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Matt Kreps

Austin

Matt Kreps is a veteran small and micro-cap investor relations professional who joined Darrow Associates in 2016 to strengthen the firm’s operations in Texas and the Midwest. He specializes in strategic investor relations for special situation, turnaround and niche companies, as well as underfollowed companies. Mr. Kreps and Jordan Darrow have known each other since collaborating in 2007, when Mr. Kreps led a sole practitioner IR firm in Texas.  Prior to Darrow Associates, Mr. Kreps was a Managing Director at Shelton Group, a Texas-based IR firm specializing in technology companies, and a Director at Halliburton Investor Relations, an agency specializing in small-cap IR for industrial, technology and medical companies.

Mr. Kreps has an extensive financial communications and investor relations background spanning nearly 20 years, as well as experience across the capital markets ranging from listings and capital raises to proxy solicitation. In addition to domestic listings, he has led successful IR programs for multiple ADR listings from both Europe and Asia. The combination of his diverse industry experience and extensive relationships enables Kreps to achieve measurable results and serve as a value-added member of his clients’ strategic IR team.

As a senior advisor, he has worked with a diverse range of companies seeking access to the U.S. financial markets, as well as handled multiple new listings, acquisitions, activist campaigns and capital raises on behalf of clients. Mr. Kreps began his career in Kansas City developing national marketing communications campaigns for diverse clients including Piper Jaffray, Universal Underwriters Group, Block Financial Services, Time Warner Cable and Pivot International, plus a number of local and regional businesses in a range of industries.

Mr. Kreps holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas, where he graduated with highest honors.

Darrow Associates is an award-winning investor relations and financial communications consultancy with team members located nationwide.

Darrow Associates is an award-winning investor relations and financial communications consultancy with team members located nationwide.