Investment Banking
Buy-side and sell-side M&A advisory for companies, owners, and investors weighing a sale, acquisition, merger, or strategic partnership, with senior-level guidance from positioning through negotiation and close.
Boutique Advisory and Investment Bankingfor Companies Ready to Grow
Integrity in Capital. Precision in Growth.
Raybar Group is a global boutique advisory and investment banking firm serving small and mid-size companies through mergers and acquisitions, capital advisory, business development, and management consulting. You get the execution power of a global bank and the attention of a partner who answers the phone.
$0B+
Capital raised by our founder over his career
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Across three practices, led by one senior team
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Served across advisory, capital, and growth mandates
Our leadership has raised capital, built companies, and closed major transactions across industries.We brought that experience to a firm small enough to care about your outcome.
For Small and Mid-Size Companies
One Partner, From Growth Capital to Strategic Exit
From growth financing to recapitalization to the sale of the company, Raybar Group works across the moments that define a business. The same senior team that opens doors to new partners and structures your capital raise is the team that advises your largest transaction, so the relationship deepens instead of resetting.
Investment Banking, Capital Advisory, and Consulting
Three practices, one senior team, with every engagement led by a partner.
Capital Advisory
Equity advisory across private placements, PIPEs, and growth capital, independent debt advisory and refinancing, and restructuring support from recapitalizations to distressed situations, focused on optimized terms and a stronger balance sheet.
Consulting
Strategic and management consulting, business development, valuations, and fairness opinions for boards, owners, and leadership teams deciding where to take the business, how to run it, how to grow it, and what it is worth.
Why Companies Choose Raybar Group
We pair the access and rigor of a Wall Street bank with something the giants cannot offer: senior people who are personally accountable for the result.
Partner-Led from Start to Close
The person who pitches your engagement is the person who runs it. No handoffs to junior teams, no diluted attention, faster decisions at every step.
Real Institutional Access
Direct relationships with institutional investors, family offices, strategic partners, and a broad network of bank and private credit lenders that most companies your size never get a seat in front of.
Built Lean on Purpose
We are a deliberately small senior team. Fewer layers mean faster communication, quicker decisions, and direct access to the people actually working your deal.
Our partnership network across North America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Deep Coverage Across the Industries That Build Economies
We bring operating insight and deal experience across a wide range of sectors, so you work with bankers who already speak your language.
Healthcare
Technology & Telecom
Real Estate
Natural Resources
Consumer & Industrial Products
Media & Entertainment
Aviation & Motorsport
Special Situations
Led by People Who Have Built, Financed, and Grown Companies
Raybar Group is led by Granger Whitelaw, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, whose core strengths are strategy, sales, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, governance, and corporate development, backed by a strong foundation in finance and operations. Over his career he has raised more than $10 billion for independent projects and completed numerous mergers, acquisitions, public offerings, and private equity financings. He has built and advised businesses in media, entertainment, technology, software, blockchain and cryptocurrency, retail, consumer products, real estate, aviation, and racing, in the United States and in countries around the world.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Whitelaw founded Whitelaw Racing, an IndyCar sponsorship and marketing company, and served as Managing Director of the venture capital and private equity firm BlueCar Partners. He also helped establish the Rocket Racing League and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rocket Racing, Inc. A United States Army veteran who served with the United Nations Command Honor Guard in South Korea, he attended the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He built Raybar Group around a simple commitment: seeing each client's vision executed and its goals fulfilled. When the outcome matters, clients work with him directly.
Granger Whitelaw
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Let's talk about your next move.
Whether you are raising capital, entering a new market, weighing a sale, or making the decision that defines your next decade, Raybar Group is the steady hand beside you. Tell us what you are building and we will tell you how we can help.