Eric Boyle

Eric Boyle serves as Managing Director at Qatalyst Partners, a technology-focused investment bank based in San Francisco, California. He joined the firm in 2010, bringing with him five years of experience in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) Mergers & Acquisitions group at UBS. At Qatalyst, Eric has been involved in advisory assignments for a diverse range of companies, including 3PAR, Afterpay, Ancestry.com, Atheros, Big Fish Games, BitGo, Conexant, Cornershop, eBay (on its divestiture of eBay Enterprise), Farfetch, Fusion-io, Gaikai, Galileo Financial Technologies, Gemstar, GoDaddy, Happy Returns, HotelTonight, Informatica, Intuit (on its acquisition of Credit Karma), iTKO, KLA-Tencor, Magento, Mailchimp, Matchesfashion.com, Melio, MyFitnessPal, NEC, OpenTable, PopCap Games, Quandoo, Riot Games, Skyscanner, SwiftKey, Tink, Twitch, Wealthfront, Wolt, Verifone, and Zong. Eric grew up in Folsom, California, and earned a B.A. in Business Economics with a minor in Accounting from UCLA. Qatalyst Partners, founded in 2008, is a global, independent investment bank that provides high-impact strategic and financial advice to senior management and boards of established and emerging technology leaders on matters crucial to their growth and success. The firm specializes in mergers, acquisitions, shareholder activism, hostile takeovers and takeover defense, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, IPOs, spinoffs, recapitalizations, capital structure, and capital raising alternatives. Qatalyst's advisors combine an extensive network of relationships with deep industry knowledge and seasoned transaction expertise to deliver superior, senior-level service for clients who value experience, judgment, candor, and insight. The firm's sole focus is to deliver high-value, independent advice based on the best interests of its clients. Under the leadership of CEO George Boutros and Founder and Executive Chairman Frank Quattrone, Qatalyst Partners has advised on numerous significant transactions, including LinkedIn's sale to Microsoft for $26.2 billion, Analog Devices' acquisition of Linear Technology for $15 billion, KLA Tencor's sale to Lam Research for $11.5 billion, NetSuite's $9.4 billion sale to Oracle, and HomeAway's $3.9 billion sale to Expedia. The firm's expertise spans various sectors within the technology industry, including software, internet, media, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and more, reflecting its comprehensive approach to technology-focused investment banking.