CIM Securities, LLC
INVESTMENT BANKING • CAPITAL MARKETS
About Us
CIM Securities is an independent investment bank that serves micro-cap and small-cap companies by providing capital raising solutions and also merger and acquisition services for companies seeking growth capital or services. CIM Securities also caters to individual investors providing comprehensive brokerage and money management solutions. CIM Securities provides institutional investors and individual investors periodic opportunities to participate in public offerings and private placements of public or private companies.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to provide value-added solutions to middle market companies and their investors to help them achieve their goals. We believe that our structure, size, and focus enable us to differentiate ourselves by providing superior service, advice, and execution for our clients.
Our Values
The success of our clients is our highest priority. We succeed when our clients succeed. We value our clients and put their focus above all else. We have an old fashioned approach to doing business. We stay with our clients until the job is done.
Our Expertise
Mergers and Acquisitions, Equity Financing Solutions (IPO’s, Follow-ons, PIPEs, Registered Directs, Private Placements, Convertibles and other Equity-linked Securities), Debt Financing Solutions (Bank Debt, High Yield, Private Debt), and Investor Relations Consulting (Introductions of Institutional Investors, Individuals, and other Broker Dealers
Jack
VP of Investment Banking & Capital Markets
Jack Myers serves as the Vice President of Investment Banking & Capital Markets here at CIM Securities and been with the firm since April 2009. Mr. Myers got his start in 1991 working for his brother’s M&A Buyside Advisory firm W.E. Myers & Company (WEMCO) while still at UCLA getting his B.A. in Economics (Degree earned in 1995). While there Mr. Myers worked as an Associate and was instrumental in developing Acquisition Opportunities for about a dozen Leveraged Buyout PE Firms in Platform Acquisitions and Target Add-Ons. WEMCO went on to complete 13 major Platform Leverage Build-Ups with a total of 66 total acquisitions in the 1990s. In 1993 Mr. Myers was hired as an Associate in Corporate Finance at Roth Capital Partners where he participated in dozens of IPOs, Follow-On Offerings and Private Placements. In 1995 he moved over to the Boston Group LP as a VP Investment Banking where he led and worked on another half dozen IPOs and several Pre-IPO Private Offerings. In 1997, Mr. Myers was hired at the Head of Investment Banking at Waldron & Company where he sourced originated and completed more IPOs and Private Placements. After taking a few years off in 2003 he joined WestPark Capital where he was sourcing and completed several PIPE Offerings, Reverse Mergers and Reg D Offerings. In 2006 Mr. Myers led the Investment Banking efforts at a small San Diego based Broker Dealer Capital Growth Resources until finally moving over to CIM Securities in 2009 where he has helped source and lead dozens more Pre-IPO, PIPE Offerings, and REG D Offerings.
Rico
CEO and Head of Investment Banking
Rico began his investment career as a financial services professional in 1991 working in capital markets, capital introductions, and wealth management. During his tenure as a financial services executive he collaborated on a number of business advisory transactions and raised millions of dollars in capital for growth companies. He then added operational experience as CEO of a 300 store retail chain which he co-founded, navigated through two equity rounds as a private company, and managed the IPO process. Rico received a Bachelors of Business Administration from Rider University, a Masters in Business Administration from University of Phoenix, and a Masters in Banking and Finance from Boston University.
Mr. Emerson is a FINRA-licensed CCO of CIM Securities. Formerly, he was a Registered Representative with Great Point Capital for three years, and before that, the Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Supervisory Principal of Sequence Financial Specialists LLC, based in Charleston, South Carolina for approximately five years through the end of 2018. He had been the founder and Managing Principal of Starlight Investments, LLC, an investment bank based in Houston, which was focused on private placements of equity from 2000 to 2013. Starlight had approximately fifteen investment professionals. He is a FINRA-registered broker with extensive financial, marketing and project management experience in a variety of international high- and low-technology industries. He is also an entrepreneur, having started and operated companies for over thirty years, of which ten years were spent in the telecommunications field throughout Latin America. He is fluent in Spanish. Mr. Emerson received his B.A. with Honors in Spanish and Economics from Hamilton College in New York and his M.B.A. from the Jones School of Administration at Rice University. He completed Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB. He holds the following securities licenses: 7, 24, 27, 63, 79, 87 and 99. He is an instrument-rated private pilot and an Extra class amateur radio licensee.
Mr. Emerson’s professional and community involvement included active roles as member of the Council of Overseers of the Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University, Rice Alliance Roundtable Advisory Board, President of the Jones School Alumni Association, FINRA Technology Advisory Committee, FINRA arbitrator, FINRA District 6 Nominating Committee, Finance Committee member of The Coronado Club, President of the board of Houston Achievement Place, graduate of the Center for Houston’s Future program and member of the Houston Philosophical Society.
Ken Bloore
Vice President
Ken Bloore serves as a Vice President at CIM Securities and has been with the firm since July 2024. With CIM Securities, he specializes in Corporate Finance, including Private Placements, Bridge Loans, PIPEs, IPOs, Follow On Offerings and more. Ken has over 24 years of experience as an executive in the finance industry and has led teams completing thousands of engagements to successful completion, ranging from $1 million to $500 million+ financings. In 2000, Mr. Bloore helped found Great American Advisory & Valuation Services and grew the business consistently as the COO and Partner for 16-years. Mr. Bloore remained a minority owner of the company until the investment by Oak Tree Capital in November 2024, as part of a $386 million deal. In January 2017, Ken founded Expert Financial, which provided appraisals and valuations as well as various types of consulting and advisory solutions. Mr Bloore leverages a deep network of thousands of banks, alternative lenders, private equity, family offices, SBICs, for all types of capital. He has a deep understanding of the needs and challenges of many sectors and projects, with experience working in a variety of industries, such as manufacturing, distribution, consumer, technology, renewable energy, and more. His mission is to help businesses grow and achieve client goals by providing them with flexible and customized financing options that suit their specific situations and requirements.
CIM Securities’ Investment Banking group is focused on developing long-term relationships with senior management teams and significant stakeholders of micro-cap and small-cap market companies. Consistent with CIM Securities’ mission, the Investment Banking group seeks to deliver value-added solutions with a focus on the needs of its clients through experience, execution and accountability in the areas of capital raising and strategic advisory. The CIM Securities’ team is comprised of senior level professionals with extensive experience in terms of years, transactions and capital raised. CIM Securities’ has an extensive syndicate team.
Our Focus
Healthcare
Consumer
Energy
Media
Technology
CIM Securities provides growth capital to early and expansion-stage companies through Choice Investment Management the parent company of CIM Securities. Choice Investment Management invests in private and public securities through internally managed funds. Choice leverages its broad experience, team-oriented approach and partner network to give entrepreneurs advice, support and a competitive edge beyond just capital. Choice seeks to capitalize on significant trends that create attractive investment opportunities. Choice makes investments of $1 to $5 million in early and expansion stage companies. Choice takes an active role in the growth of portfolio companies.
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