Laura Holden

Laura Holden joined Financo in April 2018 as a Director, with over 12 years of experience in the Consumer & Retail investment banking sectors. She focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, with experience as well as in equity capital raises for high growth companies.  Laura actively works with brands and businesses primarily in the Healthy Living Consumer verticals of Better-for-You Food & Beverage, Sports Nutrition and Fitness.

Select transactions in Laura’s career include: representing Briogeo in sourcing a growth capital investment from VMG Partners; representing Marine Layer in sourcing a growth capital investment from Provenance Digital; representing JOLYN in the receipt of a significant investment from Norwest Venture Partners; representing Pure Barre in sourcing a growth investment from L Catterton; representing Utz Quality Foods in sourcing a significant minority investment and for its acquisition of Inventure Foods (Boulder Canyon brand);  and representing ProSupps in connection with its recapitalization by North Castle Partners. Laura has also advised on international divestitures for Kraft Foods and the sales of e-commerce businesses including TradeGlobal, KEH and AVL Digital Group.

Prior to joining Financo, Laura was part of the Consumer teams at Stephens Inc. in New York and HSBC’s Investment Bank in New York and in London.

Laura received her BBA in Finance (with honors​) from the College of William & Mary, where she also played Division I Lacrosse for the school.