25 years of pioneering, investing and building industry leading companies.

  • Over the last 25 years Barclay Knapp and his colleagues developed five consecutive communications industry start-ups which not only became industry leaders, but also in hindsight represented some of the best individual capital investment vehicles ever in their respective industry sectors.
  • Further, the sectors that Knapp's companies revolutionized represented the seminal hyper-growth service industries over that same period: cellular mobile telephony, cable/multi-channel television, competitive local exchange & long distance telephony, and broadband Internet access services.

Impressive Deal Experience

  • The team has strong experience in global transactions of all types and sizes: early stage, growth, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings.
  • Growth financing, debt and equity: $12 billion
  • Mergers and acquisitions: $31 billion
  • Restructuring transactions: $11 billion

World Class Financial Partners

  • The team has worked with the following leading institutions on various transactions: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, APAX Partners, Merrill Lynch, DLJ, and CSFB.

Broad Expertise

  • Strong US and European transaction and business development experience with proven capabilities in operations, start-up, R&D, product development, M&A, restructuring/turnaround, and private equity.
  • $47 billion in equity value creation
  • $12 billion in growth financing, debt and equity
  • $31 billion in mergers and acquisitions
  • $11 billion in restructuring transactions
  • 15.7 million customers
  • $6.7 billion in recurring service revenues
  • 24,000 jobs created
  • 63 public market or large commercial bank financings totaling $20 billion