# Raymond James

> Raymond James is a VC fund in Atlanta backing Mining and Precious Metals. See 61 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 61
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/raymond-james-financial-inc-
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/RaymondJames
- Website: http://www.raymondjames.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RaymondJames/

Raymond James is a VC fund in Atlanta focused on Mining and Precious Metals. The Raymond James Technology and Communications Investment Banking Group is a committed and thoughtful partner that provides a full range of investment banking services and best practices.The group is comprised of experienced professionals that have extensive investment banking expertise. They leverage the industry expertise of RaymondJames' award-winning research department. The group focuses on key sectors within technology and communications including: communications software, communication towers, defense electronics, enterprise software, internet infrastructure services, homeland security, IT services, mobile technology, semiconductors, software-as-a-service, telecommunications equipment, telecommunications infrastructure and support services, and wireless & wireline telecommunications services. They take pride in a client-centric approach to M&A, with focus on delivering independent solutions that creates value for the long term. The outcome of this unique approach may be seen in the successful transactions of their clients, including over 80 public offerings totaling $17 billion and over 85 strategic advisory transactions totaling over $5 billion in value since 1998.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 11 | 18% |
| Precious Metals | 11 | 18% |
| Mineral | 9 | 15% |
| Oil and Gas | 9 | 15% |
| Energy | 8 | 13% |

65 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Post-IPO Equity | 34 | 56% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 7 | 11% |
| Debt Financing | 3 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 3% |
| Post-IPO Secondary | 2 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 36 | 59% |
| United States | 7 | 11% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Casey Brooks | Investment Banking Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/casey-brooks |
| Davenport Mosby III | Vice Chairman of Investment Banking | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/davenport-mosby-iii |
| Dennis Zank | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-zank |
| James Bunn | President of Global Equities and Investment Banking | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-bunn |
| Jeff Dowdle | Executive Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-dowdle |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| North American Construction Group | North American Construction Group provides a range of heavy construction and mining and pipeline installation services to customers in the Canadian oil sands, industrial construction, commercial and public construction and pipeline construction markets.The Company’s primary market is the Canadian oil sands, where it supports the customers’ miningoperations and capital projects. NAEPI provides services through all stages of an oil sands project’s lifecycle, its core focus is on providing recurring services, such as contract mining, during the operational phase. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012), recurring services represented 87% of the oil sands business. The Company’s business segments include heavy construction and mining and pipeline. In July 2013, the Company announced that it has completed sale of its Piling businesses to Keller Group plc. | $200M | Post-IPO Debt | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Solstice Gold | Solstice Gold is a gold mining company with three district-scale projects in tier-one mining jurisdictions. It capitalizes on management’s expertise to create value by identifying opportunities, making discoveries, and advancing them through the exploration stage to development. | $797.4K | Post-IPO Equity | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| North American Construction Group | North American Construction Group provides a range of heavy construction and mining and pipeline installation services to customers in the Canadian oil sands, industrial construction, commercial and public construction and pipeline construction markets.The Company’s primary market is the Canadian oil sands, where it supports the customers’ miningoperations and capital projects. NAEPI provides services through all stages of an oil sands project’s lifecycle, its core focus is on providing recurring services, such as contract mining, during the operational phase. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012), recurring services represented 87% of the oil sands business. The Company’s business segments include heavy construction and mining and pipeline. In July 2013, the Company announced that it has completed sale of its Piling businesses to Keller Group plc. | $89.6M | Post-IPO Debt | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| Venture Global | Venture Global LNG is a low-cost producer of liquefied natural gas pipelines. Working with a global LNG technology vendor, Venture Global intends to configure a 10.0 MTPA LNG facility utilizing efficient, low-cost, mid-scale LNG liquefaction technology. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. | $15.1B | Post-IPO Debt | Jul 28, 2025 |  |
| FNZ | FNZ is a FinTech firm that partners with financial institutions to enable them to provide multi-channel wealth management services to their clients across direct, intermediated, and workplace channels. FNZ develops long-term partnerships with customers to enable them to get to market with a market-leading digital proposition, transform theircustomer service offering, and grow assets under management across multiple distribution channels. |  | Corporate Round | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| North American Construction Group | North American Construction Group provides a range of heavy construction and mining and pipeline installation services to customers in the Canadian oil sands, industrial construction, commercial and public construction and pipeline construction markets.The Company’s primary market is the Canadian oil sands, where it supports the customers’ miningoperations and capital projects. NAEPI provides services through all stages of an oil sands project’s lifecycle, its core focus is on providing recurring services, such as contract mining, during the operational phase. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (fiscal 2012), recurring services represented 87% of the oil sands business. The Company’s business segments include heavy construction and mining and pipeline. In July 2013, the Company announced that it has completed sale of its Piling businesses to Keller Group plc. | $162.1M | Post-IPO Debt | Apr 25, 2025 |  |
| Golden Rapture Mining | Golden Rapture Mining is a well-funded exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of high-potential assets located in favourable, established Tier 1 mining jurisdictions in the Rainy River and Geraldton areas of NW Ontario, Canada. Their two properties are truly a treasure trove of forgotten golden opportunitieswith an astonishing eighteen (18) mine shafts and an adit with visible gold having been recorded historically & recently at their Rainy River area property (first discovered in 1894) and their past producing Hutchison/Maylac Gold Mine located in the Geraldton Gold Camp, NW Ontario which was (mined from 1937 to 1947). | $560K | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| Arizona Sonoran Copper Company | Arizona Sonoran Copper Company primarily operates as a copper developer and producer. | $18.5M | Post-IPO Equity | Sep 23, 2024 |  |
| RecNation Storage | RecNation Storage ("RecNation" or the "Company"), the owner, operator, and developer of specialized recreational vehicle and marine storage facilities, | $500M | Debt Financing | May 22, 2023 |  |
| Dreamscape | Dreamscape is a real estate company that specializes in residential, retail, hospitality, entertainment and gaming properties development services. | $850M |  | Feb 15, 2023 |  |

10 of 61 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Paradigm Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paradigm-capital) — VC Fund, 31 deals together
- [TD Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/td-securities) — VC Fund, 28 deals together
- [Canaccord Genuity Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canaccord-genuity-corp) — VC Fund, 27 deals together
- [CIBC World Markets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cibc-world-markets) — VC Fund, 22 deals together
- [National Bank Financial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-bank-financial) — VC Fund, 22 deals together
- [Cormark Securities Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cormark) — VC Fund, 21 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Raymond James invest in?

Raymond James invests primarily in Mining, Precious Metals and Mineral startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 61 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Raymond James?

The team at Raymond James includes Casey Brooks (Investment Banking Analyst), Davenport Mosby III (Vice Chairman of Investment Banking) and Dennis Zank (Chief Operating Officer), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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