AERIS PARTNERS LAUNCHES NEW SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE; HIRES GRAY EKLUND TO HELP DRIVE WEST COAST EXPANSION

BOSTON and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aeris Partners LLC (Aeris Partners or Aeris), a leading technology M&A investment bank, is excited to announce the launch of its new San Francisco, California office and the addition of Gray Eklund, Director, to help drive the firm's West Coast expansion.

Aeris Partners provides best-in-class M&A advisory services to leading private equity, venture capital, and founder-owned software, SaaS, and tech-enabled services companies spanning a range of high-growth verticals, including EdTech, FinTech, GovTech and Healthcare IT, among others. The firm leverages extensive domain expertise, a distinguished M&A execution track record, and an unwavering commitment to delivering superior outcomes on behalf of its clients.

Gray Eklund joins Aeris with more than 15 years of technology investment banking, M&A and financial services industry experience. Prior to joining Aeris, Gray worked as a Director with the technology investment banking group at Piper Sandler, where he focused on transaction advisory for software companies in the accounting / tax, property, banking, and insurance industries. Gray earned an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in Economics from Yale University.

The Aeris team is passionate, mission-driven and committed, and the launch of our San Francisco office marks a significant milestone in the ongoing growth and evolution of the firm, said David Joncas, Managing Director at Aeris. Gray is an outstanding M&A banker and fantastic teammate, and we're thrilled to work with Gray during this next phase of growth.