who we are.

Established in Charlotte, NC

klarventures delivers deep experience in mergers & acquisitions, growth strategy development, and business optimization to middle market companies.

Our Goal

We employ a system​atic approach to uncovering opportunities for immediate value creation, whether that be in assisting your business through an ownership transition or providing your team the focus to achieve that next level of profitability.  ​

Our Team

Justin Cunningham
Managing Director

Justin Cunningham is an entrepreneur and seasoned investment banking professional with a 15-year track record executing mergers and acquisitions ranging from $10 million to $1+ billion in enterprise value across numerous industries.  His experience includes sellside, buyside, capital raising, and fairness opinion assignments for family-owned and institutionally-owned businesses as well as public companies.  Previously, Justin spent a decade at leading M&A boutique McColl Partners, playing an instrumental role in building that firm along with the founding partners.  Justin graduated with distinction from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received a bachelor in science degree in business administration and was a Morehead-Cain Scholar.

Daniel Zimmer
​Managing Director

Daniel Zimmer is an experienced and innovative supply chain/operations professional with a 15-year track record of optimizing profitability while driving simplification. Prior to joining klarventures, Daniel managed supply chain, operations and led indirect procurement for multiple publicly traded companies. His experience includes logistics management, inventory optimization, contract negotiation, remanufacturing, acquisition integration, process improvement, and change management projects. Daniel received a degree in business administration from OSZ Bürowirtschaft & Dienstleistungen in Berlin, Germany with a coinciding apprenticeship at leading logistics company BEHALA.