About
Max Bastian joined Princeton in 2025, where he works on sourcing and executing transactions and supports portfolio companies. He previously served as an Associate and Senior Associate at Platte River Equity, executing deals in the industrial, aerospace & defense, and chemicals & agriculture sectors, and earlier worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Simmons Energy, a division of Piper Sandler. He holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Experience
- Princeton Equity GroupVice Presidentcurrent2025 — presentDallas, Texas, United States
- Trive CapitalSummer Vice President2024Dallas, Texas, United States
- Platte River EquitySenior Associate2022 — 2023Denver, Colorado, United States
- Platte River EquityAssociate2020 — 2022Denver, Colorado, United States
- Piper SandlerInvestment Banking Analyst2018 — 2020Houston, Texas
- Piper SandlerInvestment Banking Summer Analyst2017Greater Houston
- Vaughan NelsonEquity Analyst Intern2016Greater Houston
- Barton Creek Country ClubCaddie2015Austin, TX
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel5Microsoft Office5Microsoft Word1Microsoft Outlook1Financial Analysis6Finance2Financial Modeling3Investments2Accounting2Banking3
From Max's professional profile.
Colleagues at Princeton
Alex Bouthillette
Vice President at Princeton
Austin Cade
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Compliance Officer at Princeton
Brandon Haire
Operating Partner, GrowthEdge™ at Princeton
Chris Tanco
Operating Partner, GrowthEdge™ at Princeton
Derek DeBenedetto
Principal, Head of Business Development at Princeton
Doug Kennealey
Managing Partner at Princeton
Guillaume Bonniol
Operating Partner, GrowthEdge™ at Princeton
Jack Bennett
Associate at Princeton
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Max Bastian?
- Max Bastian joined Princeton in 2025, where he works on sourcing and executing transactions and supports portfolio companies. He previously served as an Associate and Senior Associate at Platte River Equity, executing deals in the industrial, aerospace & defense, and chemicals & agriculture sectors, and earlier worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Simmons Energy, a division of Piper Sandler. He holds a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
- Where does Max Bastian work?
- Max Bastian is Vice President at Princeton.
- Where did Max Bastian go to school?
- Max Bastian studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (Master of Business Administration - MBA); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance); Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (High School).
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Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management726
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Also attended The University of Texas at Austin506
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