Chris Risey Bio

Chris Risey is the founder and President of Lantern Capital Advisors and helps companies raise capital from a variety of financing sources. He is also active as a speaker for Vistage International and is invited regularly to share his knowledge regarding raising capital and financing businesses for growth. Chris concurrently served as Vice President for Decathlon Capital Partners based in Park City, Utah from 2019-2023. Decathlon provides revenue based financing solutions to help growth-stage companies reach their full potential. Chris Risey has spent his career helping growing companies and entrepreneurs plan for and use corporate finance strategies to raise capital and execute transactions in order to support growth, finance acquisitions, buyouts, or refinance debt. As a recovering CPA, Chris has found passion in using the same financing strategies and sources as investment bankers and equity firms in order to successfully secure business financing for his own clients, but without clients having to pay the high broker fees, or give away control of their businesses (or as he describes, “Robbing Peter to pay Paul”). Mr. Risey has successfully helped Lantern Capital Advisors clients raise capital from a variety of institutions including banks, mezzanine and subordinated debt providers, venture capitalists, and underwriters. No one can do what he has formed Lantern Capital Advisors to achieve: faster, better, or with better results. His clients love him. Chris Risey is very active in many local civic and business organizations. He is an active speaker for Vistage International and Renaissance Executive Forums, Membership Director for the Knights of Columbus, past President and founding member of the Tampa Downtown Daybreak Rotary Club; past President of Financial Executives International of Tampa Bay and a board member for The Association for Corporate Growth Tampa Chapter. Mr. Risey is a Certified Public Accountant and a frequent speaker to industry groups, executive networks, and corporate meetings throughout the United States on business planning, strategy, and financing issues for growing companies. Prior to Lantern Capital Advisors, Chris Risey was Managing Director for Tunstall Consulting Inc. in Tampa, Florida, and had been with the firm from 1997-2006. Mr. Risey left Tunstall Consulting after being with the firm for nine years to create Lantern Capital Advisors and provide his high growth clients with a more reliable and cost-effective corporate finance solution that would guarantee results and ensure client satisfaction. Prior to Tunstall Consulting, Mr. Risey was a CPA in the audit and advisory services group for Arthur Andersen in New Orleans, Louisiana.