IJW & Co. Expands Strategic Finance Advisory Practice with Addition of Tango Advisory (opens in a new tab)
Montréal valuation firm Tango Advisory joins IJW, adding business valuation and strategic finance services for entrepreneurs.
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Montréal mid-market M&A boutique specializing in cross-border sales of technology and consumer companies.
IJW & Co. is a Montréal-headquartered boutique investment bank, with operations in Toronto and Miami, that advises mid-market technology and consumer-products companies on M&A, mostly sell-side and often to cross-border buyers. Founded by Chartered Business Valuator Ian Wooden, it has provided M&A advice for almost 20 years, and in 2025 it added a valuation and strategic finance practice by merging in Montréal's Tango Advisory. Its team page lists a small banking team (two Managing Directors under the CEO, plus associates and analysts) alongside sector operating partners, which makes it a Montréal option for analysts interested in tech and consumer M&A.
Sell-side and buy-side M&A for software and technology companies, valuing them on sector-specific metrics; its tombstones include sales of companies such as Dataperformers, CarData and NestReady.
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M&A for consumer-products businesses, including toys, games, publishing and food and beverage, strengthened by the 2025 merger with U.S. consumer specialist Bambini Partners.
Business valuations and strategic finance advice for entrepreneurs and growth companies, expanded by the 2025 addition of Tango Advisory.
Advice to boards of directors and special committees of middle-market companies, alongside founders and entrepreneurs.
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IJW & Co. 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. Montreal-headquartered M&A boutique (with operations in Toronto and Miami) that presents two industry focuses, Technology and Consumer, and two service lines; the site does not say which city each team sits in.
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M&A AdvisoryStrategic Finance Advisory
CEO & Managing Director
Leadership
Runs IJW's business, including both its M&A advisory and valuation practices, and has advised founders, executives and boards on mid-market technology, consumer and business-services deals over the past decade. He holds law degrees from the Université de Montréal and a Boston University LL.M. in banking and financial law, is a member of the New York bar, and won an M&A Advisor 40 Under 40 award.
Chairman
Leadership
Founder and Chairman of IJW & Co. and a Chartered Business Valuator (MRICS). He sits on the boards of several technology and consumer-products companies and co-founded the M&A Club networking group. He won an M&A Advisor 40 Under 40 award in 2013 and is a John Molson School of Business finance graduate.
Managing Director, Investment Banking
M&A
Oversees the M&A practice and specializes in advising software companies. He joined in 2019 after about three years at boutique investment banks in Ottawa and Toronto, and earlier worked in capital markets and corporate finance at Brookfield Asset Management and in corporate banking at Scotiabank. He is a CFA charterholder with a Queen's Smith MBA and a Carleton Sprott B.Com.
Managing Director
Strategic Finance Advisory
CPA and Chartered Business Valuator who founded Tango Advisory, a Montréal valuation and strategic finance firm that joined IJW in 2025. He started his career in transaction advisory at a Big Four firm after graduating from HEC Montréal, and now advises entrepreneurs on valuation, strategy and M&A.
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Sep 8, 2025
Antoine BrousseauTeam build
Managing Director
Tango Advisory → IJW & Co.
Tango Advisory, the Montréal valuation and strategic finance firm founded by Brousseau, joins IJW to expand its strategic finance advisory practice.
Jan 29, 2025
John LeeTeam build
Consumer Operating Partner
Bambini Partners → IJW & Co.
Florida-based Bambini Partners, an IJW affiliate since 2020, merges into IJW to expand its U.S. consumer M&A coverage. Co-founder John Lee is now listed as a Consumer Operating Partner.
Montréal valuation firm Tango Advisory joins IJW, adding business valuation and strategic finance services for entrepreneurs.
IJW merges with long-time affiliate Bambini Partners to grow its U.S. consumer-products M&A practice and its network of U.S. buyers.
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