Neo-Investment Bank · Silicon Valley
Firm Overview · 2026
Awarded by the State of California for investment banking decorum, presented by State Treasurer Fiona Ma (2024).
A cross-border neo-investment bank based in Silicon Valley, specializing in alternative asset management, venture capital, and institutional advisory services — connecting global investors to high-growth opportunities in technology and innovation.
- Years Experience
- 100+
- Years Experience
- Dry Powder
- $79B
- Dry Powder
- Net Promoter Score
- 95%
- Net Promoter Score
- Countries convened
- 19
- Countries convened
What we do
Corporate Development as a Service
Your fractional corporate development team — aligning corporate finance, capital raising, M&A, and investor relations so you can stay focused on growing the business.
Capital Raising
Equity and debt raises for elite issuers, matched to institutional investors with a real appetite for the deal through our proprietary AI-driven outreach.
Due Diligence Certification
Ironclad data rooms and forward-looking financials, pressure-tested before a single investor meeting.
Roadshows
Institutional investor events hosted since 2009 across 19 countries, bringing founders before Fortune 500 leaders, LPs, and elected officials.
Track record
$67B
Didi Global IPO, launched via G-Startup Worldwide
$11B
XPeng IPO, backed via G-Startup Worldwide
$1B+
Total contract value closed
$35M
Raised for LYKA before its sale
“We founded Baird Augustine after noticing that investment banks had become transactional. Our approach is to take relationship building to the next level.”
Leadership
Ryan Baird
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
3rd-generation Silicon Valley native. Morgan Stanley on Sand Hill Road, #1 derivative trader at Maverick, then founder of Flotilla Asset Management — billions in trading volume and hundreds of millions raised.
Henry Augustine
Co-Founder & Investor
MBA, PMP. 17+ years of technology entrepreneurship and dealmaking: $1B+ in contract value, 30+ businesses launched, and a Fortune 50 Corporate Strategy seat advising the C-Suite and Board.
