Good afternoon
I am pleased to announce that Eric Bell, Managing Director and Head of Cybersecurity Investment Banking at Progress Partners has joined Gerbsman Partners “Board of Intellectual Capital”.
Eric brings significant domain expertise in the Cybersecurity space at a time where this knowledge is critical.
Eric recently published his Q1 2022 Cybersecurity Market Report that discusses the heightened focus on cybersecurity which has led to record-breaking investment, M&A activity and public market stock performance. The report also addresses how the ecosystem has evolved, highlight key trends and questions whether the momentum will continue for the balance of the year.
By background, Eric joined Progress in 2022 after spending 15 years as an investment banker, strategic buyer, investor, and entrepreneur.
Before joining Progress, Eric led Corporate Development at Merlin International, a cybersecurity software distributor to the Federal government, and co-led the firm’s strategic investment arm, Merlin Ventures. Previously, Eric led technology M&A and investments at Gannett, parent company of USA Today.
Prior to his experience in Corporate Development, Eric held roles as an investment banker at AGC Partners and Clearsight Advisors, a growth equity investor at Blue Delta Capital Partners, and was the Founder & CEO of a financial technology company, YoBucko.com. He started his banking career at Citigroup in New York.
Eric holds an MBA from Georgetown University and a BA from Hendrix College, and he resides in Northern Virginia.
Eric is a person of high ethics and integrity and the Gerbsman Partners team looks forward to a mutually beneficial business relationship.
About Gerbsman Partners
Gerbsman Partners focuses on maximizing enterprise value for stakeholders and shareholders in underperforming, undercapitalized and undervalued companies and their intellectual properties. Since 2001, Gerbsman Partners has successfully maximized the values of 115 companies in a wide and diverse spectrum of industries, ranging from technology, medical device/life science, digital marketing to cyber security, to name only a few.*
In the process, GP has successfully restructured/terminated over $810 million of real estate executory contracts and equipment lease/sub-debt obligations, and has assisted in over $2.3 billion of financings, restructurings and M&A transactions.*
Gerbsman Partners has offices and strategic alliances in San Francisco, Orange County, Boston, New York, Washington DC, McLean, VA, Europe and Israel.
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