Ascento Capital is a New York boutique investment bank that provides advisory services for M&A, capital raises, and valuations to technology companies in the U.S. and internationally.

Focus

Ascento Capital focuses exclusively on the tech sector and has extensive experience in AI, Data, Analytics, Cybersecurity, Metaverse, AR, VR, Telecom, MarTech, PropTech, FinTech, HealthTech, IoT, Cloud, eCommerce, SaaS, IT Services and Digital Media.

Connections

Ascento Capital has extensive, global, senior level connections in an array of private and public companies, private equity firms and venture capital funds in United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Germany, Israel, Korea, Japan, China and India.

Experience

The Ascento Capital team has extensive corporate law, corporate finance and technology company operating experience at firms such as White & Case, Erste Bank, Barclays Bank, Samsung, Philips, Nvidia, LG, Ascom and Ericsson.

Team

Ben Boissevain

Ben Boissevain

Founder and Managing Partner

Extensive corporate finance and law experience at White & Case, Erste Bank and Barclays Bank. He speaks regularly on tech panels and has appeared on TV on Fox Business News and Bloomberg.

Junoh Jo

Associate

Junoh joined Ascento Capital in 2023. Junoh is pursuing a B.B.A. with a concentration in Finance at Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business. He previously worked as an Investment Management Analyst at NuVerse Advisors.

Eric Liu

Associate

Pursuing a B.S. with a concentration in finance and a minor in French at New York University - Stern School of Business. Previously interned in Private Banking at J.P. Morgan.

Rikard Lundqvist

Rikard Lundqvist

Industry Expert

Extensive tech sector experience in Sweden and the US. Passionate about technology and its positive impact on the world. Founder of tech companies and senior executive at Ericsson and Ascom.

Edwin Kwon

Edwin Kwon

Industry Expert

Extensive of tech sector experience in Silicon Valley. Connections to Korean, Japanese and US companies, venture capital and corporate venture capital. Executive at Samsung, Philips, NVIDIA and LG.

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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.

Services

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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