
About

About Ridger Capital
A boutique investment bank built for the middle market
Ridger Capital was built on a simple premise: clients are best served when the senior banker who wins the engagement is the senior banker who runs the transaction. We structured the firm around that: managing directors, lean teams, partner-led execution from engagement through close.
Our clients are growth stage companies, asset-backed businesses, sponsors, and fund managers raising capital, executing M&A, or navigating transactions that do not fit a standard process. We bring the materials, process, and discretion expected by institutional counterparties, paired with the access and accountability that only a boutique can deliver.
We are experienced. We are not infallible. We work hard, we tell clients what we actually think, and we run every mandate as if our reputation depends on it, because it does.
Timothy Turner
Founder — Ridger Capital
Main Principles
Our Foundation for Strategic Advisory Excellence
Mission Statement – Ridger Capital
Ridger Capital exists to deliver strategic, execution-focused investment banking services that align capital formation and transaction outcomes with long-term enterprise value creation. We partner with founders, operators, sponsors, and institutional investors to execute capital raises, M&A transactions, and structured financings, refining the story, building investor-grade materials, running disciplined outreach, and driving terms to close with the rigor of a senior-level transaction quarterback.
At its core, Ridger Capital's mission is to serve as a trusted capital markets advisor, integrating sector expertise, transaction structuring, and global investor reach to drive measurable outcomes across the corporate life cycle.
Our Management Team
Ridger Capital
We help you see the world differently, discover opportunities you may never have imagined and achieve results that bridge what is with what can be.

Broker Dealer
Power Of The Platform
Ridger Capital offers securities through Los Angeles-based GT Securities, Inc., a licensed broker-dealer, and FINRA and SIPC member since 2001. GT Securities is a full-service investment banking platform with 250+ independent licensed investment bankers, M&A advisors, and global and domestic institutional financiers. Its bankers have worked previously for bulge bracket firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers, and Merrill Lynch, as well as numerous mid-market firms.


Jay Turo
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
GT Securities, Inc

Dave Lavinsky
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Compliance Officer
GT Securities, Inc

Anna Vitale
Chief Client Officer
GT Securities, Inc

Lisa Martin
Director of Partnerships
GT Securities, Inc

Mimi Frey
Finance and Operations Manager
GT Securities, Inc

Victor Murphy
Compliance Operations Manager
GT Securities, Inc

Bridget Quinlan
Director of Operations
GT Securities, Inc

Geoff Sokol
Private Wealth, Alternative Investments
GT Securities, Inc

Marci Glasgow
Partnership Manager
GT Securities, Inc

Lucille Intes
Operations Support
GT Securities, Inc

Dail Mandap
Director of Operations
GT Securities, Inc

Carl Castro
IT Manager
GT Securities, Inc

ONE FIRM. THREE PRACTICES. POWERED BY THE PLATFORM
M&A, Capital Placement, and Special Situations — delivered by the same senior team from engagement through close.


