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Top 25 Investment banking firms based in Los Angeles, United States

Name: Investment banking firms based in Los Angeles, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026 96 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 96 investment banking firms headquartered in Los Angeles, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,373 professional contacts across them, including 2,604 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers investment banking firms headquartered in Los Angeles, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 17, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 17, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest investment banking firms based in Los Angeles, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 96 investment banking firms based in Los Angeles, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 17, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to investment banking firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Houlihan Lokey	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,576 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Houlihan Lokey, Inc.(NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized for delivering independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
2	Bellwether	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	308 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bellwether is the trusted advisory partner to global institutional real estate investors, acting as a force multiplier for their internal teams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
3	B. Riley Financial	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1,001-5,000	296 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About B.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
4	B. Riley Securities	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	183 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “B.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
5	Imperial Capital, LLC	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	201-500	130 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Imperial Capital, founded in 1997, is a full-service investment bank with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Milan, Stamford, Palm Beach, Houston, Boston, and Tel Aviv.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
6	Intrepid Investment Bankers	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	127 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Intrepid is an investment bank focusing on M&A and capital advisory services for middle market companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
7	Palm Tree LLC	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Palm Tree is the modern M&A advisor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
8	Xnergy	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Xnergy Financial, Member FINRA/ SIPC, is an international investment banking firm providing debt and equity and merger and acquisition services to emerging growth and middle…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
9	Salem Partners LLC	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Los Angeles based Investment / Merchant Bank and Wealth Management Firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
10	GT Securities	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	51-200	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GT Securities is the broker-dealer platform built for experienced investment bankers who are ready to work on their own terms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
11	Growthink	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Growthink provides strategic advisory and investment banking services to forward-looking companies and organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
12	Cappello Group, INC	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Strong evidence “For over 51 years, the principals of Cappello Global, LLC and its affiliates have been providing innovative investment banking services to public and private companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
13	The Sage Group, LLC US	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in The Sage Group is an independent investment bank that provides corporate finance advice to premium branded consumer and retail companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
14	MJC Partners	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Strong evidence “MJC Partners, LLC (“MJC”) is an independent investment banking firm that offers a full range of strategic, transactional, and valuation-related services to our clients across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
15	Impact Capital Group	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Impact Capital Group is a professional M&A transaction, valuation, and strategic advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
16	Diamond Capital Advisors	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Diamond Capital Advisors is an investment bank headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
17	Halifax West	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Halifax West is a merchant bank that serves independent sponsors and closely held private businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
18	NEW Century Capital Partners	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wall Street’s leading investment bank providing an independent investment banking platform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
19	Agra Capital	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “AGRA Capital Advisor's is a merchant banking and private investment advisory firm servicing small and middle market clients on a wide range of corporate finance transactions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
20	Windsor Capital, LLC	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Windsor Capital provides advisory services and investment banking including buyside and sellside M&A advisory.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
21	Solganick	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 2009 by experienced M&A and operating professionals, Solganick is a boutique investment banking and M&A advisory firm that exclusively serves the technology…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
22	RED Mountain Capital Advisors LLC	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Red Mountain Capital Advisors (RMCA) is a merchant bank providing independent financial and M&A advice for founder and family owned private companies and their owners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
23	Step Strategy Advisors	Strong evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “STEP Strategy Advisors provides Investment Banking and Business Advisory to enhance strategic direction, market positioning, revenue generation, and growth through acquisition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
24	Genesis Commercial Capital	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Genesis Advisor is the financial & investment service division of Genesis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026
25	Remezzano LLC	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 17, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a financial advisory boutique.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 17, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: investment banking firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names investment banking firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of investment banking firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name investment banking firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Investment banking firms based in Los Angeles, United States at a glance

As of Sep 17, 2026

48.5%Verified-email coverage

56.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

530.2%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 17, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Los Angeles, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Los Angeles, over 96 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among investment banking firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Los Angeles, United States whose own description of what they do matches “investment banking firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names investment banking firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among investment banking firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Los Angeles are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,604 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 17, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Investment banking firms by metro in the United States

Investment banking firms in New York509
Investment banking firms in Chicago104
Investment banking firms in Los Angeles96
Investment banking firms in Dallas66
Investment banking firms in San Francisco66
Investment banking firms in Atlanta64
Investment banking firms in Houston64
Investment banking firms in Miami58
Investment banking firms in Boston46
Investment banking firms in Charlotte43
Investment banking firms in Washington39
Investment banking firms in Denver34
Investment banking firms in Austin30
Investment banking firms in Tampa27
Investment banking firms in Minneapolis26
Investment banking firms in New York City25
Investment banking firms in Newport Beach25

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names investment banking firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many investment banking firms are there based in Los Angeles, United States?

RevenueBase identified 96 investment banking firms headquartered in Los Angeles, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Houlihan Lokey, headquartered in Los Angeles, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most investment banking firms?

New York leads with 509 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (104) and Los Angeles (96).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,604 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 96 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 17, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.