M&A Deal Summary

ReliaQuest Acquires Digital Shadows

On June 1, 2022, ReliaQuest acquired information technology company Digital Shadows from Paladin Capital Group for 160M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ReliaQuest’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is ReliaQuest’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is ReliaQuest’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is ReliaQuest’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-06-01
Target Digital Shadows
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) ReliaQuest
Sellers(s) Paladin Capital Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 160M USD

Target

Digital Shadows

San Francisco, California, United States
Digital Shadows provides cyber situational awareness that helps organizations protect against cyber attacks, loss of intellectual property, and loss of brand and reputational integrity. Digital Shadows was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ReliaQuest

Tampa, Florida, United States
Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

ReliaQuest engages in cybersecurity, delivers industry-leading visibility and automation on-demand across complex environments with a platform purpose-built to protect enterprise environments from security breaches. ReliaQuest was founded in 2007 and is based in Tampa, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2022) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-10-02 Threatcare

Austin, Texas, United States

Threatcare is a SAAS platform that enables organizations to verify their cybersecurity readiness through simulation and analytics. Threatcare was established in 2014 and is based in Austin, Texas.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Paladin Capital Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 1.0B 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 38 of 40
Sector (Information Technology) 11 of 12
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 26 of 28
State (California) 13 of 13
Country (United States) 33 of 34
Year (2022) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-24 Semperis

Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

Semperis is a pioneer in identity-driven cyber resilience for enterprises, With its multi-layered defense approach before, during, and after an attack, Semperis offers the industry’s most comprehensive security technology for hybrid AD and other identity systems, combined with incident response expertise. Semperis was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-06-05 DPOrganizer

Stockholm, Sweden

DPOrganizer is a provider of privacy management software that helps privacy professionals in 20+ countries to build more effective and sustainable data protection programs. The company offers an intuitive and easy to use software supporting customers with data mapping, assessment automation, reporting and visualization, data protection trainings, data subject request and incident management. DPOrganizer was formed in 2015 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

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