A Team Built for Energy Finance
20+ years of institutional energy finance experience. Investment banking, corporate finance, and advisory - brought directly to your leadership table.
Who We Are
North Star Advisors is a financial advisory firm focused exclusively on energy companies. Our team combines institutional investment banking experience with hands-on operating knowledge to deliver CFO-level leadership, capital markets execution, and strategic financial guidance.
We work with founder-led and PE-backed companies doing $10M to $150M in revenue across power generation, renewables and storage, data center power, utilities, and energy services. Our clients are operators building something real - and we provide the financial infrastructure to match their ambition.
Every engagement is led by a senior advisor who knows your sector, speaks the language of your lenders and investors, and is in the room for the decisions that matter. We bring a small, focused team to every client - not a rotating cast of junior analysts.
Brad Frame, Founder & Principal
Brad founded North Star Advisors after 20 years in energy finance - from the investment banking desks at JP Morgan and Bank of America to corporate finance roles inside energy companies. Capital raises, acquisitions, reserve-based loans, project finance, tax equity, sell-side mandates. He has been on both sides of the table.
That experience shapes how the entire firm operates. We know what lenders look for. We know what gets deals approved and what gets them sent back. We know the difference between a financial package that inspires confidence and one that creates questions - because we have sat across from hundreds of them.
Why We Built North Star
We kept seeing the same pattern: operationally excellent energy companies with financial infrastructure that had not kept pace. Not because they were doing anything wrong - because their focus was where it should be, on operations. But when it came time to raise capital, do a deal, or prepare for an exit, the financial side was not ready for the moment.
These companies do not need a full-time CFO. They need a financial partner with institutional experience, who speaks the language of lenders and investors, and who can be in the room for the moments that matter. That is exactly what our team delivers.
How We Work
We take on 3 to 4 retainer clients at a time because this only works if we genuinely know your business and your numbers. When we work together, our team is in your meetings, in your decisions, and beside you for the crossings that define what comes next for your company.
No long-term contracts required. Every engagement starts with a conversation and grows from there.
Our Partner Network
We do not try to be everything to every client. Where specialized expertise is needed, we bring in trusted partners we have worked with for years. Our network includes:
Accounting & Tax
CPA firms with deep energy sector experience for outsourced accounting, tax planning, and audit preparation.
Legal & M&A Counsel
Energy-focused M&A attorneys, securities counsel, and regulatory specialists for transactions and compliance.
Capital Markets
Institutional lenders, private equity firms, and capital providers across the energy value chain.
Technical & Operations
Reservoir engineers, power systems consultants, and operational advisors for technical due diligence.
When you engage North Star, you are not just getting our team - you are getting access to a network of professionals who specialize in exactly the kind of work your company needs.