Ascento specializes in the technology sector and provides advisory services for mergers & acquisition, capital raises and valuations for companies in the United States and internationally. Ascento was founded by Ben Boissevain who brings Wall Street discipline and Silicon Valley insight to each transaction.

Team

Ben Boissevain, Founder

Ben Boissevain has 20 years of experience and global connections in the technology sector. He graduated from NYU Law School and started his career at White & Case. He garnered investment banking experience at Erste Bank in Vienna, Austria and Barclays Bank in New York. Ben Boissevain speaks regularly at tech events, is an author for TechCrunch and is quoted in the press on tech transactions.

Ron Kullashi, Associate

Ron is studying Finance at Baruch college. He is currently an analyst at the Baruch Investment Management Group covering Healthcare where he has developed pitch decks and valuation models, as well as gained valuable technical skills.

New York, NY | ron@techbanking.com

Eugene Babushkin, Associate

New York, NY | Eugene@techbanking.com

Eugene is a finance student at Baruch College and a member of the Baruch Investment Management Group. He has completed rotations as a portfolio management analyst covering financial institutions and as a coverage analyst focused on industrials.

Transactions

StreamWeaver

Ascento represented StreamWeaver Technologies, Inc., a leading AI operations ("AIOps") company, in its sale to BMC, a global leader in software solutions for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise. BMC is backed by the private equity firm KKR. StreamWeaver enhances BMC's AIOps capabilities with a broad set of out-of-the-box data integrations.
NIC Academy

Ascento provided a valuation and growth strategy for NIC Academy, which offers boot camps, certificate programs, and courses to educate investment and finance professionals in the senior housing and care industry. Ascento previously assisted NIC with a spin-off of NIC Map Vision and a valuation and revenue-based financing for NIC Map Vision.
NIC MAP Vision

Ascento provided a fair market valuation for NIC Map Vision to support a financing round. In March 2021, Ascento Capital advised The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) on a buy side engagement whereby it acquired senior living industry market analytics platform VisionLTC. Together they formed a new company called NIC MAP Vision.
NIC

Ascento represented The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) in its acquisition of senior living industry market analytics platform VisionLTC. NIC and VisionLTC formed a new company NIC MAP Vision that includes the NIC MAP® Data Service and provides significantly deeper and broader data for industry stakeholders.
Proant

Ascento represented Proant, a leading IoT antenna company in Sweden, on a sell side M&A transaction. After a global search with a wide outreach to over 100 targets, we had serious interest from companies in the US, Europe, and Asia and selected Abracon in the US for the best strategic fit. Abracon is backed by the private equity firm The Riverside Company.

Recommendations

“Ben was a huge asset to me as I was working through the process of selling my software business I ran for over 15 years. Ultimately the proof is that Ben and his team were the ones who initially contacted our eventual acquirer and helped us navigate the various offers, and helping us to find the best home for me and my team. I’d hire Ben again if I were ever to go through this again.”

Clay Roach, CEO at StreamWeaver

“I worked with Ben on a second transaction together, NIC’s acquisition of senior living industry market analytics platform VisionLTC. Ben Boissevain was instrumental in the success of NIC’s acquisition of VisionLTC. Mr. Boissevain’s senior level connections in the tech sector, decades of experience in M&A, and his background in corporate law, all contributed to a highly successful transaction.”

Brian Jurutka, President and CEO The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care

“Ben Boissevain was very helpful in the $330 million acquisition of MedAssist, providing assistance with identifying the target and negotiating and structuring the transaction. His experience and expertise in guiding us through the transaction process were extremely valuable and I would happily recommend Ben to others.”

Dinesh Jain, Chief Financial Officer Firstsource Solutions Ltd. (NSE: FSL)

Press

Ben Boissevain quotes:

12/11/25 Airwallex raises $330 million to expand

“The $330 million raised by Airwallex provides a long runway so they have no pressure to sell or IPO, which is the best position to be in for valuation negotiations.“

Ben Boissevain - author at TechCrunch

Presentation

Podcast by ShareVault - Ben Boissevain (Guest)

Daily Tech M&A Updates

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