Mergers & Acquisitions

Hg Capital Makes Strategic Investment in A-LIGN

7046 Hg Capital - A-LIGN NT

M&A Engagement Overview

Industry Groups: Technology, Business Services
Areas of Focus: Audit, Advisory, Compliance, Cybersecurity, GRC, IT Services, Managed Services, Professional Services, Technology

Harris Williams advised Hg Capital on their strategic investment in A-LIGN, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and FTV Capital. A-LIGN is a leading tech-enabled cybersecurity compliance platform providing audit management, assessment, and advisory services.

Investor interest in cybersecurity compliance remains high due to the critical role these solution providers play in mitigating cyber risks, ensuring regulatory compliance, and enhancing organizational resilience against sophisticated cyber threats. Organizations are increasingly prioritizing these capabilities in a rapidly evolving, technology-driven environment.

A-LIGN’s strong brand recognition, deep compliance expertise across multiple security frameworks, innovative technology, high-quality services, and high-velocity go to market approach have uniquely positioned the company to address the growing regulatory compliance complexities and cybersecurity needs of organizations on a global scale. The company has driven consistent healthy organic growth across highly predictable revenue streams and has leveraged AI to drive innovation and efficiencies in the industry.

With Hg Capital’s support, A-LIGN is poised to accelerate international expansion, drive growth across current and additional frameworks, continue to scale its customer base across all sizes and sectors, and deepen its AI capabilities across the audit and advisory process. This partnership strengthens A-LIGN’s market leadership at a global level and bolsters opportunities to enhance the various services offered to existing and new customers.

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