Daybreak Capital Partners
Daybreak Capital Partners presents an investment banking and merchant banking platform serving the middle and lower middle market. Its stated services include M&A advisory, private equity and debt financing, acquisition finance, valuation, fairness opinions, strategic-options analyses, principal capital commitments, and independent sponsorship.
What stands out about Daybreak Capital Partners
Daybreak publicly describes sell-side M&A advisory, growth-capital fundraising, financing, valuation, and strategic-options capabilities across Advanced Industrials, Technology and Business Services, Consumer and Retail, Healthcare, and Infrastructure Services. It may also commit capital behind or alongside clients or act as an independent sponsor, so owners should clarify the firm's role and contracting entity for a proposed engagement.[1][2][3][5][9]
What does Daybreak Capital Partners do?
Daybreak Capital Partners describes itself as a specialty investment and merchant banking firm serving companies and investors in the middle and lower middle market. Jon A. Tebol is identified as Founder and CEO of Daybreak Capital Partners, LLC.
The firm presents both investment banking and merchant banking capabilities. Its stated services include M&A advisory, private equity and debt financing, acquisition finance, valuation, fairness opinions, strategic-options analyses, principal capital commitments, and private equity independent sponsorship.[1][2][3]
Daybreak states that its investment banking and merchant banking services include M&A advisory, private equity and debt financing, acquisition finance, committing its own capital behind or alongside clients as situations dictate, private equity independent sponsorship, valuation, fairness opinions, and strategic-options analyses.
The firm specifically highlights sell-side corporate sale transactions and growth-capital fundraisings.[3]
Owners comparing advisory firms can also review Auxo’s M&A advisor vs. business broker vs. investment bank comparison, advisor-selection guide, and sell-side advisor evaluation framework.
What should a business owner evaluate before hiring Daybreak Capital Partners?
An owner considering a sale or capital raise can evaluate Daybreak’s stated sell-side M&A, growth-capital, financing, valuation, and strategic-options capabilities alongside its sector coverage. Because Daybreak also describes potential principal-capital commitments and independent-sponsor activity, the owner should clarify whether the proposed engagement would involve Daybreak solely as advisor, as a principal, or as an independent sponsor.
The owner should also request current comparable transactions, fee and expense terms, financing sources, conflicts procedures, the role of BA Securities, and the identity of the legal contracting entity. The cited official services page does not publish standard engagement economics, and the cited official advanced-industrials page does not provide values, consideration terms, buyer identities, or closing dates for its listed examples.[2][3][5]
What revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or transaction-size ranges does Daybreak currently prioritize by sector
Which named transactions were completed by Daybreak itself versus by team members while at prior employers
In a proposed engagement, will Daybreak act solely as advisor, commit principal capital, or sponsor an acquisition
What size transactions and clients does Daybreak Capital Partners focus on?
Daybreak publicly identifies five industry coverage areas: Advanced Industrials; Technology and Business Services; Consumer and Retail; Healthcare; and Infrastructure Services.
Its advanced-industrials practice covers sensors, IIoT, instrumentation and controls, industrial communications, SCADA, and other highly engineered industrial products. The technology and business-services practice covers software, SaaS, eCommerce, online marketing, artificial intelligence, technology-enabled services, cybersecurity, analytics and big data, and related categories.
The healthcare practice is predominantly focused on life-science companies in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, diagnostics, and other healthcare markets. Infrastructure-services coverage includes utility, environmental, facilities-management, transportation-infrastructure, inspection and testing, engineering, operations and maintenance, and government and industrial outsourcing services.[4][5][6][7][8]
The official advanced-industrials page identifies Metallizing Service Company, Inertial Labs, KECO, Ctek, Cambridge Viscosity, Environmental Testing Corporation, MagneMotion, Synkera, and Unity Fuels as transactions led by Jon Tebol while at Daybreak Capital Partners.
Daybreak’s official LinkedIn company page separately states that the firm acted as exclusive sell-side advisor to Metallizing Service Company. The cited official advanced-industrials page names these transactions but does not provide transaction values, consideration terms, buyer identities, or closing dates for the listed examples.[5][10]
Daybreak states that it is particularly noted for sell-side corporate sale transactions and growth-capital fundraisings. Its broader stated transaction and advisory capabilities include M&A advisory, private equity and debt financing, acquisition finance, valuation, fairness opinions, and strategic-options analyses.
The firm also states that it may commit its own capital behind or alongside clients as situations dictate and may act as a private equity independent sponsor. Owners should clarify which role the firm would undertake in a proposed engagement.[3]
What does Daybreak Capital Partners publicly disclose about fees, process and engagement terms?
The cited official homepage identifies the middle and lower middle market but does not state a general geographic mandate for client engagements.
The cited official services page does not publish a universal revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or transaction-size threshold. That page also does not publish universal fee percentages, minimum fees, tail provisions, termination schedules, or standard engagement economics.
The cited official advanced-industrials page names transactions but does not provide transaction values, consideration terms, buyer identities, or closing dates for the listed examples.[1][3][5]
Jon Tebol’s official biography states that he is a registered representative of BA Securities, LLC, that securities products are offered through BA Securities, LLC, and that BA Securities is a FINRA and SIPC member.
The same biography states that Daybreak Capital Partners LLC and BA Securities, LLC are separate and unaffiliated entities. These disclosures establish a stated relationship and separation of entities; they do not establish firm-level registration for Daybreak Capital Partners itself.[2]
Daybreak publicly describes capabilities spanning sell-side corporate sales, growth-capital fundraisings, financing, valuation, fairness opinions, and strategic-options analysis. Its materials also describe potential principal-capital commitments and independent-sponsor activity.
The public descriptions do not specify a single engagement process for every service. An owner evaluating an engagement should clarify the proposed scope, the firm’s role, the financing or buyer sources involved, and which entity would contract for the work.[3]
Questions to ask before hiring Daybreak Capital Partners
What revenue, EBITDA, enterprise-value, or transaction-size ranges does Daybreak currently prioritize by sector?
Which named transactions were completed by Daybreak itself versus by team members while at prior employers?
In a proposed engagement, will Daybreak act solely as advisor, commit principal capital, or sponsor an acquisition?
Which entity will sign the engagement letter and receive fees?
What role, if any, will BA Securities, LLC play?
What are the success fee, minimum fee, expense reimbursement, tail, exclusivity, and termination provisions?
Which buyers or financing sources are most active in the relevant sector?
Can Daybreak provide current seller references and a dated list of comparable closed transactions?
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