Ascend Featured in Mergermarket Discussing ShadowDragon Transaction

James Ward interviewed our team as a record-breaking year in cybersecurity came to a close.

December 29, 2021—2021 was marked by cyberattack after cyberattack, so it should come as no surprise that M&A activity surged this year within the cybersecurity sector. Ascend recently served as the exclusive financial advisor to ShadowDragon on its strategic investment by Sverica Capital Management.

Founded in 2015, ShadowDragon is a leading threat intelligence software provider focused on offering open-source intelligence (OSINT) data and tools to both public sector and commercial clients to help streamline investigations and safeguard assets.

Mergermarket featured our team as we discussed the transaction and the cybersecurity sector. Click here to read the full article.

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Eric Parekh

eric@ascendcg.com | 703.229-9809

[ShadowDragon has] some massive opportunities, things in their pipeline that are north of [USD] 25 million of ARR on individual opportunities.

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