Southcoast Investment Group Inc. (SIG) was incorporated in Delaware on April 26, 1999. It is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

We specialize in arranging private placements and other financings for public companies. We also provide other corporate finance functions, including business consulting, and merger and acquisition services.

Southcoast Investment Group views the closing of an acquisition not as an end, but as the beginning of its long-term plans for that company’s growth. By maintaining a long-term strategic focus, working closely with management, and utilizing the investment and consulting skills of its Principals, Southcoast Investment Group has built a strong reputation for delivering value to its investors and managing partners.

The investment process we use conforms to strict criteria and follows a preordained structure. Southcoast has an investment strategy that is based on several key elements.  First, Southcoast is focused on targeting companies with significant growth or improvement potential. The companies in which we invest have seasoned and highly motivated management teams, attractive growth potential, and a strategy for sustained, long-term profitability.

Our philosophy is to give our management partners the freedom to execute their business plans, knowing that our strategic and financial support is available when requested. In addition to providing capital, SIG’s principals invest their time and resources to develop an understanding of their partner’s business and industries. We make every effort to ensure that our advice and input are productive and valued.

The key to making our business work is an experienced and dynamic management, which improves the direction and financing of the portfolio companies in a targeted way. Southcoast Investment Group shows long-standing experience in both industry and investments.

Pablo Bonjour, Managing Principal

B.B.A. Finance, University of Houston, Wharton School of Business RTS1-RTS4 accreditation, has been in the investment banking business since 1988.  He began his career at Oppenheimer & Co. and years later he was recruited by Lehman Brothers where he became one of their youngest Vice Presidents.

He has extensive experience in equity investments and has helped raise billions of dollars in investment capital. Pablo also owned and founded his own proprietary introducing brokerage firm to one of the largest in the industry in less than 5 years. Pablo, until recently, held a Vice President title for one of the largest privately held Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) in the country and was instrumental in helping them bring on new clients and millions of dollars in investment capital. He is instrumental in evaluating investment opportunities and raising capital for such opportunities.

Robert Wilson, Managing Principal

Mr. Wilson also serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Operations Principal for several broker dealers and investment banking firms where his duties include compliance with FINRA, SEC and NYSE rules and regulations, the design and implementation of accounting and operations control procedures, representing firms as an expert witness and with FINRA examinations. He currently serves as a director and audit committee chairman for American Security Resources, Inc. and American Enterprise Development Corporation and as a consultant with The Professional Directors Institute.

Mr. Wilson is a CPA and has over 15 years of experience as the owner of a certified public accounting firm, was previously a member of the FINRA Board of Arbitrators and has several FINRA and NYSE licenses. Mr. Wilson has previously served as operations compliance manager of the AIM Management Group, Vice President Compliance/Internal Audit of the Kemper Securities Group and an auditor with Price Waterhouse. Mr. Wilson is a 1977 graduate of Houston Baptist University and pursued additional studies at Georgetown University.