30 Years of Bending the Future.

For over three decades we have represented the best companies in the world to expand their success. We sold AOL the first DARPANet node, secured AMD’s future leadership in CPUs with the sale of Nexgen, we brought YouTube and DoubleClick into the Google Family, we sold MySQL to Sun, and then sold Sun to Oracle, we sold Apple its first full stack autonomous vehicle company, we helped secure Uber’s leadership in 12 countries outside of the US, amongst many other groundbreaking transactions.

Our Founder

Ranked one of the top 5 Tech M&A bankers of all time (VentureBeat), one of the “top 50 M&A Dealmakers in the World” (Atlas M&A Awards) and winner of the 2024 ”M&A Leadership Award”, Storm has executed 2 of the top 10 ranked M&A deals in history (Business Insider) and has won multiple M&A and Growth Financing deal of the year awards. He has advised many of the most iconic companies and defining transactions in the technology sector including Google / YouTube / DoubleClick, Tencent / Universal Music Group, Microsoft, Apple / Drive.ai, Tinder / Match, Oracle / Sun / MySQL / RightNow, Uber / Careem, Lyft, AMD / NexGen, and AOL / DARPANET, amongst many others.

 

Prior to founding Ignatious, Storm ran two of the leading Technology Advisory firms in the world and founded banking divisions with cumulative annual revenue of over $500 million as well as two technology startups. He executed the highest returning M&A transaction in history and has ranked #1 in client outcomes for nearly two decades (highest premiums for selling clients, lowest premiums for buying clients). He has a proven track record of identifying, analyzing, negotiating, and closing complex transformative strategic transactions as well as growth capital raises.

 

Storm is frequent speaker and panelist at industry conferences, a leading podcaster, a guest lecturer at Harvard Law School and Stanford University, and has co-taught and co-authored a course on M&A at Stanford Law School.

 

Storm holds a B.A. in Political Science and American Studies from Yale University, and an MBA in Finance, With Distinction (honors), from the University of Michigan. Storm Duncan is Registered Representative of Finalis Securities LLC Member FINRA / SIPC.

Storm Duncan, Founder & Managing Partner

Senior Partners

Kevin Finn, Senior Partner,
Software

Kevin is a Senior Partner at Ignatious leading the Software coverage practice. He is a highly accomplished finance executive and strategic advisor with over 20 years of experience at leading financial institutions and over $75B of high impact transactions completed across M&A, public capital raises and private capital raises.

Prior to Ignatious, Kevin helped build and lead the Software practice at Jefferies, where he specialized in supply chain, healthcare and niche vertical software. Additionally, over the course of his career, Kevin has advised on 65 software transactions across ERP, CRM, CPM, HCM, SCM, Collaboration, Security and Infrastructure software. He also has experience as an investor at Amador Capital and Northgate Capital. Kevin has a longstanding track record of delivering results for his clients with a commitment to excellence and passion for innovative software companies.

Some of his marquee transactions include the sale of Blue Yonder to Panasonic, the acquisition of RSA by Symphony, the direct listing of Asana, and IPOs and follow-ons for AppFolio, Box, and Tableau among several others.

Kevin holds a BA in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Chris Hayes, Senior Partner, Mobility and Food Tech 

Chris is a Senior Partner at Ignatious leading the Mobility and Food Tech coverage practice. He is a highly accomplished finance executive and strategic advisor with over 15 years of experience at leading financial institutions and over $30B of high impact transactions completed across M&A, public capital raises and private capital raises

Prior to Ignatious, Chris helped build and lead the Mobility Technology practice at Jefferies. He has developed a proven track record of providing strategic advice, leading cross-functional teams, executing complex transactions and driving growth. Chris is inspired by the opportunities created with new technologies and focused on helping exciting businesses achieve their potential.

Chris holds a BSM in Finance and Management from Tulane University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. 

Andrew Kass, Senior Partner
Andrew is a Senior Partner at Ignatious leading the Private Capital Advisory practice. He is a highly accomplished finance executive and strategic advisor with over 25 years of experience at leading financial institutions and over $100B of high impact transactions completed across M&A, public capital raises and private capital raises.
 
Prior to Ignatious, Andrew founded a predecessor boutique advisory firm called BlackWatch Advisors and prior to that served as Managing Director, leading the Internet & New Media practices at Deutsche Bank. Andrew has an extensive track record of delivering quality advice and results to leading entrepreneurs/clients across a range of sectors, geographies and transaction types.
 
Some of his marquee transactions Recruit’s acquisition of Indeed, TPG and Silver Lake’s acquisition of Sabre Holdings, KKR and Silver Lake’s acquisition of GoDaddy, GSI Commerce’s acquisition of Fanatics; IPOs for Alibaba, Facebook, GoDaddy, Sabre and Twitter; and debt financings for Amazon.com, Apple, Booking.com, eBay, PayPal and Spotify, among several others.
 
Andrew holds a BA in in Business Economics from Brown University. 
Ben Lee, Senior Partner
Ben Lee is a Senior Partner at Ignatious, specializing in the B2B media firms and tech service sectors. Ben has facilitated numerous strategic partnerships between innovative startups and established enterprises, amongst his many accomplishments. His expertise in cutting-edge industry trends within technology and advertising enables him to help companies optimize their financial and strategic vision.
 
Prior to Ignatious, Ben held several executive positions in media and tech agencies, leading their go-to-market strategies and scaling of operations. He was one of the youngest executives to hold a C-suite position at a publicly-traded advertising holding group, was named as an Inc 30 under 30 list at age 26, founded the Neon Roots agency focused on hyper scaling businesses, and has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Cornell, and USC.
 
Ben attended Loyola Marymount Unversity.
Joachim Over, Senior Partner, Internet, SMB Software and Marketing Tech

Joachim is a Senior Partner at Ignatious leading the Internet, SMB Software and Marketing Tech coverage practice. He is a highly accomplished finance executive and strategic advisor with over 15 years of experience at leading financial institutions and over $30B of high impact transactions completed across M&A, public capital raises and private capital raises.

Prior to Ignatious, Joachim helped lead the Consumer Internet practice at Jefferies. He has a well-established history of delivering strategic advice and executing complex transactions. Joachim loves working with passionate founders and management teams building next generation digital platforms.

Some of his marquee transactions include the acquisition of Plushcare by Accolade, acquisition of 1800 contacts by KKR, acquisition of Recommind by OpenText, IPOs of Upwork, Pubmatic and The Trade Desk and financings for Private Equity sponsors such as Thoma Bravo, Apax Partners, and Bain Capital, among several others.

Joachim holds a BBA in Finance and Accounting from Emory University and an MBA with Distinction from NYU Stern.

Junior Partners

Dan Dima-ala
Tanmay Sahni
Tanmay Sahni
Aghi M Muthu Aghilesh
Slyman Moustafa
Slyman Moustafa
Vedant Shah
Vedant Shah
Dhruv Arora
Carlis Robinson
Carlis Robinson
Shravan Subramanian
Shravan Subramanian
Ricardo Lozano

Our Services

Mergers & Acquisitions

Price, certainty, speed... Our focus is on delivering exceptional results and facilitating a smooth transaction process

Capital Raising

Ensure you secure the resources necessary to propel your company forward

Who are we?

Seeding the Fields of the Future

Experienced

We have spent our entire careers executing complex, future-oriented strategic and financial transactions.

In addition to Google, Uber and Oracle, we have worked with Tencent, Alibaba, Microsoft, Facebook, Hewlett Packard, SAP, IBM, Applied Materials, L’Oreal, and Nestle amongst many other leading global brands. We have sold technology companies to IBM, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, AMD, Benckiser, Boston Scientific, and many many others.

Passionate

Our ethos stems from the simple guiding philosophy: deliver extraordinary outcomes to the world's best entrepreneurs.

We strive to transcend conventional boundaries, leveraging our expertise, resources, and unwavering commitment to create a transformative impact that resonates globally and shapes the future.

Partners

We operate as owners and partners, not as agents. We are, without any doubt, partners in the success of our clients. And our success derives solely from our ability to meaningfully amplify our client-partner’s success.

Everyone on our team has the title of partner because we believe we are all irrevocably responsible to the outcomes we seek. And that responsibility rests in every single partner on our team, from the janitor who keeps us flowing, to the Managing Partner who keeps us going.

Securities are offered through Finalis Securities LLC Member FINRA / SIPC. Ignatious is not a registered broker-dealer, and Finalis Securities LLC and Ignatious are separate, unaffiliated entities.

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