David T. Thibodeau

Biography

 As Managing Director of Boston-based Wellvest Capital, Mr. Thibodeau is a seasoned corporate finance executive within the wellness industry, with a successful history of entrepreneurship, corporate strategy, growth management, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions. He was an early player in the consumer health and wellness sector, where he has developed a particular expertise over the last 25+ years. Prior to Wellvest Capital, Mr. Thibodeau spent 10 years at the investment bank Canaccord Genuity (formerly Adams, Harkness and Hill). As the head of the Health, Wellness and Lifestyle corporate finance group, he focused on mergers, acquisitions, public and private financings. Mr. Thibodeau led the evolution of the firm’s Healthy Living practice into the broader and more robust Health, Wellness and Lifestyle sector. Over that time, Mr. Thibodeau was an advisor on many of the industry’s leading and transformative M&A transactions that have helped define the evolution of the emerging wellness industry. Examples of these transactions include ZonePerfect Nutrition and EAS sale to Abbott Laboratories, Metagenics joint venture with Alticor, Martek Bioscience’s purchase of Amerifit Nutrition, Garden of Life’s sale to Atrium Innovations, SunPure’s sale to Kerry Group PLC, Pure World’s sale to Naturex SA, and Imagine Foods sale to Hain Celestial Group.

Research Interest

 Business