Dakota Frank
About Dakota Frank
Dakota Frank is the Vice President at Jefferies, with extensive experience in advising high-profile technology sector transactions.
Title
Dakota Frank currently holds the position of Vice President at Jefferies, a leading global investment banking firm. In this role, Frank is responsible for overseeing various financial and strategic advisory services, particularly in the technology sector.
Company
Jefferies is a global investment bank providing financial advisory, capital markets, and asset management services. Dakota Frank is based in the Los Angeles, California office, contributing to high-profile transactions and strategic initiatives since 2022.
Education and Expertise
Dakota Frank holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Southern California. This educational foundation has underpinned his extensive career in investment banking, with significant expertise in technology sector transactions and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Professional Background
Before becoming Vice President at Jefferies in 2022, Dakota Frank served as an Associate at Jefferies from 2021 to 2022. Prior to that, he worked at Houlihan Lokey as an Associate from 2019 to 2021, focusing on various transactions. Frank also has experience working at Bridge Street Advisors and Vantage Point Advisors, Inc., where he specialized in M&A and strategic advisory in the software sector.
Key Transactions and Advisory Roles
Throughout his career, Dakota Frank has been involved in multiple high-profile transactions. Notably, he advised on the $1.3 billion sale of AVG Technologies to Avast and the $1.0 billion acquisition of Netspend's consumer business by Rêv Worldwide. Frank also played significant roles in advising LogMeIn on its $357 million acquisition of Jive Communications and Sophos on its $120 million acquisition of Invincea. His advisory contributions include growth investments and majority recapitalizations for companies like TheGuarantors, Denodo Technologies, ParkHub, MindBridge, HazardHub, Alteryx, and Driveway Software.