Rankings · Q3 2021 · 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.

‹Q3 2021›an earlier quarter
10company rounds placed by a broker-dealer
63%of the 16 company Form Ds filed in this industry
$11Msold in those rounds
9%median fee, as a share of the money raised

6 more firms placed at least one company round in Q3 2021 in this industry. Ties share a rank; within a tie, firms are ordered by money sold.

Since Q2 2021

Who moved

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

11Q4 199Q1 206Q2 2013Q3 204Q4 2011Q1 2117Q2 2110Q3 21

What it costs

Half of fundraisers take 2.9% to 7.5%

The sales commission filed on each Form D, as a share of the money sold, across 936 placements in the four quarters to Q3 2021. Half fall between 2.9% and 7.5%; 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 Q3 2021

The quarter's placements, as they were filed

  • 27 SeptCapital Investment GroupTrenton - Black River IV LPOil and Gas$2.4M
  • 27 SeptThe Tidal GroupTidal Petroleum Inc.Oil and Gas$41k
  • 24 SeptTexakoma FinancialTexakoma Exploration & Production LLCOil and Gas$228k
  • 30 AugDouglas Scott SecuritiesLgn Partnership GpOil and Gas$459k
  • 25 AugDempsey Lord SmithS.T.L. Resources Drilling Fund C, L.P.Oil and Gas$733k
  • 19 AugThe Champion GroupLottie Field Development Joint VentureOil and GasUndisclosed
  • 5 AugTexakoma FinancialTexakoma Exploration & Production LLCOil and Gas$1.1M
  • 28 JulCantone ResearchPetroteq Energy Inc.Oil and Gas$2.5M
  • 13 JulThe Champion GroupBennview Field Development Joint Venture First AmendedOil and Gas$35k
  • 8 JulAmeritas Investment CompanyMewbourne Energy Partners 21-A, L.P.Oil and Gas$3.1M

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.