Seth Rosenfield, Managing Director

Seth Rosenfield joined Canaccord Genuity through the acquisition of Petsky Prunier. In 2012 he joined the Firm as a managing director in its New York City office. joined Canaccord Genuity through the acquisition of Petsky Prunier. In 2012 he joined the Firm as a managing director in its New York City office. Seth has more than 20 years' experience in investment banking, private equity investing, and corporate operations and was, most recently, managing director at BMO Capital Markets where he led the firm’s B2B and information services coverage efforts.

At Canaccord Genuity, Seth’s investment banking coverage focuses on information services and business media, including digital media and marketing services. While at BMO, he originated nearly $2 billion of transaction value across multiple verticals, including healthcare, hospitality, financial, and real estate, among other industries.

Prior to joining BMO Capital Markets in 2006, Seth spent eight years at Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a leading merchant bank serving the media and information industries. At VSS, Seth led buy-side and sell-side mandates across multiple media segments including transactions for Canon Communications, Hearst, Quebecor, Reader’s Digest, and The Walt Disney Company. Seth was also intimately involved with new investment platforms for the firm's private equity fund and worked closely with CEOs and management teams on add-on acquisitions and strategic initiatives.

Seth began his career in operations with business management positions at Scholastic and Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS, Inc. He has an MBA and a B.S., Finance and International Business, from New York University.

Representative advisory and capital markets transactions completed by Seth include:

• Advised Executive Platforms on its Combination with Board.org
• Advised SPM Group on its Sale to Unlock Health
• Advised ICF on the Sale of its US Commercial Marketing Group to Cohere Capital
• Advised GutCheck on its Sale to Toluna
• Advised Amplifire on its Significant Strategic Investment from Polaris Growth Fund
• Advises VHT Studios on its Sale to Matterport
• Advised Apollo Intelligence on its Sale to Frazier Healthcare Partners
• Advised Onclusive on its Acquisition of Critical Mention
• Advised Piggy on its Sale to Klarna
• Advised NetLine on its Sale to Informa
• Advised Benzinga on its Majority Investment from Beringer Capital Valued at $300 Million
• Advised Inman on its Sale to Beringer Capital
• Advised Conisus on its Sale to Medical Knowledge Group, a Portfolio Company of Court Square Capital Partners
• Advised Pageant Media on its Acquisition of Hedge Fund Alert from Green Street
• Advised Board.org on its sale to FiscalNote
• Advised Homespotter on its Sale to Lone Wolf
• Advises Investor’s Business Daily on its Sale to Newscorp for $275 million
• Advised Aberdeen on its Sale to Spiceworks Ziff Davis
• Advised SurveyHealthcareGlobus on Its Sale to Apollo Intelligence
• Advised Adweek on its Sale to Shamrock Capital
• Advised Harrison Scott Publications on Its Sale of Four Leading Publications to Green Street Advisors
• Advised Falfurrias Capital on its Majority Investment in Leading B2B Media Company Industry Dive
• Futuri's investment from Millpond Equity Partners
• FreshAddress's strategic investment from TZP Growth Partners
• Sale of Geoscape to Claritas
• List Partners' significant investment from Northlane Capital Partners
• Sale of Real Geeks to FNF Group, part of Fidelity National Financial
• Sale of Cole Information Services to Brook Venture Partners
• CIP Capital's Compliance Solutions Strategies' investment in Ascendant Compliance Management
• Sale of Madison Logic to Clarion Capital Partners
• Sale of Ad-Builder to the Local Search Association (LSA)
• Sale of the Path to Purchase Institute to RFE Investment Partners
• Guestline's majority investment from The Riverside Company
• Sale of MultiAd to SGS International
• Madison Logic's acquisition of BBN Solutions
• Sale of Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory by Bloomberg BNA to ALM
• Sale of G2 Intelligence by Bloomberg BNA to Plain Language Media
• Miles Partnership's recapitalization and growth financing led by Monroe Capital
• $50 million sale of Baseline to Gracenote, a division of Tribune Media Company
• Merger of Welcome Wagon and Money Mailer
• Sale of Travora Media to AdVantage Networks
• Sale of Travora's 10Best.com to Gannett & Company
• Acquisition of Liaison International by Warburg Pincus
• Acquisition of Highline Data by SNL, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital
• Valuation of MGM’s film library
• Sale of Highline Media to Summit Business Media
• Sale of Lifestyle Media to MacFadden Communications
• Sale of Quebecor’s US commercial printing facilities to Matley Group LLC
• Sale of Quebecor’s Canadian commercial printing facilities to Grafikom L.P,
• Sale of Discover Magazine, owned by The Walt Disney Company, to Waller Sutton
• Sale of WMI to Halyard
• Sale of Canon Communications to Spectrum Equity
• Acquisition of select assets of Element K by Eli Research
• Acquisition of Synermed Communications by Ascend Media
• Sale of White Directories to the Hearst Corporation
• Sale of Saxon to Harcourt, Inc., a division of Reed Elsevier
• Sale of Hart Energy to Wiegers Associates
• Sale of Real Estate Media to U.S. Equity Partners
• Raised $95 million of financing for Health Grades, a portfolio company of Vestar Capital
• Raised $180 million of financing for TravelClick, a portfolio company of Genstar Capital
• Raised $165 million of financing for Source Media, a portfolio company of Investcorp International
• Raised $400 million of financing for Decision Insight Information Group, a portfolio company of TPG
• Raised $70 million of financing for IPREO, a portfolio company of Veronis Suhler Stevenson
• Raised $253 million for Summit Business Media, a portfolio company of Windpoint Partners
• Raised $230 million for Questex Media, a portfolio of Audax Group

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