Rankings · Q2 2017 · Oil and Gas

The fundraisers who placed the most.

Broker-dealers ranked by the operating-company rounds they were paid to place in oil and gas, as filed with the SEC on Form D. Funds, real estate and insurance products are left out.

‹Q2 2017›an earlier quarter
16company rounds placed by a broker-dealer
59%of the 27 company Form Ds filed in this industry
$300Msold in those rounds
5.6%median fee, as a share of the money raised

6 more firms placed at least one company round in Q2 2017 in this industry. Ties share a rank; within a tie, firms are ordered by money sold.

Since Q1 2017

Who moved

19 of this quarter's top 25 placed no company round at all the quarter before.

19Q3 1584Q4 1524Q1 1619Q2 1617Q3 1615Q4 1622Q1 1716Q2 17

What it costs

Half of fundraisers take 3.3% to 8.5%

The sales commission filed on each Form D, as a share of the money sold, across 648 placements in the four quarters to Q2 2017. Half fall between 3.3% and 8.5%; the middle one is 6%. Finder's fees and warrants are not in the figure, so the real cost is often higher.

median 6%
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Filed in Q2 2017

The quarter's placements, as they were filed

  • 19 JunKatalyst SecuritiesHyperdynamics CorpOil and Gas$6.3M
  • 2 JunGoldman Sachs & Co.Venture Global LNG, Inc.Oil and Gas$81M
  • 1 JunJett Capital AdvisorsRazor Energy Corp.Oil and Gas$1.8M
  • 1 Jun1st Global CapitalMewbourne Energy Partners 17-A, L.P.Oil and Gas$720k
  • 25 MayThe Champion GroupHudgins-Clapton 3-D Joint VentureOil and GasUndisclosed
  • 9 MayBeacon Securities USLeucrotta Exploration Inc.Oil and Gas$313k
  • 4 MayThe Champion GroupPonderosa Development Joint VentureOil and GasUndisclosed
  • 24 AprSkyway Capital MarketsTorchlight Energy Resources Inc.Oil and Gas$7.5M
  • 19 AprPetrie Partners SecuritiesCrimson Resource III LLCOil and Gas$950k
  • 19 AprD.h. Hill Securities, LllpClearinghouse Partners I, LLCOil and GasUndisclosed
  • 14 AprChasePremium Royalty Fund, L.P.Oil and Gas$338k
  • 12 AprBeacon Securities USRenaissance Oil Corp.Oil and Gas$406k
  • 12 AprTexas SecuritiesCrown Cleveland #24 Joint VentureOil and Gas$6k
  • 12 AprDouglas Scott SecuritiesClearview PartnershipOil and GasUndisclosed
  • 11 AprNorth Capital Private Securities CompanyMesa-Marshall 1-2 GPOil and Gas$252k
  • 5 AprJefferiesLongPoint Minerals, LLCOil and Gas$200M

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How the table is made

Where do the numbers come from?

From the SEC's Form D data sets. A company raising privately files a Form D, and when a broker-dealer is paid to sell the round, the filing names it with its commission. We count each new filing once per firm named on it, and leave out amendments, funds and real estate. Insurance and investing filings are left out too: they are an insurer's policy accounts and investment vehicles, sold through dozens of firms at once, not companies raising a round.

Why is the latest quarter a quarter behind?

The SEC publishes the data sets quarterly, after the quarter closes. A quarter only appears here once its filings are in.

Can a firm change its place?

No. The table is computed from filings alone. A firm can claim its page and add to it, but cannot change what it placed.

What is the badge?

Firms in the overall top 10, or the top 3 of an industry, can show their standing on their own site with a badge from their page. It updates when the next quarter arrives.

What does it leave out?

Rounds where nobody was paid to sell, which is most venture rounds, and placements a firm makes without filing. A low rank is not a verdict on a firm; it is what the filings show.