Donovan Ventures, founded in 2007, provides strategic value for entrepreneurs across the energy value chain. The company offers lower middle market growth capital through a dedicated private equity fund and advises larger clients seeking up to $500 million in institutional capital.

Donovan Ventures

Donovan Ventures was founded in 2007 to source private capital for entrepreneurs and lower middle-market companies across the energy ecosystem.  The firm has 13 full-time and part-time employees and is headquartered in Houston, TX.  Today, we are a diversified financial services firm that provides private capital solutions through two distinct divisions: Asset Management and Investment Banking.

Asset Management

Growth Equity: provide growth equity to lower middle-market energy companies.  We have deployed $52 million of capital across 14 investments to date and sourced an additional $300 million of third-party follow-on financings to fund growth for our portfolio companies.

Floating Income: commodity-linked income strategy launched in 2023 that provides accredited investors, through our partnership with Energia.com, the option to directly own fractional interests in producing oil and gas wells.

Investment Banking

M&A / Capital Markets: advise companies in the upstream, infrastructure, downstream, energy services, decarbonization, and energy transition sectors on financing and M&A transactions ranging from $100 million - $1 billion.  We have advised on $2.5 billion in capital raises and M&A across nearly 60 transactions.

Structured Credit: we are a leader in the oil & gas asset backed securitization market with three transaction totally $1.1 billion in 2022.

Donovan Ventures recently advised Diversified Energy Company on its 7th Oil & Gas ABS to date. This securitization included select assets in Ohio & Pennsylvania. On behalf of all of us at Donovan Ventures we would like to thank Diversified Energy Company for the continued partnership and wish them a great 2024!

Join us at our Second Annual #AdvisorsToWatch Summit, where John Donovan of Donovan Ventures will share a look at the future of our energy landscape. 
https://lnkd.in/evRhFiwy

On behalf of all of us at Donovan Ventures, we would like to thank Arkadios Capital for the opportunity to participate and present at their National Sales Conference in Buckhead, Atlanta. A special congrats is in order to Arkadios Capital for being named IBD Elite. Well done! We are so proud of our partnership.

John Donovan
Gary Schwartz
Nate Romero
Michael Arundel
Carol Jones
Sheldon Jones
Joanna Venetch
Chet Payne
Paul J Pilcher
Nate Stibbs

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