Matt Brandt is a 40-year operator — high-performance sales, profit, and team growth; Asia market entry; investment banking deal flow; sovereign wealth capital raises; personal business build and exit; and now micro-acquisition. He has built and led organizations across four continents, operated at the highest levels of institutional capital, and spent the last several years building the infrastructure and relationships that Brandt Capital is built on.
Brandt Capital was founded on a straightforward conviction: the best businesses in America are built by individuals, and those individuals deserve a buyer who genuinely understands what they've created. When you talk to Brandt Capital, you talk to Matt — directly, with no intermediaries and no process theater.
Investment Banking
Investment BankingChinaM&A Advisory
Served as the Senior-Most Executive in China for this New York-based investment bank — simultaneously as Managing Director, General Manager, and Board Director of the Beijing Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise. Built and managed deal flow between Western capital markets and Chinese institutions at a time when China relationships were not yet widely accessible to US firms.
Developed and optimized a deal flow referral network of 6,000 financial professionals inside China across five regional offices, leveraging the global BDO/Trenwith Alliance — 20,000+ professionals in 650 offices across 105 countries. Managed highest-level institutional relationships and navigated complex China regulatory and political environments for a foreign-owned financial institution.
6,000
Professionals in China deal flow network
20,000+
Global professionals, 105 countries
Sovereign Wealth Capital
Sovereign WealthCross-BorderDeep Tech
Operating Partner and COO for a $500M operationally focused cross-border platform headquartered in London, with LP, GP, and Strategic agreements with SASAC Shenzhen — the $1.5 trillion AUM branch of China's State Council and the sixth-largest commercial entity in China. Responsible for pre-fund strategy, team building, and execution across three continents simultaneously.
Built and managed the deal flow team, rapidly generating 100+ deep tech and deep science investment candidates. Created scalable processes for repeatable deal flow. Led cultural integration and Scaling Up implementation across Western and Chinese business environments.
$500M
Pre-fund formation target
$1.5T
SASAC Shenzhen AUM — strategic partner
100+
Deep tech investment candidates generated
Capital Raise
Sovereign WealthTelecomInstitutional Capital
Entered as equal partner to structure and execute a $1 billion sovereign wealth capital raise targeting the world's largest and most selective institutional investors. Introduced and structured the engagement of Manoj Kohli — Wharton AMP classmate and long-standing personal friend — as senior advisor. Kohli built Bharti Telecom to 1.2 billion customers with a $50B IPO market cap, then served as Executive Chairman of SoftBank India.
The raise was structured as five tranches of $200M each, targeting sovereign wealth relationships including MBS/Saudi Arabia, Temasek (Singapore), and Japanese institutional capital — funds Kohli had dealt with directly at the highest levels.
$1B
Capital raise structured
$50B
Bharti Telecom IPO market cap
3
Sovereign wealth relationships engaged
Asia Market Entry
Inc. 500Asia Market EntryBuilt & Sold
Challenged to drive business in Asia for the first time for a global indoor air quality company — an Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Company with the 17th largest sales force in the US. No playbook, no team, no infrastructure. Built everything from zero across Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Thailand, Korea, and China PRC, operating on a thin cash-flow-based plan while navigating government bureaucracies across multiple countries.
6
Asia-Pacific countries secured
#1
Beat all US sales records
250k+
Words translated & localized
2004
Sold back to US parent
In a short span of time Matt was able to do what most foreigners fail at — bring a US firm to Asia and gain considerable traction. It's unusual to find a real long-term business builder with such a zest for life.
— Todd Kleperis, Key Sales Manager, EcoQuest International
Sales Force Transformation
Sales TurnaroundTeam BuildingTopGrading
A signature capability across 40 years: entering underperforming organizations and producing rapid, measurable results through a consistent methodology — converting results-focused cultures to action-based metrics, rebuilding teams via TopGrading, implementing CRM discipline and performance psychology, and achieving a deep understanding of account requirements.
297%
New accounts (Westar Group)
344%
Capital raised (Westar Group)
400%
Monthly revenue (Technoland)
300%+
Telesales lift (CA Outdoor)
In the 15 months of his employ, monthly new accounts opened were up 297%, monthly monies raised were up 344%, and bottom line gross revenue grew 113%.
— Ed Hysni, President, Westar Group, Inc.