Biography

Joel Weinstein is a Managing Director with RA Capital. Mr. Weinstein has more than 20 years of investment banking experience advising public and private companies on mergers, acquisitions, capital raises, financings and strategic advisory assignments.

Mr. Weinstein was a founding partner of W Partners, where he led the execution of the firm’s mergers & acquisitions advisory practice across all industries including the consumer, healthcare, industrials and technology sectors. Prior to co-founding W Partners, Mr. Weinstein was a Vice President with RA Capital and before that was with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Assurance and Business Advisory group where he joined the Technology, InfoComm and Entertainment practice, first in New York and then in San Diego.

Mr. Weinstein regularly serves in advisory and board positions for private companies, industry organizations and nonprofit organizations. He earned his bachelor’s degree in finance and master’s degree in accounting from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business with honors. Mr. Weinstein is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Public Accountant (Inactive) in the State of California, and a FINRA-registered securities representative.