About

ICON is a trusted international M&A and Fundraising investment bank delivering higher value outcomes for our clients. We have deep sector knowledge, excellent global relationships and we get results!

Team ICON Global Reach Why ICON Testimonials

Team ICON:

ICON is committed to supporting high growth tech companies. Our international team is drawn from UK, New York, Munich, Melbourne, Mumbai, Nairobi, Harare, Brussels and Hong Kong and combine in-depth deal expertise with deep sector expertise.

  • Alan Bristow

    Alan Bristow

    Founder,
    CEO

  • Brian Parker

    Brian Parker

    Co-Founder,
    Head of M&A

  • Nicky Cotter

    Nicky Cotter

    Co-Founder ICON & The FinTech50
    Head of FinTech M&A & Funding

  • Eddie Harding

    Eddie Harding

    Partner

  • Simon Moynagh

    Simon Moynagh

    Partner

  • Ben Kolada

    Ben Kolada

    Director & Head of US Tech Investment Banking

  • Sumeet Pillai

    Sumeet Pillai

    Investment Director

  • Florian Depner

    Florian Depner

    Director

  • David Bell

    David Bell

    Director

  • Alice Bradshaw-Smith

    Alice Bradshaw-Smith

    Head of Marketing

  • William Lander

    William Lander

    Associate Director

  • Will Cave

    Will Cave

    Associate Director

  • Anshul Tyagi

    Anshul Tyagi

    Associate Director

  • Henry Jones

    Henry Jones

    Corporate Finance Executive

  • Ritika Hiranandani

    Ritika Hiranandani

    In-Country Expert India & US

  • Lisette Walker

    Lisette Walker

    Research Analyst
    Deal Support

  • Tomma Boulanger

    Tomma Boulanger

    Analyst

  • Akshay Goteti

    Akshay Goteti

    Analyst

  • Toby Hutchison

    Toby Hutchison

    Analyst

  • Charlie Rayner

    Charlie Rayner

    Analyst

  • Peach

    Peach

    Head of Happiness - Global

Full team

Global Reach:

ICON has a truly international network of relationships across the global M&A, Venture Capital, Private Equity and CVCs communities – validated by our track record of cross-border deals

Why ICON:

What sets us apart?


Specialists

We are 100% dedicated to the technology sector

Track Record

Closed over 250 deals—deep deal and negotiation knowledge

Sector Expertise

Deep industry contacts and relationships across the international community

Global Reach

We identify and target the most relevant acquirers across our global network

Alignment

Owned entirely by our team - so your transaction will be very important to us

Maximise Value

We drive a rigorous process to maximise competitive tension and minimise dilution

Experience

Partner-led advice—no ‘B’ team

Testimonials:

“Cloudera and Octopai represent a perfect symbiosis by bringing together centralised data and metadata management. By combining Octopai's metadata capabilities with Cloudera's comprehensive data, analytics, and AI platform, we're addressing the critical challenge of understanding and governing data across multi-cloud and on-premises environments.”
Yael Ben Arie, CEO, Octopai
Octopai
“David at ICON was a critical member of our team for months offering advice, ideas and pragmatic suggestions with positivity and good humour. He built excellent working relationships with both our side and that of our acquirer. He was always accessible, immensely capable and extraordinarily diligent. The whole team were impressed by his knowledge, working style and output. Highly recommended with zero hesitation.”
Jim McLaughlin, CEO, L2P
L2P
"ICON team, you rock. You have guided me from considering an exit to actually closing. You all at ICON have been very sharp, process driven, precise, and your advice was consistently and absolutely accurate.”
Luc Legardeur, CEO and Co-founder, Zeenea, Zeenea
Zeenea
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