Inaugural Miami Summit
First Miami edition of the firm's investor summit series (recap published June 26, 2026).
Canadian Investment Bank
Small Toronto independent investment bank and exempt market dealer that raises private capital for North American growth companies and runs investor conferences.
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Centurion One Capital is an independent Toronto investment bank founded by Kia Besharat (Executive Chairman), who co-founded it with Nima Besharat (CEO) and Raphael Yeung (Head of Investment Banking). It is registered as an exempt market dealer in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Its work is private placements of equity and debt (including venture debt, bridge loans and convertibles), RTOs, M&A and advisory for small-cap growth companies, and it also makes principal investments, which it calls a merchant-banking approach. It is best known for its invitation-only investor events: the annual Toronto Growth Conference (9th edition in 2026) and summits in Los Angeles, the Bahamas and Miami. The public team is small (five people listed), so it is not a structured analyst-program employer.
Raises common and preferred equity, rights offerings and secondary placements for growth companies, and also arranges reverse takeovers (RTOs). These are offered through its exempt-market-dealer registration.
Places venture debt, senior debt, bridge financing and convertible debentures.
Advises on asset purchases, friendly and hostile takeover bids, fairness opinions, acquisition and divestiture reviews, and capital-markets strategy.
Says it makes principal investments alongside clients, which it describes as a merchant-banking model.
Runs invitation-only growth-company conferences: the Toronto Growth Conference (9th edition in 2026), an LA Summit, a Bahamas Summit and a Miami Summit (first held in 2026).
The site footer on every page lists one Toronto office (150 King Street West, Suite 340). The site's 'Contact' page still shows placeholder template text, so there is no complete official locations list. The disclaimer names dealer registrations in B.C., Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, not offices. This list may be incomplete.
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Global bulge brackets and elite boutiques
Global banks
Centurion One Capital works as one generalist team: bankers staff deals across these sectors rather than joining a group, so there is no group to pick when you apply. Toronto merchant and investment bank for growth companies, presenting four service lines rather than sector groups.
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Founder & Executive Chairman
Leadership
Kia Besharat founded Centurion One Capital and serves as Executive Chairman. The firm says he has more than 17 years of experience at merchant and investment banks, focused on companies valued at $5 billion and under. He holds a BA in economics from McGill and an MSc in finance and investment from the University of Edinburgh, and was an IIAC Top 40 Under 40 nominee in 2018.
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Leadership
Nima Besharat is co-founder and CEO. He was previously a director at an independent investment bank, covering institutional equity sales, capital markets, restructuring, corporate finance and M&A, and earlier worked in wealth management. He is a lawyer (LLB Sheffield, LLM King's College London) and a member of the Law Society of Ontario.
Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking
Investment Banking
Raphael Yeung is a co-founder and leads investment banking. He was previously an SVP of investment banking at another firm and earlier worked at BMO Capital Markets on metals, mining and technology deals. He is a CFA charterholder with a BCom from UBC and is on the Vancouver chapter executive of YCIF.
Vice President, Operations & Events
Operations and Events
Shamira Kavanagh runs operations and the firm's conference program. She was previously operations manager at an independent investment bank and worked in hotel event management.
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First Miami edition of the firm's investor summit series (recap published June 26, 2026).
Recap reported 39 sponsors, 4 panels and 20 presenting companies.
Two-day invitation-only small-cap summit at the Rosewood Baha Mar (recap published November 14, 2025).
Growth-company investor summit at The Beverly Hills Hotel, June 2–5, 2025.
Release recapping the March 2025 Toronto conference, with the firm's standard description of itself as an independent investment bank for North American growth companies.
Four-day invitation-only conference at the Four Seasons Yorkville (March 3–6, 2025), which the firm said set attendance and AUM records.
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