Fintech

Georgi Balinov is a Senior Managing Director of Tech Investment Banking at SVB Securities focusing on Financial Technology.
 
Georgi joined the firm in 2022 with more than 18 years experience dedicated to the technology industry. He was most recently a Managing Director and Head of Global PayTech Banking at Barclays. Previously, he was Head of FinTech Banking for the Americas at BofA Merrill Lynch where he was responsible for financial technology investment banking coverage across the payments, financial software, capital markets tech and data sectors. His representative advisory transactions include Insight Partners’ investment in NMI, Zego’s sale to Global Payments, Kount’s sale to Equifax, Blackstone’s acquisition of Thomson Reuters F&R, Fiserv’s merger with First Data, Global Payments’ merger with TSYS, SilverLake’s acquisition of Blackhawk, among others. His initial public offering execution experience includes the IPOs for AvidXchange, Remitly, MeridianLink, Riskified, Marqeta, nCino, Bill.com, Alkami, Markit, CBOE, MSCI, Visa, Netspend, Verisk, among others. Georgi has been deeply involved in increasing visibility for the LGBT community in financial services, through involvement in immigration and marriage equality, and through a variety of organizations in his birth country of Bulgaria.

He received his Bachelor of Science from New York University’s Stern Undergraduate College and started his career as an analyst on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange.

Henry Pinnell is a Senior Managing Director of Tech Investment Banking at SVB Securities focused on Financial Technology. In this role, he helps lead the firm’s Fintech investment banking capabilities. With over 15 years of investment banking experience, he has gained extensive experience originating, planning, & executing strategic and financing transactions both in the private and public markets.

Henry joined the firm in 2021 from Barclays Bank PLC where he was most recently a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division where he led the firms Emerging FinTech franchise. He has built extensive relationships and advised on milestone transactions for industry leading companies, founders and investors such as Affirm, Better, Upstart, Oportun, Pagaya, Earnest, Onemain Financial, CBOE, TMX Group & Options Clearing Corp.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies at the University of Leeds. He serves as a board member of Greenwich House, a charitable organization based in downtown New York City.

Jason Auerbach is the Global Co-Head of Investment Banking and Global Head of Tech Investment Banking at SVB Securities. In this role, he leads the firm’s technology investment banking strategy and initiatives. With more than 25 years of experience, he has built extensive relationships and is widely known as one of the most prolific bankers in tech, particularly in software and related sectors. Leading the Tech Investment Banking team at SVB Securities, he has worked on numerous completed transactions, including Noregon Systems’ sale to The Hearst Corporation, PassFort’s sale to Moody’s, and Evergreen Coast Capital’s acquisition of DreamBox Learning.

Jason joined the firm in 2021 from UBS where he was the Global Co-Head of TMT Investment Banking and on the firm’s Global Management Committee.  While at UBS, he worked on many transactions including, but not limited to, the sale of Ellucian to Blackstone & Vista;  the sale of CAMP Systems to Hearst;  the sale of Innovyze to Autodesk;  the sale of Precisely to Clearlake & TA Associates;  the sale of Turnitin to Advance Publications;  the sale of Ensono to KKR. Prior to this, Jason was the Global Co-Head of TMT Mergers & Acquisitions for Jefferies LLC.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College at Columbia University, and his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Cara Pellicano is a Managing Director and Business Manager of Tech Investment Banking at SVB Securities.

Since joining the firm in 2021, Ms. Pellicano has been responsible for business operations of the Tech Investment Banking franchise including strategic planning, financial and business reporting and analytics, people management and recruiting.

Prior to SVB Securities, Ms. Pellicano was at Jefferies where she most recently was COO, Global Healthcare Investment Banking since 2018. Prior to this, Ms. Pellicano was the CFO of Eurasia Group, a geopolitical consulting and advisory firm, for 9 years and at Neuberger Berman in wealth asset management for 6 years.

Ms. Pellicano earned her B.A. in from Georgetown University and her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.