We started SouthBridge on one idea: every business owner deserves real help and a clear plan. Foundations for the Future.
Long Island runs on businesses like yours. The family shop, the contractor, the manufacturer, the practice down the road. These are the places that hire our neighbors, sponsor the little league team, and hold our towns together. But too many owners are going it alone, with nobody in their corner who sees the whole picture.
We started SouthBridge to be that partner. We believe that when owners and advisors work together, and grow together, everybody wins: the business, the family, and the whole community around it. That’s what Foundations for the Future means to us. We’re not here to take a piece and walk away. We’re here to build something that lasts, right alongside you.
Everything starts with what’s best for you, not a commission.
Your numbers and your plans stay private. Period.
Straight answers, even when they’re hard to hear.
We win when you keep more money and sell on your terms.
Mark Basile is the Founder and Managing Partner of SouthBridge Advisory, an investment and advisory firm focused on helping small and medium-sized companies scale through strategic advice, capital, and operational expertise. With more than 25 years of experience in global finance and strategy consulting, Mark founded SouthBridge to bring institutional-grade investment strategies and tools to the distinct needs of the SME sector.
Prior to founding SouthBridge, Mark was a partner and co-head of Credit and Capital Markets at Veritas Capital until 2024, where he built the firm’s credit investing business and capital markets platform from the ground up, overseeing the deployment of $2.5 billion and raising $1.5 billion in equity from a global investor base. He was an inaugural member of the credit and markets group at KKR, and a founding member of the U.S. Leveraged Finance group at Barclays Capital. He began his career in strategic advisory and consulting roles at Accenture and Sapient, along with an operating role in a supply chain technology business.
Mark holds an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University and a B.S. in Engineering, with a concentration in Operations Research, from Princeton University. He is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA). He serves on the Board of Directors of You Gotta Believe!, is an active father of five, and is an enthusiast of international history, spy fiction, and French culture, a reflection of his upbringing in Europe. He lives in Babylon with his family.
Built by an Owner, Not Just an Advisor. Alongside SouthBridge, Mark & team have built and operated companies across Long Island. The conversation starts the same place as yours.
It starts with a free, private phone call. No pressure. In 20 minutes, we’ll tell you where you stand and what’s possible.
