Crypto Investment Banking

The Tie Capital

Institutional-grade investment banking platform for capital raises, mergers & acquisitions, and complex restructurings. Purpose-built for crypto-native protocols and issuers, with the largest investor network in the space.

What we do

Transaction Expertise

Private Capital Raises

We manage the full lifecycle of your raise: curated investor sourcing and deal structuring from start to close. We execute across traditional, token-native, and hybrid capital structures.

Sell-Side Advisory

We conduct rigorous valuation analysis, identify and engage qualified buyers, maximize positioning and deal preparation, and manage the full process from mandate to close, maximizing value for all stakeholders.

Buy-Side Advisory

We represent acquirers in identifying strategic targets, structuring bids, and managing diligence from end to end, delivering favorable terms through institutional-grade execution and deep market access.

Restructuring

We orchestrate protocol restructurings, including take-privates and recapitalizations, to remediate weak tokenomics and optimize capital structure.

TGE Events

We deliver compliant, confident token launches, from accurate pricing and comprehensive prospectus documentation to seamless integration with launchpads and market makers.

Special Situations

We structure bespoke transactions for protocols seeking strategic partnerships with leading financial institutions, including coordinated secondary and treasury transactions designed to minimize market impact.

Why us

What Sets Us Apart

We orchestrate protocol restructurings, including take-privates and recapitalizations, to remediate weak tokenomics and optimize capital structure.

1

The Deepest Investor Network in Crypto

We maintain active relationships with hundreds of venture capitalists, growth investors, and strategically motivated corporates spanning the full spectrum of the crypto ecosystem. When you engage The Tie Capital, you access a network built over a decade at the intersection of TradFi and crypto, with no parallel in the market.

2

Institutional Background & Process

Our team brings the standards and rigor of top-tier investment banking processes, refined through experience at leading and boutique institutions. We apply Wall Street discipline and a crypto-native approach to transactions without the bureaucracy that slows traditional firms down.

3

A Founder's Mindset

We've been on your side of the table. Our leadership has founded and scaled ventures, raised capital under pressure, and built teams from the ground up. That experience gives us a founder's empathy and an operator's pragmatism, ensuring our counsel is grounded in the real economics and realities of building a business, not just closing a transaction.

Who we serve

Our Clients

Protocols

Every Tie event follows a strict principle: quality over quantity. Attendance is invitation-only or approval-only. Service providers cannot buy tickets.

Onchain Businesses

Rooms filled with hedge funds, asset managers, banks, allocators, prop trading firms, VCs, and leading protocols - no vendors.

Crypto Service Providers

Our events bring the industry’s top institutional participants together in environments intentionally engineered for engagement, not distraction.

Sectors We Specialize In

We work with the builders, operators, and institutions shaping the next era of digital finance, from protocols raising their first institutional round to established networks pursuing complex M&A and restructuring mandates.

Blockchain Networks (L0 · L1 · L2)
Decentralized Finance
Decentralized Physical Infrastructure
Decentralized AI
Payments
Real World Assets & Tokenization
Meet the Team

Who You're Working With

Boomer
Saraga

Managing Director
10 Years of Relevant Experience

Boomer brings a decade of experience spanning upper middle market investment banking across debt capital markets and industrials coverage. He also advised early-stage to Series A companies at P2 Corporate Finance and founded Khelp Financial, a registered investment advisor. A crypto native since 2017, he brings deep institutional capital markets experience and early-stage venture expertise to every transaction.

10 Years of Relevant Experience
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
Truist Securities
P2 Corp. Finance
Khelp Financial
FINRA Licenses
Series 7 · 24 · 63 · 65 · 79

Jonathan
Lin

Senior Associate
5 Years of Relevant Experience

Jonathan brings institutional capital markets experience from Truist Securities, where he was part of the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) and most recently covered the asset-based lending practice. He supports execution across the full deal lifecycle at The Tie Capital.

10 Years of Relevant Experience
Truist Securities
FINRA Licenses
Series 7 · 63 · 79

Adriana
Blanco

Regulatory & Compliance Advisor
10+ Years of Industry Experience

As a former FINRA Examiner, Adriana has led compliance across a range of registered securities firms. She served in the Program Risk Office, where she conducted quality-assurance reviews and presented findings to senior management. Her expertise spans FINRA, SEC, FinCEN, MSRB, and Bank Secrecy Act requirements, with a particular focus since 2020 on capital markets regulation, M&A advisory, and investment banking.

10 Years of Relevant Experience
FINRA
FINRA Licenses
Series 7 · 14 · 24 · 99
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