James Nalley

Jim Nalley is a Vice President and Shareholder at BCC Advisers, a Des Moines, Iowa–based firm offering merger and acquisition consulting, business valuation, litigation support, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) valuation and transaction consulting. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Iowa State University and holds the CPA/ABV (Accredited in Business Valuation), CFF (Certified in Financial Forensics), and CVA (Certified Valuation Analyst) credentials.

Nalley joined BCC in 2004. His practice centers on business valuation, litigation support, and management advisory services across a broad range of industries. His accounting and tax background gives him particular expertise in valuations for business transition, family gifting, estate planning, and ownership succession. He has prepared hundreds of valuation reports for commercial and personal litigation matters and provides expert testimony in support of his work.

He is a frequent speaker at professional conferences and forums on business valuation and litigation support topics, including estate-planning events for business owners. In 2025 he was named to Forbes' inaugural "America's Top CPAs For Valuations" list as a Vice President & Shareholder at BCC Advisers.

Important accuracy note: The stub described Jim Nalley as an "Angel Investor" focused on "Seed Round" deals. Public sources do not support this characterization of him personally. His verifiable public role is as a valuation and M&A adviser/shareholder at BCC Advisers — a firm that advises on and values transactions rather than making seed investments. The "Angel Investors / Seed Round" labels appear to originate from an investor-directory aggregator rather than any documented investing activity. No angel portfolio or personal startup investments could be found in public records.

• No publicly stated *personal* angel-investment thesis could be located; the items below reflect BCC Advisers' advisory focus, which is the verifiable basis for the "investor" designation.
• Works primarily with middle-market, privately held businesses on the sell/buy side of M&A, valuations, and ownership transitions.
• Deep specialization in business valuation for transaction, litigation, ESOP, estate, and gifting purposes — i.e., pricing and structuring deals rather than writing seed checks.
• Industry-agnostic; engagements span a wide range of sectors across Iowa and the broader U.S.
• Founders should treat him as a transaction/valuation adviser and potential connector within the Des Moines business community, not as a documented seed-check angel.