John Poeta

John "JR" Poeta is a Greater Philadelphia–based investment-banking and capital-markets professional whose career centers on mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, and private-equity–adjacent transaction advisory. His LinkedIn profile identifies him with M&A, capital, and private equity, and he is a FINRA-registered securities principal holding the Series 7, 24, 63, 79, and 99 licenses — a credential set consistent with running deals and supervising registered-representative activity at a broker-dealer rather than making personal seed investments.

He previously served as President of PM Securities, where — per a professional recommendation on his profile — he managed bank relationships and led a leveraged company's recapitalization, producing financing memoranda and identifying EBITDA add-backs and adjustments that increased the company's leverage availability and helped restore profitability. His association with Bryant Park Capital is evidenced by his firm email address ([hidden]); Bryant Park Capital is a middle-market investment bank founded in 1991 that reports having completed 400+ transactions worth more than $30 billion across specialty finance, healthcare, energy, and technology. (Note: he does not appear on Bryant Park Capital's current public "Our Firm" team roster, which lists Joel Magerman, Ray Kane, Catheryn Robinson, James Murray, William Miner, and Jake Magerman.)

Poeta was educated at Rutgers University School of Law – Camden (approximately 1986–1989), giving him a legal background that complements his securities and transaction work. His public profile also reflects civic involvement, including service as a Board Member of the YMCA of the Upper Main Line (2003–2008), where he was Vice President of the Berwyn Branch board.

Most recently, his LinkedIn lists his current activity as a founder/principal of a venture he labels "Stealth Mode | Project RosEN Gate," with recent posts touching on data governance, AI risk, sovereignty/infrastructure, healthcare innovation, and contract law — suggesting a pivot toward an early-stage or advisory venture of his own rather than active third-party angel investing.

• Documented activity is deal advisory, not angel checks. The verifiable record shows M&A execution, recapitalizations, and debt/equity capital raises for middle-market companies — not seed-stage equity investing. No stated personal angel thesis, check size, or target-company screen could be located.
• Firm-level sector orientation (Bryant Park Capital): specialty finance, healthcare, energy, and technology, focused on the U.S. middle market.
• Capital-structure expertise: his own recommendations emphasize optimizing leverage — identifying EBITDA adjustments/add-backs and managing lender relationships to expand borrowing capacity — a debt-and-recap orientation rather than early-stage venture equity.
• Check Size / Target Company Profile: *Unknown / not verifiable.* Omitted rather than guessed.