Joseph Zabik

Joseph J. Zabik is a Partner at Broadhaven Capital Partners, where he focuses on the financial services sector. Broadhaven says he has spent more than 25 years in financial services as an investment banker and corporate executive.

Zabik joined Broadhaven as Partner in October 2015 after the sale of Sterne Agee. At Sterne Agee, he served as both Head of Corporate Development and Head of Investment Banking, advising the firm on strategic transactions while growing the investment banking division.

Before Sterne Agee, Zabik was a Managing Director in Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Financial Institutions Group. His advisory and financing work covered brokerage and wealth management firms, securities processing companies, trading platforms, clearing entities, and financial outsourcing firms. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles in TD Ameritrade’s Corporate Development Group and Salomon Smith Barney’s Investment Banking Division.

Zabik earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, magna cum laude, from Kent State University. His LinkedIn profile lists Kent State attendance from 1992 to 1996 and licenses including Series 24, 79, 7, and 63.

• Broadhaven Ventures focuses on “early-stage investment opportunities at the intersection of financial services and technology.”
• The firm primarily invests in Seed and Series A rounds and reserves capital for follow-on rounds.
• Broadhaven looks for companies where its advisory expertise, operating experience, and financial-services relationships can help with partnerships, acquisitions, follow-on financing, and exits.
• Zabik’s own coverage history points to strong relevance for founders in wealth management, brokerage, trading infrastructure, clearing, securities processing, and financial outsourcing.
• Broadhaven Ventures states that it invests its own capital rather than outside LP capital, positioning itself as a principal investor with “skin in the game.”