s significant relationships in Financial Services complement my own and will provide my clients with greater resources and capabilities to maximize their shareholder objectives. I look forward to working with Chris Pedone who will continue to focus on the Financial Technology sector within Asset/Wealth Management and Trading/Capital Markets.”
Before joining Freeman & Co., Tony was a Director at investment bank Portico Capital. At Portico, he spent 10 years advising on M&A and private capital raising transactions in the FinTech/Data and Digital Media/Marketing sectors. Recent advisory transactions have included the $80M capital raise for Kount from CVC Capital Partners and the sale of Transaction Wireless to First Data.
For over 25 years, Freeman & Co. has been providing world-class financial advisory services to its clients. Along with the firm’s successful consulting practice, Freeman & Co.’s M&A and capital raising efforts have resulted in hundreds of mandates in the financial services sector.
About Freeman & Co. LLC
Founded in 1991, Freeman & Co. has diversified into one of Wall Street’s premier providers of independent financial services advice offering mergers and acquisitions and related advisory services, capital raising, underwriting, strategic management consulting and competitor benchmarking data and analysis to the entire spectrum of financial institutions and financial technology providers.
Contact: tseto@freeman-co.com
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Source: Freeman & Co.