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The McLean Group Advises Babel Street on Its Acquisition by Veritas Capital
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The McLean Group Advises Babel Street on Its Acquisition by Veritas Capital

MCLEAN, Va., February 2021
Babel Street acquired by Veritas Capital

The McLean Group served as sell-side M&A advisor to Babel Street, a Reston, Virginia provider of multilingual data analytics software, on its acquisition by Veritas Capital.

Veritas Capital acquired Babel Street in February 2021 through The Veritas Capital Vantage Fund.

Founded in 2009, Babel Street provides real-time search and analytics across any source and any language. Its Babel X platform identifies languages, extracts entities, indexes and searches content across languages, and charts sentiment in 33 languages, with automated alerts on volume and sentiment. Customers can use it as a SaaS platform or as an on-premise or private instance that combines open-source data with their own. Babel Street serves federal government agencies and the private sector.

The transaction adds to The McLean Group’s record in the defense, government and intelligence market, where the firm has advised government contractors and technology providers for more than three decades.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

About Babel StreetBabel Street, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, provides real-time situational awareness, data and intelligence solutions. Its platform collects, analyzes, monitors and reports on information from online and private electronic sources, in any language, for federal government agencies and the private sector. Learn more at babelstreet.com.
About Veritas CapitalVeritas Capital is a private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled companies serving government and commercial customers. Learn more at veritascapital.com.
About The McLean GroupThe McLean Group is a middle market investment bank providing mergers and acquisitions, valuation advisory, and financial consulting services to businesses nationwide. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the firm has deep expertise in defense, government services, security, and technology sectors, and provides marine survey and appraisal services through DLS Marine.
Media contact: The McLean Group, LLC · 8260 Greensboro Drive, Suite 350, McLean, VA 22102 · 703.827.0200 · info@mcleanllc.com
Securities transactions conducted through McLean Securities, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC.

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