Architect Partners is a broker dealer firm based in Palo Alto, California that architect partners is a mergers and acquisitions and strategic financing advisory firm dedicated to the crypto and digital asset industry. founded in 2009 by eric risley and co-led with steve payne, the firm advises companies on m&a, corporate divestitures, private financings and recapitalizations, and it publishes widely referenced quarterly crypto m&a and financing reports. recent engagements include serving as financial advisor on polygon labs' acquisitions of coinme and sequence. the firm also runs a direct investment arm, architect partners ventures, and is headquartered in palo alto, california. They serve clients in United States. Architect Partners is listed on The Token Playbook's vetted provider registry at thetokenplaybook.com/registry/architect-partners.