Ascento Capital is an investment bank that specializes in the technology sector and provides advisory services for mergers & acquisitions, capital raises and valuations for technology companies in the United States and internationally.
Team
Ben Boissevain, Founder
Ben Boissevain has 20 years of experience and senior level global connections in the technology sector. He graduated from NYU Law School and started his career at White & Case. He garnered investment banking experience at Erste Bank in Vienna, Austria and Barclays Bank in New York.
Ben speaks regularly on panels on the technology sector and corporate finance, is an author for TechCrunch and has appeared on TV at Fox Business News and Bloomberg. He is a member of the Counsel of The Huguenot Society of America.
James Demchuk, Associate
James is pursuing a B.B.A in Finance at Baruch College – Zicklin School of Business. Currently, he is an analyst on the industrials coverage team at Baruch’s Investment Management Group (IMG), a long-only student managed investment fund with $1.4M AUM, where he creates pitch decks and valuation models. Previously, James attended Houlihan Lokey’s Investment Banking Bootcamp where he gained valuable technical skills.
Victoria Ronan, Associate
Victoria is Financial Mathematics student at Baruch College. She is also an analyst at Baruch’s Investment Management Group, where she was on the Consumer Goods & Retail coverage team and is currently on the Healthcare coverage team. Prior to transitioning to finance, Victoria conducted independent research on air pollution and cognitive function with support from NYU Langone’s Division of Environmental Medicine.
Transactions
Valuation and Growth Strategy
Valuation for NIC Academy, a Leading EdTech Company for Finance Professionals in the Senior Housing Sector
Ascento Capital provided a valuation and growth strategy for NIC Academy, which offers boot camps, certificate programs, and courses to educate investment and finance professionals in the senior housing and care industry. Ascento Capital previously assisted NIC with a spin-off of NIC Map Vision and a valuation and revenue-based financing for NIC Map Vision.
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Fair Market Valuation
Valuation for NIC MAP Vision, a Leading Data & Analytics Company for the Seniors Housing Sector
Ascento Capital provided a fair market valuation for NIC Map Vision to support a financing round. In March 2021, Ascento Capital advised The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) on a buy side engagement whereby it acquired senior living industry market analytics platform VisionLTC. Together they formed a new company called NIC MAP Vision.
Sold To
Backed By
StreamWeaver, a Leading AIOps Company, Sold to BMC, Backed by KKR
Ascento Capital represented StreamWeaver Technologies, Inc., a leading AI operations ("AIOps") company, in its sale to BMC, a global leader in software solutions for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise. BMC is backed by the private equity firm KKR. StreamWeaver enhances BMC's AIOps capabilities with a broad set of out-of-the-box data integrations.
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Sold To
Backed By
Proant, a Swedish IoT company, Sold to Abracon, Backed by The Riverside Company
Ascento Capital represented Proant, a leading IoT antenna company in Sweden, on a sell side M&A transaction. After a global search with a wide outreach to over 100 targets, we had serious interest from companies in the US, Europe, and Asia and selected Abracon in the US for the best strategic fit. Abracon is backed by the private equity firm The Riverside Company.
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Acquired
NIC, a data and analytics company for senior housing, acquired VisionLTC
Ascento Capital represented The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) in its acquisition of senior living industry market analytics platform VisionLTC. NIC and VisionLTC formed a new company NIC MAP Vision that includes the NIC MAP® Data Service and provides significantly deeper and broader data for industry stakeholders.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
We provide high-quality investment banking services on the sell-side and the buy-side.
Capital Raises
We provide capital raise services for access to private equity and venture capital firms.
Valuations
We provide in-depth valuation services and fairness opinions for public and private companies
Strategic Consulting
We provide consulting services by leveraging corporate finance and tech experience.
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