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R² Velocity Partners

Experience that Accelerates Outcomes

At R² Partners, we don’t just advise we architect transformation. Our velocity collective brings over 120 years of accumulated experience in investment banking, private equity, and corporate development and strategy. We’ve led and executed multi-billion-dollar M&A transactions, capital raises, and mission-critical initiatives for Fortune 1000 corporations, middle-market firms, institutional investors, and government agencies navigating high-stakes inflection points.

Financial Architects with an Investor’s Mindset

Capital fluency meets strategic discipline

Our leadership includes seasoned professionals from elite investment banks and private equity firms. We bring a refined understanding of capital markets, value creation, and performance optimization ensuring every engagement is viewed through the lens of long-term growth and financial rigor.

Government, Infrastructure, and 3P Expertise

Where policy meets private sector precision

From structuring catalytic infrastructure projects to advising public agencies on economic development and public-private partnerships, we understand the intricacies of navigating both commercial imperatives and civic mandates helping unlock sustainable impact in complex ecosystems.

Cross-Sector Agility. Industry-Deep Insight

Breadth without compromise on depth

With proven execution across consumer, retail, industrials, infrastructure, real estate, technology, and government, we craft sector-specific solutions backed by nuanced industry knowledge. Whether advising a growth-stage innovator or a sovereign entity, we deliver clarity at the speed of relevance.

Trusted at the Highest Levels

From the boardroom to the frontline

We serve as trusted advisors to C-suite executives, institutional capital partners, board directors, and senior public officials delivering insight, discretion, and precision when the stakes are highest. Our team operates not just with experience, but with conviction.

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A Message from Our Managing Partner

When we launched R² Partners, it wasn’t to follow playbooks it was to rewrite them. We believed then, as we do now, that real value is created not by reacting to change, but by shaping it. This firm was built to help leaders move with conviction through moments that demand more than conventional advice.

We are decision architects, bridge-builders, catalysts. Our work lives in the gray space where strategy meets politics, where capital meets constraint, where vision meets resistance. And it’s in that space where the right partner doesn’t just analyze. They co-author outcomes.

Every member of the R²P team brings deep capability, but more importantly, a bias toward impact. We are structured for speed, but grounded in rigor. We believe that trust is earned in complexity, and that enduring partnerships are forged in moments when the stakes are high and the answers are anything but obvious.

We’re proud to do this work not because it’s easy, but because it’s necessary.

— Ralph Dickerson III
Strategic Firestarter

Beyond advice

  • "Our business was growing fast, but our financial structure wasn’t keeping pace. R² Partners brought a disciplined lens to our capital strategy, helping us build a long-term roadmap that supported both scale and profitability."

    — COO, Consumer Goods Company

  • "We had topline momentum, but margin pressure and inefficiencies were holding us back. R² Partners helped us dissect our cost drivers, optimize cash flow, and realign our model to unlock real operating leverage."

    — CEO, Mid-Market Industrial Firm

  • "In luxury, growth without precision is risky. R² Partners helped us expand intelligently—securing the right capital, refining our pricing architecture, and supporting us with the operational discipline needed to protect brand equity while scaling."

    — President, Luxury Retail Brand

  • "R² brought the financial fluency we needed to scale responsibly. They sharpened our capital stack, brought in institutional readiness, and helped us install the kind of controls and structure that made future rounds—and growth—smoother."

    — Founder, Tech Startup

  • "Public-private work is rarely straightforward. R² Partners helped us translate vision into structure—aligning incentives, managing stakeholders, and building a financeable framework that could actually get done. They bridged the gap between policy and execution."

    — Senior Advisor, Economic Development Authority

  • "We were preparing to enter a new market with no clear playbook. R² Partners brought structure to the chaos—guiding our strategy with granular analysis, stakeholder alignment, and a sharp eye for risk we didn’t know we had."

    — Chief Strategy Officer, Industrial Supply Firm

  • "What impressed us most was their ability to move from insight to execution without losing momentum. R² wasn’t just diagnosing issues—they were in the trenches helping us execute a turnaround under immense pressure."

    — Managing Director, Private Equity Portfolio Company

  • "Our board needed clarity and conviction on a critical investment decision. R² Partners framed the options with precision, facilitated alignment, and equipped us with the analysis and confidence to move decisively."

    — Chair, Independent Board of a Family-Owned Business