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title: Alexander Koles
description: "AI & Emerging Tech for Finance Featured Participant: Alexander Koles, CEO/Founder, Evolve Capital Partners Inc. Join Alexander at the upcoming AI & Emerging Tech for Finance 2019 event taking place November 12–13 2019, Downtown New York."
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# [Alexander Koles](https://www.coriniumintelligence.com/participants/alexander-koles)

 Written by [Corinium](https://www.coriniumintelligence.com/participants/author/corinium) | Oct 1, 2019 9:36:04 AM

**Can you tell us a little bit about your background, and how you ended up in your current role?**

I run a boutique investment bank and we advise companies on M&A and capital raise transactions in the tech / financial service space.  I was hired out of undergrad to work as an analyst in the early 2000s at Merrill Lynch, then transition to a variety of middle market firms, all in corporate finance.  At the end of my journey at larger firms, I saw an opportunity to “peel away” and begin advising firms individually, which was extremely engaging; hence, founding Evolve Capital seven years ago. 

**What is the biggest challenge you face within your role today, and how are you looking to tackle it?**

I face two constants challenges:

1. Client acquisition of quality firms.
2. Deployment of technology to keep track of opportunities and deal communications. 

We are tackling it by deploying technology, slowly, across the group.

**Biggest success you achieved for 2018/ 2019 so far?**

In 2018, we refined our workflows and internal processes, which allows us to focus on the opportunities at hand, and really dug into a niche that plays nicely with our experiences with tech-enabled firms.  From this refinement, 2019 has been a good year of engaging with high quality firms, that fit our experience and sector expertise; plus, we have started to put a chunk of our workflows into the cloud.

**What are your Key Objectives for attending the upcoming event?**

- 1. Understanding new technologies available in the market to enhance our work.
    2. Meet high quality firms seeking corporate finance transactions (M&A or capital raises).
    3. Further expand our network of investors and strategic buyers.   

**What are you currently most inspired about in regards to AI & Emerging Tech for Finance?**

The development of AI to help make sense of unstructured data in an investment banking environment is of high interest. 

[Join Alexander at AI & Emerging Tech for Finance 2019](https://ai-et-fs.coriniumintelligence.com/registration)

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