OUR TEAM
The people behind Blue Ridge
OUR APPROACH
Our Approach
Every engagement begins with careful listening, curiosity, and a creative process leading to recommendations informed by client goals and market opportunities.
We deploy modern analytical tools to improve the breadth and depth of information available leading to insight and better decisions. Blue Ridge's technology infrastructure is appropriate for the most rigorous and demanding private transaction environments.
Jed Dunn
Founder and Managing Director
Jed Dunn (James E. Dunn, Jr.) is the founder of Blue Ridge Corporate Advisors and works to build the firm into a leading middle market boutique investment bank. He is responsible for the strategic direction and performance of the firm. With 35 years of leadership including serving as CEO for two companies, and 15 years of transactional experience, Jed has advised hundreds of clients on strategic matters including corporate performance, mergers, and acquisitions.
Previously, Jed provided corporate advisory services as Managing Director at Newport, LLC, a national advisory firm, where he co-founded the Mergers and Acquisitions section.
Jed currently serves as a director of Guerrilla-RF (OTC: GUER) and AxNano, Inc.
A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, Jed graduated in Economics from Washington and Lee University, where he later served as a Trustee. He holds a certificate in Mergers and Acquisitions from Columbia University and is a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA).
Jonathan Campbell
Vice President
Jonathan Campbell is a Vice President at Blue Ridge Corporate Advisors, where he is responsible for execution across the firm's engagements and works to build its transaction practice. With a decade of finance education and experience, Jonathan has advised owners and leadership teams on mergers and acquisitions, capital raises, and financings.
Previously, Jonathan was a Vice President in the Technology, Media and Telecom group at Bank of America in New York. His experience includes buy-side and sell-side M&A, private capital raises, initial public offerings, and debt financings across digital infrastructure, business technology services, software, media, sports, and telecommunications.
Jonathan currently serves as a board member of an early-stage beverage company, where he was a co-founder.
A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, Jonathan earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with highest distinction and was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma. He played soccer for the Tar Heels and earned First-Team All-American and First-Team Academic All-American honors. He competed professionally in Major League Soccer, spending three seasons with the Chicago Fire and one season with the Seattle Sounders where the team won the MLS Cup. Jonathan earned an MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, with a concentration in investment banking and corporate finance.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE¹
Across our careers, the team has advised on more than 100 engagements representing over $10 billion in combined transaction value, from founder-owned companies to institutional deals.
Technology & Communications
Advised on a ~$1.5B initial public offering for a hyperscale AI cloud infrastructure provider
Technology & Communications
Advised on a $240M sale of a telecommunications provider to a European private equity group
Technology & Communications
Advised on a private sale of a ~$20M fiber optic infrastructure provider
Technology & Communications
Advised on a ~$165M growth capital raise for a space logistics provider
Technology & Communications
Advised on the issuance of a ~$500M term loan for a leading analytics and information services company
Technology & Communications
Advised on the structuring of a $100M credit facility for EMS contract manufacturer
Industrials & Manufacturing
Advised on a lower middle market private sale of a specialty fabrics manufacturer
Industrials & Manufacturing
Advised on the sale of a crawl space and foundation repair company to a strategic consolidator in specialty construction
Industrials & Manufacturing
Advised on a ~$380M initial public offering for a defense and space prime contractor and subcontractor
Industrials & Manufacturing
Advised on the private sale of a lower middle market specialty contractor
Business Services
Advised on the ~$2B financing for an accounting and advisory firm’s acquisition
Business Services
Advised on the financing for a private equity firm’s acquisition of a top-tier US accounting firm
Business Services
Advised on the financing for a private equity firm’s bolt-on acquisition of an international accounting firm
Business Services
Advised on a ~$400M dividend recapitalization for a global consulting firm
Healthcare
Advised on the sale of a physician oncology group to an integrated health system, including diligence and integration
Healthcare
Advised on follow-on acquisitions for the combined oncology platform
Healthcare
Advised on a lower middle market sale of a private group practice
Media, Sports & Entertainment
Advised on the ~$1.5B acquisition of digital marketing assets
Media, Sports & Entertainment
Advised on a ~£50M private capital raise for a professional soccer club in the Championship with a lead strategic partner
Media, Sports & Entertainment
Advised on the ~$100M term loan add-on for a sports, music & entertainment platform
Media, Sports & Entertainment
Advised on the ~$750M high-yield notes offering for a broadcast and media company
Consumer, Food & Beverage
Advised on a capital raise and line of credit structuring with a preferred partner for a consumer alcohol company
CORE VALUES
The principles behind our advice
Good decisions start with a candid conversation. We are happy to be a sounding board, in confidence, with no expectation that it leads anywhere.
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