2020 Archives

Skyway Capital Markets served as the exclusive investment banking advisor to Tampa-based Socius Marketing in its recent sale to Denver-based EverCommerce, a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners. Socius specializes in search engine optimization (SEO), search friendly web development, and content production. EverCommerce is a leading service commerce platform connecting technologies and solutions for service sector […]

John Napoleone joined Skyway Capital Markets Wholesaling Division as Regional Vice President for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Markets, representing Madison Capital Group, Carter Multi-Family, Mill Green and ARCTRUST private offerings. “We are thrilled John has joined our Wholesaling team and are confident our partners will benefit from his leadership and tenacity,” remarked Skyway President and […]

Skyway Capital Markets M&A team members Jack Murray and Roger Overby served as the sole advisor to Florida Water Products (FWP) on their merger with Pool & Electrical Products (PEP). Tampa, Florida-based FWP is a third generation, family-owned swimming pool equipment distributor operating in Florida, Texas, Nevada and Utah.  PEP is a California-based swimming pool equipment distributor […]

John Atkins has been promoted to Vice President.  In his new role, John will continue supporting the growth of Skyway’s M&A clientele across all industry sectors and expand his role in managing client relations throughout the transaction process.

Tampa Bay Fast 50 ranking places Skyway Capital Markets at 22 is the third year the firm has made the list.  Marty Traber, Skyway Chairman remarked, “Congratulations to our hard-working team for your commitment to the firm and to our clients. I am very proud of what we are building – we’re just getting started!” […]

Skyway Capital Markets Managing Director Dennis Holthaus penned a guest column for Credit Union Times reflecting on the type of recovery the industry might experience.

Henry Schmitt, Skyway Managing Director shares his thoughts with Tire Business readers in the September 22nd issue. There’s more than one way to sell your business.  Click here to read Henry’s advice.

Skyway Capital Markets appoints Andrew Sclater-Booth as Senior Vice President. Andrew Sclater-Booth joins the firm as Senior Vice President with over 15 years of experience in private equity and investment banking.  He has extensive experience in capital raising, merger and acquisition advisory, and debt restructuring and has completed more than $5 billion in investment banking […]

Skyway Capital Markets is pleased to welcome Paul Klein as an Associate. Klein will focus on merger and acquisitions and corporate finance efforts across a variety of industries. Prior to joining Skyway, Paul was a Senior Associate at KPMG LLP. Paul was involved in financial statement audits for both publicly traded and privately held middle market […]

Skyway Capital Markets is pleased to welcome Sam Dhand as Marketing Administrator, supporting the firm’s inbound marketing initiatives. Prior to joining Skyway, Dhand worked for SharpSpring, a leading marketing automation software-as-a-service provider, based in Gainesville, Florida, as a Content Marketing Coordinator. Skyway Senior Managing Director Barry Shevlin remarked on Dhand’s appointment, “Sam’s experience in marketing automation […]

Skyway Capital Markets makes the Inc 5000 again listed at 3,117. The firm continues to growth thoughtfully and organically and has earned a spot on the Inc 5000 for three of the last four years. The Skyway team works with middle market companies, public and private, through customized capital services that include corporate finance, mergers & […]

Skyway Capital Markets announced today that Michael J. Devine has joined the firm as Managing Director in Skyway’s newly formed Recapitalization & Restructuring practice.  Based in Tampa, Mr. Devine will focus on sourcing and executing restructuring advisory and other corporate finance assignments for the Firm. With the creation of Skyway’s Recapitalization & Restructuring practice, Mr. […]

Skyway advised First Commerce Credit Union of Tallahassee, FL on its acquisition of most of the assets of The Citizens Bank, a community bank headquartered in Nashville, GA. With a team led by credit union and banking veterans Russ Hunt, Skyway CEO, and Dennis Holthaus, Skyway Managing Director, this transaction marks the eighth closing of […]

Skyway Capital Markets (Skyway) is pleased to announce that 100% of the companies the firm advised (and submitted completed applications for) were approved for loans under the Federal Government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). As the Government set out to provide financial relief to businesses across the country dealing with the fall out of the pandemic […]

Skyway Capital Markets served as Managing Dealer for the Tampa, FL-based Carter Multifamily Growth & Income Fund I, raising $180.0 million. The Fund focusses on acquiring existing conventional Class B and Class C multifamily properties located in the Southeastern United States, primarily constructed prior to 2005 that offer value-add opportunities. Value-add investments generally consist of properties […]

Skyway Capital Markets served as Managing Dealer for the Birmingham, Alabama-based Leitbox Portfolio Partners Self Storage Fund I, raising $25.0 million. The fund intends to develop, acquire, own and operate self-storage properties and mixed-use properties that include a self-storage component. Self-storage properties encompass a broad range of storage types, including residential, commercial, student, data, military, […]

Skyway Capital Markets is pleased to announce John Atkins has joined as Business Development Associate, supporting all industry sectors. In this role, Atkins will focus on creating and executing strategy for highly targeted outreach to attract new business – targeting businesses that meet criteria set forth by buyers and investors of the firm. This outreach is […]