Firm Overview

About Us

Pillar Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (Pillar) is a private investment banking firm providing institutional capital advisory, transaction opinions, and dispute resolution advisory to small and lower middle-market companies. Additionally, the firm provides creditor advisory support to a select group of financial institutions and international investors.  In 2012, Pillar was founded to source and underwrite direct debt investments and acquisition opportunities on behalf of its sister company IBS Investment Bank.

Today, Pillar's vast lender relationships, innovative structuring expertise, and direct market experience have resulted in over $500MM in restructuring, M&A, advisory, and capital placement volume. With a focus on family and founder-owned companies, our investment bankers have extensive experience in multiple industries, including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, aviation, industrials, consumer, and financial services companies.

Our Family

Since 2011, the IBS family of companies have been recognized for revolutionizing the trajectory of hundreds of small to middle-market-sized companies and real estate operators. Pillar partners with its sister companies who strategically deploy in 5 ancillary sectors:

• Institutional Banking Services, N.A. CORP (IBS, N.A.): Founded in 2011, IBS, N.A. is a private equity service provider dedicated to supporting the cash management, risk management, and human capital solutions of its sister companies (IBS Companies) and select institutional clients.  Through IBS Institutional Capital, the IBS Companies provide commercial bank financing alternatives by placing direct investments in small to middle-market companies and real estate operators.

• IBS Institutional Capital (IBS): National balance sheet lender specializing in placing direct investments into small to middle-market businesses and real estate companies with annual revenue of $5 million to $300 million. The company serves as the manager of its closely-held funds, wholesale lines, and institutional investor syndications.   

• IBS Investment Bank: Privately-held investment bank dedicated to performing the capital markets functions of its sister companies and select institutional investors.  In 2014, the firm launched its fintech-based IBS Banker Portal™, which services as a capital markets exchange between IBS Institutional Capital and over 150 FDIC depository banks.

• Capital Funding Solutions (CFS): IBS affiliate and direct lender of accounts receivable financing. As an ancillary function, CFS provides state-of-the-art commercial loan monitoring and reporting services to financial institutions.

• IBS Real Estate Investment Co., LLC (IBS REICO): Institutionally-backed real estate investment and asset management firm providing passive and active equity investments in value-added and opportunistic strategies throughout the Southeastern Unites States.

Learn more about Pillar's Institutional Capital Advisory, Transaction Opinions, Dispute Resolution Advisory, and Creditor Advisory Services by navigating to our site or contact us to discuss further.

*Special Notice: Pillar Capital Advisors, LLC engages in M&A broker transactions that are subject to Securities Act of 1933 exemptions. Capital raising engagements must be subject to SEC Section 4(a)(2) or Rule 506(c) of Regulation D exemptions.