Investment Summary

Sagewind Capital Invests In Axient

On July 8, 2020, private equity firm Sagewind Capital invested in defense company Axient

Investment Highlights
  • This is Sagewind Capital’s 1st transaction in the Defense sector.
  • This is Sagewind Capital’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sagewind Capital’s 1st transaction in Alabama.

Investment Summary
Date 2020-07-08
Target Axient
Sector Defense
Investor(s) Sagewind Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) KippsDeSanto & Co. (Financial)
Maynard Nexsen (Legal)

Target

Axient

Huntsville, Alabama, United States
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Axient advances defense and civilian missions from aerospace to cyberspace with multi-domain test and analysis, mission engineering and operations, and advanced technologies. The company partner with customers to identify and analyze their most important challenges and design solutions that turn challenges into breakthroughs to accelerate assured performance. With extensive domain expertise in defense and aerospace, it rapidly develops mission-enabling technologies that allow customers to move at mission speed. Axient was founded in 1991 and is based in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Sagewind Capital

Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2015
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Sagewind Capital is a private equity firm focused on control and co-control investments in companies that have strong management teams in the government, defense, IT, software, business services, and healthcare services. The Firm looks to invest long-term (7 to 10 years) and generally pursues profitable companies with $20 to $250 million of revenue. Sagewind Capital was established in 2015 and is headquartered in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 8
Sector (Defense) 1 of 1
Type (Growth Capital) 2 of 4
State (Alabama) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 7
Year (2020) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-06 Skience

Herndon, Virginia, United States

Skience is a software and services company serving the wealth management industry. It provides a cloud-based product to the wealth management industry, including broker-dealers and registered investment advisors. Skience was founded in 2001 and is based in Herndon, Virginia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-06 Sigma Defense

Perry, Georgia, United States

Sigma Defense is a provider of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (“AISR”) sensor data transport engineering and services. Sigma Defense was founded in 2006 and is based in Perry, Georgia.

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