Banneker Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Industrial Defender

Banneker Partners has made a significant strategic growth investment in Industrial Defender, a pioneer in industrial control systems (ICS), operational technology (OT) and cyber-physical security.

Orrick represented Banneker Partners.

THE COMPANY

Banneker Partners invests in growing, mission-critical software businesses to drive sustainable long-term value.

Industrial Defender is a leading provider of OT and ICS cybersecurity and compliance solutions for critical infrastructure and industrial organizations. Purpose built for operational environments, the Industrial Defender platform delivers deep asset visibility, secure configuration monitoring, security monitoring, and compliance automation to help organizations build resilient, auditable OT security programs.

THE IMPACT

The investment supports continued growth and innovation, combining Industrial Defender's deep OT asset visibility and cybersecurity expertise with Banneker's proven experience scaling successful software and technology companies.

"We are excited to make a majority investment in Industrial Defender, a pioneer and trusted leader in OT cybersecurity," said Kenneth Frank, Partner at Banneker. "Their focus on deep and accurate, asset-level intelligence of industrial environments provides a foundation that effective security monitoring and compliance programs are built upon. This is exactly the kind of mission critical software we look for when investing in long term technology platforms."

THE TEAM

Orrick's Zac Padgett led the team that advised Banneker Partners. The team also included Derek Jones, Susana Min, Eric Wall, Kimberly Loocke, Jason Flaherty, Keith Tidwell, Lauren Guilford, Daniel Yost, Jose Lamarque, Matthew Coleman, James Chou, Bianca Ponziani, Enny Olaleye, Jeanine McGuinness, Elizabeth Zane, Evgeniya Shakina, Anna Suh, Alexandra Kleeman, Ramon Galvan and Ethan Larson.

LEARN MORE

• Industrial Defender's news release
• Read More Orrick Client Results