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Our Story

A true extension of your team

We have helped more than 1,000 global companies raise their equity profile and unlock brand value — from private growth companies to leading public enterprises, we have experience at all stages.

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// About

Advising companies since 1999

Gateway was founded on the belief that investor communications work best when grounded in a deep understanding of the business.

That belief still guides us. We take the time to learn each client's strategy, operations and goals, so every message builds lasting value.

Today, the firm offers investor relations, public relations, branding and creative, social media, transaction and crisis communications, and IPO and SPAC advisory. One team carries one story to every audience.

Senior partners lead every account, bringing ideas forward, flagging issues early and giving each client white-glove attention.

Gateway partners with a client team
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Say the hard thing

Advice you can act on beats advice that sounds nice.

Senior on the account

The people who win the work are the people who do it.

Outcomes over activity

Coverage and holders, not slide counts.

One team

IR, PR and creative in the same room.

// Our team

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Our Team

J. Scott LioliosJ. Scott Liolios
J. Scott Liolios
Founder & President
https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-scott-liolios-28953243/
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Thirty years in, the job has not changed: make sure the market understands the business as well as the people running it do.
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Matt GloverMatt Glover
Matt Glover
Senior Managing Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattglover/
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A good equity story survives contact with a tough quarter. That is the one we build with you.
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Cody SlachCody Slach
Cody Slach
Senior Managing Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cody-slach-8485785/
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Transactions are where reputations are made. Get the communication right before the deal, not after it.
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Tom ColtonTom Colton
Tom Colton
Senior Managing Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-colton-8373382b/
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Hundreds of investor meetings later, the ones that work all start in the same place: real clarity about what the company does.
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// By the numbers

More than 1,000 companies have trusted us with their story

From private growth companies to leading public enterprises, we have experience at every stage — with an emphasis on small- and mid-cap public companies.

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