Cogent Growth Partners Advises LeadingIT on Acquisition of CLASS Computing

Growing Cybersecurity IT Firm Seizes Opportunity to Add Engineering Talent

ATLANTA – October 14, 2021 – Cogent Growth Partners, a buy-side intermediary for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the IT Services sector, today announced the successful closing of LeadingIT’s acquisition of CLASS Computing, a managed services provider (MSP). LeadingIT specializes in cybersecurity and IT support, while CLASS focuses on managing IT services for fire districts, park districts, non-profit organizations and manufacturers.

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Trust and Truth: M&A Bedrocks

Trust and Truth: M&A Bedrocks

Trust and truth form the bedrock of every successful merger and acquisition. Faith and respect between the buyer and the seller are fundamental to creating a deal that works – at the time it’s signed and down the line.

Serial entrepreneur Jerry Jao, co-founder of marketing AI firm Retention Science, recently sat down with Inc.

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IT Services Acquisitions: Opportunity First with a Bit of Therapy

IT Services Acquisitions: Opportunity First with a Bit of Therapy

Information Technology (IT) played a big role in how companies large and small managed their way through last year’s unexpected sea change in business operations. Virtually overnight, companies with a handful of offices had to move their centralized operations to hundreds of remote, mostly residential locations while also keeping their data safe and secure. America’s 30,000 IT services companies, the outsourcers who manage information technology operations for their clients, made that happen.

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