About the firm
An independent strategic finance firm
At the moments that shape a company
Founded in 2016, Alphabridge is an independent firm focused on corporate finance and strategy. We work with management teams, founders and investors from around the world to value companies, execute transactions, raise and allocate capital, and redesign business models.
We often step in at the most consequential points in a company’s life: a sale, a raise, a shareholder change or a turnaround. Our work is built on rigorous modeling and transaction experience, and on telling clients plainly what the numbers say.
2016
Founded, Vancouver
Five
Practices across strategic finance
170+
Engagements since 2016
$300m+
Transactions and financings advised
What we value
We pursue excellence
We hold a high standard and take ownership of the result, not just the deliverable.
We are hands-on
We stay involved from the first model through to execution, and we stay engaged after.
We are grounded
We lead with humility and integrity, and give clients our honest read of the numbers.
How we work
Principal-led, by design
Clients work directly with the firm’s principal on every engagement. There is no hand-off to a junior team and no layer between your questions and the person answering them.
01
Full attention, start to finish
We become a long-term extension of our clients’ teams, delivering results with full attention from start to finish.
02
A focused number of mandates
We take on a limited number of engagements at a time, so each one gets the time and judgment it deserves.
03
The right specialists alongside
We work closely with your legal, tax and audit advisors, and bring in trusted specialists when a mandate calls for them.
Founder and Principal
Vasant Jain, CFA
“We say what matters, act with intention, and focus on what moves the needle.”
Vasant founded Alphabridge in 2016 and leads every engagement personally, from the first model to the close or the board meeting.
He began his career in investment banking and later joined Lyra Growth Partners, a growth equity fund in Vancouver, where he worked closely with portfolio companies on strategy, business modeling, operations and finance. He has since spent eight years as a fractional CFO to growth companies.
He mentors founders and judges pitch competitions through New Ventures BC, and has taught corporate finance, accounting, business analytics and economics at the college level.
Designation
CFA charterholder
Background
Investment banking; growth equity; fractional CFO
Education
BCom (Honours) in Finance, UBC Sauder School of Business
Community
Mentor and pitch judge, New Ventures BC; college instructor in finance and economics
