Wedbush Capital Partners

Wedbush Capital Partners, established in 1980 and located in Los Angeles, California, is a private equity firm that focuses on investing in lower mid-market companies across the United States. The firm specializes in growth-stage investments, management buyouts, and recapitalizations, typically committing between $2 and $7 million to profitable businesses in the Western United States. Target companies generally exhibit operating cash flows ranging from $1 to $5 million and revenues below $50 million. Wedbush Capital Partners primarily concentrates its investments in sectors such as consumer products and services, business and financial services, as well as niche manufacturing.

Geoff Bland

CIO

Peter Shoemaker

Managing Director

Daniel Simon

Chief Financial Officer

Eric Wedbush

President and CEO

3 past transactions

Inca Digital

Series A in 2022
Inca Digital provides data and analytics for the digital asset ecosystem. It serves a wide range of financial institutions, hedge funds, family offices, regulators, and law enforcement and national security.

Short Story

Seed Round in 2021
Short Story, Inc. is an online personal styling service dedicated to petite women, offering a curated selection of clothing that includes tops, jeans, dresses, and more. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to provide a shopping experience tailored specifically to the needs of petite women, ensuring they have access to high-quality, on-trend styles without compromising on fit or quality. By listening to client preferences, Short Story delivers personalized style boxes directly to customers' doors, helping them discover new trends and evolve their personal style. The company seeks to empower its clients by enhancing their shopping experience, allowing them to look and feel fabulous while enjoying more time for their personal interests.

Vertalo

Series A in 2021
Vertalo is an investor onboarding, cap table, and compliance platform that connects issuers and investors directly to sources of secondary liquidity. Working directly with issuers, or through our growing network of broker-dealers, Vertalo enables any asset to be tokenized, stored in a blockchain wallet, and traded in real-time based on the smart contract between the issuer and the investor.