ROTH Capital Partners Honored by Global M&A Network

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--()--ROTH Capital Partners (ROTH), www.roth.com, a full-service investment bank focused on advising and financing emerging growth companies, is pleased to announce that its Consumer Investment Banking team received two awards at the 2013 M&A Atlas Awards sponsored by Global M&A Network. Award winners were honored at the Awards Gala Ceremony held in New York City on October 24, 2013.

ROTH won the award for U.S.A. M&A Deal of the Year for Small Markets for advising mobile device accessories brand INCIPIO Technologies, Inc. (www.incipio.com) on the acquisition of wireless audio brand BRAVEN LC (www.braven.com). ROTH also acted as placement agent in connection with raising capital for the acquisition, arranging a new $50 million senior credit facility to finance the future growth of INCIPIO and BRAVEN.

In addition, ROTH’s Consumer Investment Banking team was recognized as Boutique M&A Investment Bankers of the Year. This award honored the team’s excellence on not only the INCIPIO transaction, but also on several transactions during the past twelve months, including the acquisition of Heelys (NASDAQ: HLYS) by Tengram Capital Partner’s portfolio company Sequential Brands Group (NASDAQ: SQBG), Navarre Corporation’s (n/k/a Speed Commerce Inc., NASDAQ: SPDC) acquisition of Speed FC Inc., and iGO, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: IGOI) sale of a stake to Steel Excel Inc (OTCBB: SXCL).

The two awards received at this year’s event mark the fourth consecutive year in which ROTH has been recognized by Global M&A Network, bringing cumulative awards earned by ROTH to a total of nine.

"These awards represent the hard work and dedication our team has put forth to build a premier advisory firm," said Joe Schimmelpfennig, Managing Director at ROTH Capital Partners. "We’ve been able to attract and build a great team of bankers, and have the privilege of working with extraordinary entrepreneurs.”

For more details on the 2013 winners, please see: https://globalmanetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013-WINNERS-CIRCLE-AMERICAS-MA-ATLAS-AWARDS.pdf

About Global M&A Network

Global M&A Network is a diversified media, news and conference connecting company. The company produces high-caliber educational and networking centered forums and the prestigious, M&A ATLAS AWARDS, worldwide - from New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Mumbai to London; Digital Media Offerings: Global M&A Deal News; M&A Dealmaker Spotlight; TOP 50: M&A Dealmakers global programs; and, Top 100 Restructuring and Turnaround Professionals. For additional info, please visit www.globalmanetwork.com.

About ROTH Capital Partners

ROTH Capital Partners, LLC (ROTH), is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving emerging growth companies and their investors. As a full-service investment bank, ROTH provides capital raising, M&A advisory, analytical research, trading, market-making services and corporate access.

Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, ROTH is privately-held and owned by its employees, and maintains offices throughout the U.S. and Hong Kong. For more information on ROTH, please visit www.roth.com.

Contacts

ROTH Capital Partners
Joe Schimmelpfennig
Managing Director, Co-Head of Consumer Investment Banking
949-720-7151
jschim@roth.com
or
Jeff Ng
Managing Director, Co-Head of Consumer Investment Banking
949-720-7191
jeffng@roth.com
or
Eric Rindahl
Managing Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions
949-720-7186
erindahl@roth.com
or
Isabel Mattson-Pain
Director of Marketing and Corporate Access
949-720-7117
Imattson-pain@roth.com

Release Summary

ROTH is pleased to announce that its Consumer Investment Banking team received two awards at the 2013 M&A Atlas Awards sponsored by Global M&A Network.

Contacts

ROTH Capital Partners
Joe Schimmelpfennig
Managing Director, Co-Head of Consumer Investment Banking
949-720-7151
jschim@roth.com
or
Jeff Ng
Managing Director, Co-Head of Consumer Investment Banking
949-720-7191
jeffng@roth.com
or
Eric Rindahl
Managing Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions
949-720-7186
erindahl@roth.com
or
Isabel Mattson-Pain
Director of Marketing and Corporate Access
949-720-7117
Imattson-pain@roth.com