Lightning Partners is an independent investment bank that provides high impact strategic and financial advice to founders, management and boards of emerging, high growth technology companies. Lightning advises clients on a broad array of strategic alternatives, including mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, capital raising and strategy. Our team is focused on delivering high value, independent advice and premium outcomes. We have advised on more than 250 tech transactions valued at more than $25 billion and our clients have been acquired by companies such as Salesforce, Microsoft, Google, SAP, Oracle, Dell, Autodesk, IBM, Symantec, McAfee, Ceridian, Kronos and many others. Clients hire us because of our senior banker service, customized approach, domain expertise, access to strategic acquirers, our decades of operating and transaction experience in technology and our ability to properly position our clients to drive optimal outcomes.