Erin Rooney
Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, I am an M&A Advisor, Consultant, investor, and strategic partner with a track record of building, scaling, financing, and transacting businesses across highly specialized industries. Throughout my career, I have closed more than 100 M&A transactions, working alongside founders, practice owners, private equity firms, strategic buyers, investors, and industry leaders to create and protect enterprise value.
My experience spans veterinary medicine, dental, optometry, medical specialities, healthcare, real estate/REITs, and, most recently, aviation, aerospace, autonomous systems, and drone technology. My approach has always been highly personal: understand the business, understand the people behind it, and then relentlessly pursue the right outcome.
For many founders and practice owners, their business represents the largest investment of their lives. I take seriously the responsibility of protecting what they have built while positioning them for their next chapter. As a Consultant, I have sourced, acquired, expanded, and positioned businesses across the country while facilitating strategic partnerships, capital opportunities, and transactions. I have extensive experience working with private equity and strategic acquirers, raising capital, navigating complex M&A processes, and identifying opportunities in rapidly consolidating and emerging markets.
Today, my work extends beyond traditional healthcare M&A into aviation, aerospace, drone technology, and autonomous systems, where I am involved in strategic growth, capital formation, transactions, and investment initiatives supporting next-generation aviation and defense-related capabilities. I am also the Co-Founder of
Obsidian M&A Advisory, where we bring institutional-level transaction experience together with an owner-first approach to exit strategy. Whether preparing a company for an eventual exit, identifying the right strategic partner, raising capital, or executing a transaction, our objective is simple: protect value, create leverage, and deliver results. I have built my career on relationships, integrity, tenacity, and execution. I believe the strongest opportunities are created when strategic thinking is paired with the willingness to do the work required to get the deal across the finish line. My style has earned me a nickname over the years: The Velvet Hammer. Diplomatic when diplomacy works. Relentless when results require it.
