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| Howie and Karli Barokas |
Finn Partners has acquired Barokas Communications, a technology firm that handles clients in the enterprise, B2B and consumer tech spaces.
The deal bolsters Finn’s tech fees to over $30M and increases its number of tech pros to about 200.
CEO Peter Finn said the addition of Barokas “expands our expertise with earlier stage companies, which has always been a high growth, high opportunity sector.”
Howie Barokas, founder of the firm, and Karli Barokas, CEO, will become managing partners at Finn and part of its tech leadership team.
The deal also expands Finn’s footprint to Seattle and Denver.
“We’ve long wanted to be in the high-growth markets of Seattle and Denver,” said Finn. “It was just a matter of finding the right partner.”
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