Ascendiant Capital Markets is a lower middle market full-service boutique investment banking firm providing corporate finance, buy-side and sell-side mergers and acquisitions advisory, equity research, market making and institutional sales and trading services. The investment banking division of Ascendiant offers investment capital, institutional investor outreach, strategic guidance, and related advisory services to publicly traded companies in the U.S. and selected foreign markets. The firm was founded in 2001 and is based in Irvine, California.