type private industry financial services founded 1985 founder george needham raymond godfrey david townes headquarters 445 park avenue new york new york united states key people john prior ceo products investment banking asset management website www.needhamco.com needham & company is an independent investment bank and asset management firm specializing in advisory services and financings for growth companies . needham & company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the needham group which also operates a private equity investment business and an investment management business . since its founding the firm has acted as lead or co manager in more than 775 public offerings including 268 ipos been an agent on more than 115 private placements and completed over 380 mergers and acquisitions . together the transactions total over 200 billion . the firm which is headquartered in new york city also has offices in boston massachusetts menlo park and san francisco california . contents 1 history 2 business 2.1 investment banking 2.2 asset management 3 references 4 external links history edit needham was founded in 1985 by george needham raymond godfrey and david townes . george needham was formerly a managing director of first boston corporation where he established its business development and technology investment banking groups . raymond godfrey was vice president of business development at first boston beginning in 1977 . he left needham in the 1990s but returned in 2000 . david townes who also co founded the firm had previously been an investment banker at lehman brothers kuhn loeb focused on technology companies . among its many other assignments needham was an underwriter for the initial public offering for google in 2005 . 1 business edit the company offers a full line of financial services 2 including brokerage asset management and research . in all its activities needham focuses primarily on serving emerging growth industries and their investors . investment banking edit within its investment banking division needham & company provides various advisory and financing services which include private placements public equity offerings high yield debt offerings mergers and acquisitions advisory services institutional sales and trading and equity research asset management edit needham investment management another wholly owned subsidiary of the needham group offers several mutual funds and hedge funds including needham aggressive growth fund neagx needham small cap growth fund nesgx and most notably the needham growth fund neegx which has been rated a top performing mutual fund since its inception . 3 4 the funds seek to create long term capital appreciation for its shareholders by adhering to co founder george needham s long term and patient investment style . the funds invest in venture backed companies and emphasize knowing the management . the funds focus on growth sectors including technology and healthcare . 5 needham asset management another affiliate controls needham capital partners which manages private equity funds that invest primarily in growth companies . references edit the churn . new york times september 9 2005 financial services programs details . needham & company . investing with peter j. r. trapp ; needham growth fund . new york times may 13 2001 investing ; why cash is still king at some stock funds . new york times december 14 2003 patience pays off . barrons april 2 2011 financial ambulance a new investment banking firm offers first aid for victims of the high tech shakeout . fortune january 6 1986 external links edit needham & company company website needham funds company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title needham % 26 company & oldid 740008219 categories financial services companies of the united statesinvestment banksamerican companies established in 1985companies based in new york city navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 14 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view