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 as one of the “top 50 M&A Dealmakers in the World”, Storm has won numerous Deal of the Year awards and executed the highest returning M&A transaction in history. He has advised many of the most iconic companies and defining transactions in the technology sector: Google / YouTube / DoubleClick, Tencent, Microsoft, Apple / Drive.ai, Tinder, Oracle / Sun / MySQL / RightNow, Uber / Careem, Lyft, AMD / NexGen, and AOL / DARPANET, amongst many others.
Prior to founding Ignatious, Storm ran the leading Technology Advisory firm in the world, has ranked #1 in client outcomes for nearly two decades, and founded technology banking divisions with cumulative annual revenue of over $500 million as well as three technology startups. He has a proven track record of identifying, analyzing, negotiating, and closing complex transformative M&A transactions as well as growth capital raises.
Storm is a frequent speaker and panelist at technology and industry conferences, podcaster and a guest lecturer at Harvard Law School and Stanford University and has previously 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.
Senior Partners
Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.