KBS - Cyber Security & I.T. Infrastructure - Market Insight

PRIVATE EQUITY CONNECTIONS PE investments into cyber security and I.T. infrastructure companies are a highly significant part of the sector.

For example, a highly noteworthy transaction was Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security artificial intelligence, which valued the company at approximately $5.3bn.

We maintain active relationships with many leading private equity houses that either hold or are actively seeking acquisitions in the cyber security and I.T. infrastructure space, and which also receive funds from institutional investors.

Other prominent private equity transactions in this sector include:

PHENNA GROUP INVESTMENT INTO IASME CONSORTIUM

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IASME, which is committed to helping businesses improve their cyber security, risk management and governance through an effective and accessible range of certification schemes, received multi-million pound investment from Phenna Group, an investor and partner in selected niche, independent Testing, Inspection, Certification and Compliance (TICC) companies that serve a variety of sectors.

SOVEREIGN CAPITAL PARTNERS INVESTMENT INTO ACTICA

Actica, a specialist provider of digital transformation, cyber security and technical consultancy services to the public sector, received investment from UK private equity buy-and-build specialist Sovereign.

LDC INVESTMENT INTO ASPIRE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Aspire secured significant minority investment from LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity firm, in a transaction which valued the business at £85m.

BGF INVESTMENT INTO CELERITY

Preston-based hybrid cloud and I.T. managed services provider Celerity secured a £15million investment from UK growth capital investor BGF.

BGF INVESTMENT INTO PURECYBER

BGF also made a £5million investment into PureCyber, a Cardiff-based award-winning provider of a broad range of cyber security solutions across a range of sectors.