Rankings · Q2 2019 · 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 2019›an earlier quarter
12company rounds placed by a broker-dealer
75%of the 16 company Form Ds filed in this industry
$460Msold in those rounds
5.7%median fee, as a share of the money raised

15 more firms placed at least one company round in Q2 2019 in this industry. Ties share a rank; within a tie, firms are ordered by money sold.

Since Q1 2019

Who moved

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

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What it costs

Half of fundraisers take 3% to 8%

The sales commission filed on each Form D, as a share of the money sold, across 595 placements in the four quarters to Q2 2019. Half fall between 3% and 8%; 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 2019

The quarter's placements, as they were filed

  • 20 JunJCC Capital MarketsAPX New Harmony Partners-D, LPOil and GasUndisclosed
  • 11 Jun1st Global CapitalMewbourne Energy Partners 19-A, L.P.Oil and Gas$3.1M
  • 23 MayEntoro SecuritiesHillcrest Petroleum Ltd.Oil and Gas$15k
  • 22 MayTexas SecuritiesCrown Cleveland #27 Joint VentureOil and GasUndisclosed
  • 16 MayTexakoma FinancialTexakoma Exploration & Production LLCOil and Gas$1.7M
  • 6 MaySalomon Whitney FinancialAmazing Energy Oil & Gas, Co.Oil and Gas$1.4M
  • 25 AprJefferiesBirch Permian, LLCOil and Gas$450M
  • 16 AprThe Champion GroupE. Bayou Des Allemands Joint VentureOil and GasUndisclosed
  • 15 AprGrand FinancialGrand Energy 2019-95, Ltd.Oil and Gas$74k
  • 9 AprR.M. Duncan SecuritiesWarrior Exploration & Production, LLCOil and Gas$3.0M
  • 9 AprGrand FinancialGrand Energy Inc.Oil and Gas$298k
  • 8 AprThe Tidal GroupTidal Petroleum Inc.Oil and Gas$47k

Looking for someone to place your round?

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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.