About Us

Your Partner in Financial Growth and Strategic Execution

About HPFC

Your Partner in Financial Growth and Strategic Execution

HPFC was founded with a clear mission: to provide businesses with the high-level financial insight, leadership, and access to capital needed to reach their next stage of growth. Whether you're scaling operations, preparing for a transaction, or solving a critical financial challenge, HPFC delivers hands-on expertise shaped by real-world executive experience.

Led by founder Steve Jacobs, HPFC combines over 40 years of leadership in accounting and corporate finance, investment banking, and entrepreneurship. Our approach is personal, pragmatic, and results-driven — grounded in decades of building, advising, and investing in companies across diverse industries.

But we don’t just advise. We connect. Clients benefit from our powerful network of senior executives, industry experts, and trusted capital partners, giving them access to both guidance and resources that drive real outcomes and create real, long-term, sustainable shareholder value.

Our relationships span:

Private equity and venture capital firms

Strategic partners

Senior and subordinated lenders

Non-institutional investors

Other specialized funding sources

Meet the Founder

Steven Jacobs

Steven Jacobs is a financial veteran with more than four decades of experience leading companies through complex growth and transformation. His career spans executive leadership, board appointments, investment banking, entrepreneurship, and early roles at one of the Big Four.

Steve has served as:

CFO and EVP of one of the nation's fastest-growing financial services firms

SVP and Managing Director of Investment Banking at a top NYSE member firm

Founder of a successful investment banking firm acquired by a public company within two years

Board member for both private and publicly traded companies

Early-stage executive in a pioneering telecom company

Accountant and consultant at Deloitte

Credentials include:

FINRA Series 7, 24, 27, 63, and 79 (inactive)

Extensive experience structuring deals, scaling operations, and guiding capital strategies

Steve brings a rare combination of strategic vision and roll-up-your-sleeves execution, with a track record of helping businesses navigate growth, complexity, and opportunity.

Meet the Founder

Steven Jacobs

Steven Jacobs is a financial veteran with more than four decades of experience leading companies through complex growth and transformation. His career spans executive leadership, board appointments, investment banking, entrepreneurship, and early roles at one of the Big Four.

Steve has served as:

CFO and EVP of one of the nation's fastest-growing financial services firms

SVP and Managing Director of Investment Banking at a top NYSE member firm

Founder of a successful investment banking firm acquired by a public company within two years

Board member for both private and publicly traded companies

Early-stage executive in a pioneering telecom company

Accountant and consultant at Deloitte

Credentials include:

FINRA Series 7, 24, 27, 63, and 79 (inactive)

Extensive experience structuring deals, scaling operations, and guiding capital strategies

Steve brings a rare combination of strategic vision and roll-up-your-sleeves execution, with a track record of helping businesses navigate growth, complexity, and opportunity.

The HPFC Advantage

At HPFC, our strength lies in our ability to blend strategy, execution, and connection. Our clients don’t just get advice — they get a trusted financial partner with deep experience and access to a network that accelerates success.

We work closely with businesses at every stage, from early growth to exit planning, delivering tailored financial solutions that are built for impact.