Based in New York, Will Cooper is the Chief Strategy and Financial Officer of Beyond Now, leading the company’s financial organization and driving strategy, M&A, and investor relations. Will brings financial sophistication, strategic acumen, sector expertise, and deep capital markets relationships, which are helping to unlock new levels of scale and ultimately enabling Beyond Now to better serve its customers.
Before joining Beyond Now, Will spent a decade in investment banking, during which time he was involved with nearly 50 M&A and capital-raising transactions, representing more than $10 billion of aggregate consideration, with industry-leading public companies, private companies, private equity firms, and entrepreneurs. He has covered the technology and telecommunications sectors for virtually his whole career and, in recent years, focused specifically on the convergence of software and connectivity.
Most recently, Will spent several years with Houlihan Lokey, the most active technology and private equity M&A advisor globally, as part of the firm’s Global Technology group. While at Houlihan Lokey, he launched and led the firm’s coverage of telecom software, helped build the Boston office, and led Analyst and Associate recruiting for the U.S. Technology team.
Prior to Houlihan Lokey, Will spent five years with MVP Capital, a technology- and telecom infrastructure-focused boutique investment bank, in San Francisco and Boston. He began his career with Jefferies, a global investment bank.