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Meet our Senior Team in Technology, Media & Telecom

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Aleksey Zverkov

Aleksey provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services to private equity-backed and founder-led companies in Lincoln’s Technology Group. Aleksey has more than a decade of M&A advisory experience with domestic… Read More

Infineon Technologies completes sale of HiRel DC-DC converter business to Micross

HiRel DC-DC converter business unit Headquartered in San Jose, California with a facility in Copenhagen, Denmark, Infineon’s HiRel DC-DC power converter business unit provides high-reliability direct current DC-DC converters, including… Read More

Webinar | CISO Cybersecurity Priorities and Practices

Thank you for your interest in Lincoln’s Webinar: CISO Cybersecurity Priorities and Practices.  All request submissions will be evaluated and a member of our team will contact qualified requestors with… Read More

Chartbeat Cuadrilla Capital Lineup 2023

Chartbeat, a portfolio company of Cuadrilla Capital, has acquired Lineup

Client: Chartbeat Client Location: United States Target: Lineup Target Location: United States Acquirer: Chartbeat Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: Lineup delivers innovative enterpise resource planning, sales and subscription management solutions.

Chartbeat Cuadrilla Capital Tubular Labs 2023

Chartbeat, a portfolio company of Cuadrilla Capital, has acquired Tubular Labs

Client: Chartbeat Client Location: United States Target: Tubular Labs Target Location: United States Acquirer: Chartbeat Acquirer Location: United States Target Description: Tubular provides a unified view of the interests and behaviors of social video audiences across social… Read More

TMT Sector Remained Resilient in the Private Capital Markets During 2022 Despite Public Market Upheaval

Lincoln International’s global technology, media and telecom (TMT) mergers and acquisitions and financing activity remained strong in 2022, particularly during 2H22, as valuations and financing availability in the private capital… Read More

Elliott Management has sold ThreatINSIGHT, a division of Gigamon, to Fortinet

ThreatINSIGHT ThreatINSIGHT is a leader in network detection and response, offering a scalable, multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service solution which leverages the high-touch support and threat intelligence of security experts to deliver clients… Read More

Management, minority shareholders and Capital Croissance have sold Equativ to Bridgepoint Development Capital

Equativ Equativ is a leading independent advertising technology platform built to serve the interests of both advertisers and publishers. Equativ provides brand and privacy-safe solutions that empower its clients to… Read More

Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q4 2022

We expect the same challenges that impacted and drove M&A activity in 2022 to continue in 2023. The need for new and innovative solutions to address those challenges also remains.

IPEM | Event: Cannes 2023

Lincoln International was pleased to attend IPEM Cannes 2023 from January 23 to 25. The event provided attendees the opportunity to connect with other professionals in the private capital markets,… Read More

Cybersecurity Report: Q4 2022

Cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investment activity levels and values remained healthy in 2022, despite macro headwinds and public market declines. We expect strategic, investor and customer demand for… Read More

EMS Quarterly Review Q4 2022

The EMS industry demonstrated increased deal activity and resilience during Q4 2022, despite current recessionary pressures. The continued electronics “supercycle” growth and “interconnection of everything” is fueling further demand in… Read More

Accel-KKR has sold Cloud 9 Software to Planet DDS, a portfolio company of Aquiline Capital Partners and Level Equity

Cloud 9 Software Founded in 2009, Cloud 9 Software is a 100% cloud-based practice optimization platform. Headquartered in Roswell, Georgia, Cloud 9 currently serves more than 2,300 locations with thousands… Read More

Whither Cybersecurity Deal Activity in 2023?

Don More, Managing Director in Lincoln International’s Technology, Media & Telecom Group, recently attended Evolution Equity Partners’ Annual Investor Day in New York to discuss the capital markets and cybersecurity… Read More

DirecTV 2023

DIRECTV has been advised with respect to its annual shareholder distribution plan

Client: DIRECTV Client Location: United States Target: DIRECTV Target Location: United States Target Description: DIRECTV is a multichannel video programming distributor.

Verium expands the shareholder base of Toradex with institutional and private investors led by Headway Capital Partners and Kline Hill Partners

Toradex Toradex is a leading and globally active provider of modular computing platforms and related Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for application in medical and diagnostics, testing and measurement… Read More

Neo Advertising TX Group Clear Channel 2023

Private shareholders have agreed to sell their minority stake in Neo Advertising to TX Group in a merger with the Swiss subsidiary of Clear Channel Outdoor

Neo Advertising Neo Advertising is a Geneva-based outdoor advertising specialist focusing on out-of-home (OOH) advertising across Switzerland. Driven by its outstanding growth track-record, the company emerged as one of the… Read More

2022 Global Results

In 2022, Lincoln International continued to design and deliver meaningful solutions and outcomes for clients around the world. Our shared ambition for results achieved through collaboration, thoughtfulness and tailored approaches… Read More

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Mitesh Bhatt

Mitesh provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services in Lincoln’s Technology Group, with a focus on software, digital media and technology services. Mitesh has a deep understanding of the dynamics driving… Read More

Lincoln International Announces Managing Director Promotions 2022

Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of six Directors to Managing Director (MD), effective January 1, 2023. “Each of these individuals contributes… Read More

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Insight Partners has agreed to sell Bynder to Thomas H. Lee Partners

Bynder Bynder is a best-in-class, cloud-based digital asset management platform that allows customers to unify and transform the creation, management and distribution of marketing assets to power exceptional content experiences.… Read More

Sumeru Equity Partners Zi Group GmbH 2022

Sumeru Equity Partners has made a strategic investment in Zappi

Zappi Founded in 2012 by market research industry veterans, with offices in Boston, London, Toronto and Cape Town, South Africa, Zappi is the leading consumer insights platform for creators –… Read More

Actito Qntm Altor 2022

A majority stake of Actito has been sold to QNTM, a portfolio company of ALTOR

Actito Founded in 2001, Actito is a successful European customer activation platform provider, focused on providing perfect-fit solutions to the rapidly growing middle market. Through a single product that seamlessly… Read More

Montage Partners Boundary Devices Laird Connectivity Audax Group 2022

Montage Partners has sold Boundary Devices to Laird Connectivity, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity

Boundary Devices Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Lake Forest, California, Boundary Devices is a pioneer and leader in providing innovative System-on-Modules (SOM) and Single Board Computers (SBC) to a… Read More

Fast Radius SyBridge Technologies 2022

Fast Radius, Inc., a recently merged SPAC formerly trading on the NASDAQ, has been sold through a Section 363 Asset Sale to SyBridge Technologies

Fast Radius Founded in 2017, Fast Radius, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has become a leading provider of digital manufacturing solutions and has helped its customers produce over 15 million parts… Read More