About Uplift Partners
We Form a Partnership with All of Our Clients
Uplift Partners is an investment bank serving entrepreneurs, businesses and investors active in the lower middle market and middle market. Drawing on investment and transaction experience as well as operational experience, Uplift Partners provides the guidance and senior level resources necessary to successfully navigate the complexities of managing growth through acquisitions, divestitures, financing and other strategic initiatives. The Uplift Partners professionals treat each of their clients uniquely, understanding that each client has different needs, desires and priorities.
Led by Senior Professionals with Proven Track Records
Quinn Carlson
Client Focus
Quinn founded Uplift Partners in late 2015 with the simple goal to bring senior attention and superior service to all client transactions. Quinn works with clients in the industrial manufacturing, services and technology sectors, assisting clients with M&A transactions and capital raising assignments.
Experience
Prior to forming Uplift in 2015, Quinn spent the prior 10 years in senior roles at global investment banking firms. Following business school, Quinn worked in New York at Deutsche Bank Securities for 7 years where he advised industrial clients through public equity offerings, M&A transactions and leveraged bank and bond financings. Quinn then spent 3 years building an industrial coverage effort at Duff & Phelps and led numerous highly successful corporate sale transactions. Quinn began his career at Ernst & Young where he worked for 6 years.
Education
Quinn holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana and a Masters degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Victor Culiuc
Client Focus
Victor is a co-founder of Uplift Partners and leads the healthcare technology and services vertical. He specializes in strategic M&A and high growth capital raise transactions for privately-held businesses and institutional investors in the lower to middle market.
Experience
Aymsley was called back to the family business in 2016, helping stabilize and ultimately facilitating the strategic sale of Upp Technology to Harris Computer alongside the Uplift Partners team. She spent the next year integrating the business into the Harris organization and held an executive leadership position in charge of business development. The sale of her family business was such a positive experience for her, she has refocused her career solely on M&A.
Education
Aymsley leads our client strategy and development efforts. She works directly with business owners, senior executives and their respective legal and financial advisers to facilitate the very best transaction strategy and maximize value. She has the unique perspective of having been a client of Uplift Partners in the successful sale of her family’s business.
Aymsley Upp
Client Focus
Aymsley leads our client strategy and development efforts. She works directly with business owners, senior executives and their respective legal and financial advisers to facilitate the very best transaction strategy and maximize value. She has the unique perspective of having been a client of Uplift Partners in the successful sale of her family’s business.
Experience
Aymsley was called back to the family business in 2016, helping stabilize and ultimately facilitating the strategic sale of Upp Technology to Harris Computer alongside the Uplift Partners team. She spent the next year integrating the business into the Harris organization and held an executive leadership position in charge of business development. The sale of her family business was such a positive experience for her, she has refocused her career solely on M&A.
Education
Aymsley leads our client strategy and development efforts. She works directly with business owners, senior executives and their respective legal and financial advisers to facilitate the very best transaction strategy and maximize value. She has the unique perspective of having been a client of Uplift Partners in the successful sale of her family’s business.