Labsurface has received a minority investment from Idealist Capital

Ben has spent his career advising closely held businesses, private equity firms and corporations on complex sell-side M&A transactions.

Prior to co-founding Northborne, Ben was a Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets, where he played a key role in building and leading the firm’s highly successful short line railroad advisory practice. In addition, he focused on specialty industrial sectors including transportation, chemicals, packaging and short line railroads.

Ben joined BMO through its acquisition of Greene Holcomb Fisher.

Ben earned a BS from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.

Mat brings more than a decade of experience executing M&A transactions across industrials, infrastructure and various other sectors.

Prior to Northborne, Mat held roles at BMO Capital Markets and BMO Harris Bank and began his career at Chartwell, specializing in ESOP-related transactions.

Mat earned a BS in Finance from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.

Fun fact: Mat grew up in a very small town in Northern Minnesota, where he was the quarterback of his 9-man football team. Unfortunately, as one of eight children across blended families, they were one shy of a full roster.