Elliot Evers
Greg Widroe
Jason Hill
R. Clayton Funk
Brian Pryor
Bill Fanning
Renee Shaening
Mike Grobe
Jason Nicolay
MVP has been critical in building Mapleton Communications. MVP listened to our goals, surveyed the market, identified target stations, and helped us through to five successful closings. Their insight and experience were invaluable, and we recommend them highly.

Adam Nathanson
President, Mapleton Communications LLC
 
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R. Clayton Funk
Managing Director


cfunk@mediaventurepartners.com

Clayton joined MVP in 2004 after spending over seven years with Nations Media Partners, a Kansas City-based investment banking firm specializing in various areas of telecommunications, media, and publishing. While at Nations Media Partners, Clayton was responsible for developing the firm's presence in the wireless tower and yellow pages publisher industries.

Since 1997, Clayton has personally closed nearly 60 deals including mergers and acquisitions, sale-leasebacks and private debt and equity capital placements. In the tower industry, Clayton has worked on a myriad of portfolios involving wireless carrier-owned towers, build-to-suits, and broadcast tower sites. He regularly serves as a featured speaker at numerous industry conferences including CTIA, PCIA and IWCE and is a guest columnist for industry trade journals. Clayton also helps manage MVP’s datacenter and hosting practice, advising clients with capital raising and merger and acquisitions.

Clayton graduated cum laude from Washburn University with a Bachelors of Arts in Communications and has been honored as an Alumni Fellow.


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