Ridger Capital

About

Timothy Turner, Managing Director

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

Managing Director

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

Every engagement is led by a managing director from the first conversation through close.

Broker Dealer

Power Of The Platform

Boutique Accountability. Institutional Infrastructure.

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 300+ 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.

The affiliation places Ridger Capital's engagements within an established compliance and transaction infrastructure and allows the firm to draw on that network, when appropriate, across sectors, geographies, and transaction types.

GT Securities
Jay Turo

Jay Turo

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

GT Securities, Inc

Dave Lavinsky

Dave Lavinsky

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Compliance Officer

GT Securities, Inc

Anna Vitale

Anna Vitale

Chief Client Officer

GT Securities, Inc

Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

Director of Partnerships

GT Securities, Inc

Mimi Frey

Mimi Frey

Finance and Operations Manager

GT Securities, Inc

Victor Murphy

Victor Murphy

Compliance Operations Manager

GT Securities, Inc

Bridget Quinlan

Bridget Quinlan

Director of Operations

GT Securities, Inc

Geoff Sokol

Geoff Sokol

Private Wealth, Alternative Investments

GT Securities, Inc

Marci Glasgow

Marci Glasgow

Partnership Manager

GT Securities, Inc

Lucille Intes

Lucille Intes

Operations Support

GT Securities, Inc

Dail Mandap

Dail Mandap

Director of Operations

GT Securities, Inc

Carl Castro

Carl Castro

IT Manager

GT Securities, Inc

ONE FIRM. THREE PRACTICES.

Senior guidance across M&A, Capital Placement, and Special Situations, from engagement through close.