Paul L. Kessler is a seasoned venture capitalist and financier having providing growth capital for over 30 years to domestic and international companies, both public and private. From 2000 to the present, Mr. Kessler has been the Principal, Portfolio Manager and Founder of Bristol Capital Advisors, LLC.  His investments have focused on emerging growth companies, private equity, venture capital, and private companies on the path to becoming public. Mr. Kessler has guided and overseen over 750+ investment transactions, as lead, co-lead, or syndicate investor.   

Mr. Kessler has broad experience in finance, actively sourcing and identifying investment opportunities to companies in the biotechnology, technology, energy, and consumer sectors. Mr. Kessler has negotiated and worked on numerous mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, venture capital, private equity, re-structuring and other capital market activities.  He has actively worked with executives and boards of companies on corporate governance, financial structuring, and oversight, strategic repositioning and alignment of interests with shareholders. 

Mr. Kessler has been a guest speaker on the subject of financing emerging growth public companies at a variety of forums, including Activist Investing in Europe, The Deal Corporate Governance Conference, The Pipe's Conference, Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), Wall Street Reporter's Pipe Conference, UCLA Anderson School of Management, and Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management.  He has attended courses at various colleges and universities, including Harvard Business School's Executive Education Program, Stanford Business School’s Executive Directors Consortium.