Advanced Equities, Inc. is a leading venture capital investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services to a substantial and diversified client base of emerging technology companies, institutional investors, and high-net-worth individuals.
We seek to be the advisor of choice for our clients by providing value-added services and differentiated financial products. We are a leading source of late-stage private equity to technology companies financed by the world’s premier venture capital firms. Our strategy is to grow our two core businesses – Venture Capital Investment Banking and Private Client Group – in the U.S. marketplace.
Venture Capital Investment Banking
Our Venture Capital Investment Banking business provides a broad range of investment banking services to a diverse group of emerging technology companies which have been financed by the world’s premier venture capital firms. We identified a strategic opportunity to fill a void in the marketplace between a company’s venture capital funding and the amount of capital required to build a competitive position and become a successful stand-alone entity. Our Venture Capital Investment Banking Group works alongside the world’s premier venture capitalists and their affiliated portfolio companies to provide the growth capital these companies require and provide our clients an opportunity to participate in this exciting sector of our economy.
Private Client Group
Our Private Client Group business offers a broad array of investment strategies, advice, and planning across all major asset classes to a diverse group of institutions and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. The activities of our Private Client Group consist of the following:
- Wealth Management; providing investment advisory and financial planning services
- Transaction Services; providing brokerage, financing and securities lending services to mutual funds, pension funds, hedge funds, foundations and high-net-worth individuals
- For more detailed descriptions of these divisions, please visit our Private Client Group area.
Our Parent Company:
We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanced Equities Financial Corp. (AEFC), a diversified financial services organization. Other significant subsidiaries of AEFC include:
First Allied Securities, Inc. – First Allied Securities, Inc. was founded in 1994 as a privately held company with a vision of providing independent financial consultants with cutting-edge technology, innovative products, and superior service. Their goal has always been to partner with those financial consultants who represent the best in the industry and now, with about 500 advisors and 190 branches throughout the United States, First Allied is fast becoming recognized as the premier broker/dealer for successful, high-producing independent financial consultants.
Advanced Equities Wealth Management – Advanced Equities Wealth Management provides integrated financial planning services to targeted market segments. The firm employs a conservative approach committed to regulatory compliance that seeks to avoid losses from inefficient tax planning, uncompensated investment risk and ineffective business structures. AEWM designs, implements and administers a balanced platform of practice structure optimization, risk management, portfolio design and asset protection services to address the unique earning, spending, and savings patterns of high-net-worth clients.
Advanced Equities Asset Management, Inc. - The Advanced Equities Asset Management division’s balanced planning platform includes a variety of investment programs that seek to maximize your return while mitigating risk to your retirement savings. AEAM follows a Nobel Prize-winning asset allocation methodology that strategically and systematically diversifies your portfolio. And now, the investment management team takes the concept of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) a step further, adding a level of active management.
First Advisors, Inc. - First Advisors is an SEC registered investment advisor, with nearly $1 billion in assets under management. First Advisors’ flexible fee-based asset management platform offers advisors a platform that incorporates fee-based asset management services on traditional securities (funds, individual securities, etc.), but also includes variable insurance products under a turn-key management platform. First Advisors also offers comprehensive financial planning software tools, in addition to more than a dozen needs-based financial modules that can be used individually.