About Apex Valuation Consulting LLC
Apex Valuation provides independent, well-reasoned and well-supported opinions of value of interests in private companies and investment entities. We provide independent business valuation and transaction advisory services in the Denver metropolitan area, throughout the State of Colorado and nationwide. We conduct business appraisals for a variety of purposes, including business transactions, shareholder disputes, marital dissolutions, financial reporting, and estate, gift and income tax activities. Our clients range from early-stage, venture-capital funded companies to “Main Street” family-owned businesses to large, established companies with hundreds of millions in annual revenue.
About Bryan DesMarteau, JD, CBA, ASA
Bryan
DesMarteau is the Managing Member of Apex Valuation Consulting LLC. He
has specialized in valuing interests in privately-held businesses since
1998. Mr. DesMarteau’s professional credentials include the Accredited
Senior Appraiser (in business valuation) designation (ASA), granted by
the American Society of Appraisers, and the Certified Business Appraiser
designation, conferred by the Institute of Business Appraisers. Individuals
earn these designations only after demonstrating high levels of valuation
training and experience, and by proving their competence through a rigorous
peer review process.
Mr. DesMarteau has served as an expert on behalf of litigants, taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service, and has been appointed as a Special Master to the U.S. District Court of Colorado. He has served on the Accreditation Board of the Institute of Business Appraisers and as President of the Denver Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers.
Although he is not actively engaged in the practice of law, Mr. DesMarteau is a licensed attorney and member of the Colorado Bar Association. His prior experience includes working in mergers and acquisitions with a financial consulting boutique. He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (in Finance) from the University of Denver and a Juris Doctor from the Creighton University School of Law.