2025 Sponsors

  • Bank Street provides insightful and objective advice to help our corporate and institutional clients achieve their financial and strategic goals. We are a private investment banking firm primarily serving growth companies in the communications, media and technology sectors with a comprehensive array of services, including Merger & Acquisition Advisory, Debt and Equity Financing, and Restructuring Advisory. Our senior professionals leverage a combination of extensive transaction experience and deep industry expertise to deliver outstanding results for our clients.

  • Tillman Global Holdings was founded by Sanjiv Ahuja to build, operate, and invest in telecom infrastructure businesses globally; current portfolio companies and affiliates are actively operating in the U.S., Europe, Asia and South America.
     

    Mr. Ahuja previously led the turnaround of Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) from 1994 to 2000, and served as the CEO of Orange S.A. from 2003 to 2007.

     

    As Chairman of Tillman Global Holdings, Mr. Ahuja is building telecommunications infrastructure in the U.S. and Europe through various portfolio companies operating under the TGH umbrella.

     

    TGH brings extensive experience as a true owner-operator and provides a differentiated value proposition for customers across global markets unlike Tillman's competitors.

     

    Worldwide reputation for being customer-focused and cooperative, with a track record of delivery and execution, and a proven history as an industry disruptor.

     

    Operator-first approach focused on deploying future-proof infrastructure and providing ancillary services, such as energy and financing solutions, to meet long-term needs of customers.

     

    TGH’s deep-rooted C-level relationships, and depth of transaction and operating experience drive differentiated ability to cater to customer’s needs.

     

    TGH and its affiliates have raised over $7.0 billion of long-term capital.

  • For decades, CoBank’s Digital Infrastructure Banking Group has provided unique lending solutions to a wide range of sectors including incumbent local exchange carriers, cable and wireless broadband, competitive fiber, data centers, and wireless and tower infrastructure providers. We enable companies to deliver and expand high-speed fiber broadband services to the home, enterprise and expand service to new and underserved territories.

  • As one of the original market participants, Weil’s Private Equity practice has remained a pioneer of the industry since advising many of the first private equity sponsors over 30 years ago. From becoming the first U.S. firm to support private equity clients in Europe and Asia, to more recent expansions into Los Angeles and San Francisco, Weil remains at the forefront of innovation, ready to serve clients wherever they operate. Today, Weil is uniquely positioned in the market, advising clients across the private equity spectrum—from first-time funds to the largest global sponsors—while continuing to deliver the commercial, sophisticated counsel that has defined, and will continue to define, its market-leading reputation.

  • Huntington National Bank Incorporated is a regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1866, The Huntington National Bank and its affiliates provide consumers, small and middle-market businesses, corporations, municipalities, and other organizations with a comprehensive suite of banking, payments, wealth management, and risk management products and services. Huntington operates more than 1,000 branches in 11 states, with certain businesses operating in extended geographies. Huntington also provides vehicle finance, equipment finance, national settlement, and capital market services that extend beyond its core states.

  • Tillman Infrastructure builds, owns and operates cell site assets across the United States. Since the beginning of 2018, Tillman has been the most active towerco in North America and has built over 1,400 towers in the past 4 years.

  • Ripple Fiber is an independent, privately held company with a team of over 150 specialized team members assisting in the delivery of world-class fiber-to-the-home. With a 10 gig-ready, 100 percent fiber optic network, the internet service provider is redefining connectivity in communities across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Michigan. Anticipating rapid expansion in 2025, Ripple Fiber leverages its patented technology and strategic partnerships to thoughtfully scale its network. Committed to promoting digital empowerment, Ripple Fiber is laying the foundation for more connected communities by accelerating broadband access.

  • AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses respond quickly and decisively to their most critical challenges—from urgent performance improvement to complex restructuring, from risk mitigation to accelerated transformation. These are the moments when everything is on the line—a sudden shift in the market, an unexpected performance decline, a time-sensitive deal, a fork-in-the-road decision. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients until the job is done, and only measure our success in terms of the results we deliver. We partner with you to make the right decisions and take the right actions. And we are right by your side. When it really matters.

  • Established 2021, Tillman Fiber is not your ordinary start up. We combine years of fiber-optic experience with the latest technologies to design, build, and operate the fastest, most reliable network available.

    As part of the Tillman Global Holdings portfolio of companies, we benefit from their scale and experience investing in and operating telecommunications and energy infrastructure businesses. Our capabilities are recognized by Northleaf Capital Partners, whose investment is helping accelerate creation of our open-access network.

    Our Mission.
    Build and operate an industry leading, 100% Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) network. Tillman FiberCo LLC will build and operate a 100% FTTP network to deliver symmetrical gigabit broadband internet access and services to residential and commercial customers. We will offer a superior value proposition while empowering customers with leading-edge customer experiences powered by analytics and artificial intelligence.

  • PMP Strategy is a fully independent strategic management consulting firm, led by 20 Partners, with a team of over 150 specialized consultants and a wide network of expert advisors. They have established themselves as trusted partners to C-suites and investors for various projects, including Strategy & Transformation, Private Equity, Digital, Data & Customer Experience, and CFO Advisory & Integrated Performance CSR-ESG. The depth and breadth of PMP Strategy's sectorial expertise extends to four focus areas: Telecoms, Media & Technology, Transportation & Mobility, Energy & Industry Decarbonization, and Financial Services & Insurance.

     

    PMP Strategy, established in 2003, has eleven offices focused on three strategic regions: Europe (Paris, London, Luxembourg, serving Benelux & DACH, and Brussels), MEA (Casablanca and Dubai) and North America (New York, Seattle, Montreal and Toronto). They build enduring relationships with their clients by working collaboratively to find tailor-made and innovative solutions to the challenges they face. In addition to the firm’s sectorial expertise, their commitment to diversity, people-centricity, and openness are the foundations of their success and remain an integral part of their entrepreneurial practice.

  • SS&C Intralinks is the pioneer of the virtual data room, enabling and securing the flow of information by facilitating M&A, capital raising and investor reporting. SS&C Intralinks has earned the trust and business of many of the Fortune 1000 and has executed more than USD 35 trillion worth of financial transactions on its platform.

  • One-stop-shop provider for in-building connectivity and “network-as-a-service” solutions. Works directly with all constituents, including Mobile Network Operators (“MNOs”), real estate owners and enterprise customers, to design, install, optimize and maintain in-building networks and infrastructure.