The West Michigan Better Business Bureau Announces the 2023 Torch Award Finalists. The winners are to be announced on Monday, November 13 at a ceremony in Grand Rapids.
October 2023- Calder Capital, headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been named a 2023 Torch Award for Ethics Finalist by the West Michigan Better Business Bureau.
The Better Business Bureau, “BBB”, is a standards-based, nonprofit organization with a local Board of Directors. It works to advance business trust. BBB believes businesses and nonprofits that embrace trust as a core principle in their organization will see growth in employees, customers, the community, and their bottom line
The Torch Awards for Ethics celebrate and recognize local businesses and nonprofits that demonstrate integrity and a strong commitment to ethics in all that they do. Finalists were named from applications and reference checks reviewed by an independent panel of judges in the summer of 2023.
Calder’s Managing Partner, Max Friar, stated, “Thank you to the Better Business Bureau for this award. Calder’s growth has been built on values and long-term decision-making. I feel that the Torch Award is a meaningful recognition of our internal commitment to making the right decision every time.”
Calder Capital, a premier M&A Investment Bank, was founded in 2013 and has completed transactions in 22 states. Each year, the firm’s team completes over 150 valuations for business owners across the US. In 2022, the team completed 46 deals and presently has closed 38 deals to date in 2023. The company has ranked two times on the Inc 500’s Fastest Growing Companies List.
The winners for companies “which have demonstrated a higher cultural focus, and an emphasis on something more than just profit” will be named at a November 13 event at the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids, according to a release from the BBB. The November 13 event is being held in conjunction with the Economic Club of Grand Rapids.
Calder Capital maintains an A+ rating from the BBB. You can view the Company’s full profile here.
About the Better Business Bureau
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About Calder Capital
Calder Capital, LLC is a lower middle market investment bank providing mergers and acquisitions advisory services to business owners, entrepreneurs, family offices, and investors across the United States. Our dedicated team of professionals combines extensive industry experience, technological innovation, negotiation savvy, and key relationships to exhibit exceptional execution. Calder’s services include mergers and acquisitions advisory, private funds and capital markets advisory, and business valuations.