Investment Summary

Paladin Capital Group and Columbia Capital Invest In Nisos

On January 6, 2021, growth capital firms Paladin Capital Group and Columbia Capital invested in information technology company Nisos

Investment Highlights
  • This is Paladin Capital Group’s 14th and Columbia Capital’s 5th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Paladin Capital Group’s 54th and Columbia Capital’s 13th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Paladin Capital Group’s 8th and Columbia Capital’s 4th transaction in Virginia.

Investment Summary

Date 2021-01-06
Target Nisos
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Paladin Capital Group
Columbia Capital
Deal Type Venture

Target

Nisos

Arlington, Virginia, United States
Nisos is a provider of cybersecurity and threat defense services, spanning both inside-the-network and outside-the-network engagements. The Company provides a suite of high-touch “active defense” services that assist enterprises in (i) protecting assets, (ii) informing corporate strategy, and (iii) defending against an evolving threat landscape. Nisos was founded in 2015 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

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Investor(S) 2

Investor

Paladin Capital Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 1.5B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Paladin Capital Group is a growth capital firm focused on early and expansion stage businesses related to homeland security, defense, and business continuity. Specific areas of interest include identity management, antimicrobial solutions, mesh networks, IT services, data storage, business process software, network management software and detection, biometrics, and protective equipment. Paladin Capital Group was formed in 2001 and is headquartered in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 61 of 62
Sector: Information Technology M&A 14 of 15
Type: Venture M&A Deals 57 of 58
State: Virginia M&A 8 of 8
Country: United States M&A 54 of 55
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-21 Cloud Conformity

Pyrmont, Australia

Cloud Conformity is a cloud security company providing a software platform to help enterprise as well as small companies continuously monitor and secure their AWS cloud infrastructure. Cloud Conformity’s preventive, detective, and corrective security controls make it a true end-to-end cloud security solution and governance platform. Cloud Conformity’s solution provides real-time threat monitoring without performance impact, the largest automated best practice policy library in the market and simplified remediation capabilities. Importantly, the product suite’s excellent usability is a key driver of customer adoption as it enables IT/DevOps staff, regardless of technical acumen, to easily handle cloud security operations.

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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-02 RiskSense

Sunnyvale, California, United States

RiskSense provides vulnerability management and prioritization to measure and control cybersecurity risk. The cloud-based RiskSense platform uses a foundation of risk-based scoring, analytics, and technology-accelerated pen testing to identify critical security weaknesses with corresponding remediation action plans, dramatically improving security and IT team efficiency and effectiveness. RiskSense was founded in 2015 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

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Investor

Columbia Capital

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1989
PE ASSETS 7.1B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Columbia Capital is a growth capital firm focused on the IT sector. The Firm looks to commit $15 to $40 million to growth stage North American and Western European companies operating in the enterprise IT, internet infrastructure, and mobile communications sectors. Columbia Capital was established in 1989 and is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 26
Sector: Information Technology M&A 5 of 8
Type: Venture M&A Deals 6 of 10
State: Virginia M&A 4 of 5
Country: United States M&A 13 of 18
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-12-01 Telarus

Sandy, Utah, United States

Telarus is a technology services distributor that enables advisors to source, quote, and deliver cloud, communications, cybersecurity, and networking solutions, supported by proprietary tools, value-added services, and a global supplier network. Telarus was founded in 2002 and is based in Sandy, Utah.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-02 Omnispace

Tysons, Virginia, United States

Omnispace owns and operates global non-geostationary satellite infrastructure to provide mobile satellite services internationally in markets across Asia Pacific, South America, North America, Africa and the Middle East. Omnispace was founded in 2012 and is based in Tysons, Virginia.

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