Munich\/ Frank\u00adfurt a. M. \u2014 Bridge\u00adpoint, one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading growth inves\u00adtors in the mid-market, has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in iC Consult, the worl\u00add\u2019s largest vendor-inde\u00adpen\u00addent provi\u00adder of iden\u00adtity secu\u00adrity services, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Munich. As part of this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, Bridge\u00adpoint is ente\u00adring into a part\u00adner\u00adship with the foun\u00adder and CEO of iC Consult, J\u00fcrgen Bier\u00admann, and the manage\u00adment of iC Consult. Bier\u00admann and the manage\u00adment team will retain a stake in the company, while Carlyle will sell its entire stake. <\/p>\n
The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to custo\u00admary condi\u00adti\u00adons, inclu\u00adding the neces\u00adsary regu\u00adla\u00adtory appr\u00adovals, and is expec\u00adted to take place in the third quar\u00adter of 2026. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the purchase price or further details of the transaction. <\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in 1997, iC Consult has grown to become the worl\u00add\u2019s largest inde\u00adpen\u00addent iden\u00adtity secu\u00adrity specia\u00adlist with more than 850 employees world\u00adwide in North America, Europe and Asia. The company offers a compre\u00adhen\u00adsive port\u00adfo\u00adlio of consul\u00adting, imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, inte\u00adgra\u00adtion and mana\u00adged services to help orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons secure access to criti\u00adcal IT systems and data. As a core compo\u00adnent of modern cyber secu\u00adrity archi\u00adtec\u00adtures, IAM ensu\u00adres that the right users and systems have access to the right resour\u00adces at the right time. <\/p>\n
iC Consult supports major custo\u00admers from various indus\u00adtries world\u00adwide, inclu\u00adding finan\u00adcial services, the auto\u00admo\u00adtive and manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring indus\u00adtries and the public sector. The services are firmly ancho\u00adred in the custo\u00admers\u2019 IT envi\u00adron\u00adments and form the basis for long-term custo\u00admer relationships. <\/p>\n
In recent years, the company has recor\u00added strong growth \u2014 its Euro\u00adpean busi\u00adness grew by around 20 percent annu\u00adally between 2020 and 2025. The company has also expan\u00added its presence in the USA during this period. iC Consult opera\u00adtes in a large and fast-growing market: The market for IAM services in Europe is esti\u00adma\u00adted at around \u20ac2.5 billion with expec\u00adted double-digit growth rates, driven by incre\u00adasing cyber thre\u00adats, regu\u00adla\u00adtory requi\u00adre\u00adments and the rapid proli\u00adfe\u00adra\u00adtion of digi\u00adtal iden\u00adti\u00adties, inclu\u00adding those rela\u00adted to agen\u00adtic AI. <\/p>\n
In part\u00adner\u00adship with Bridge\u00adpoint and under the leader\u00adship of J\u00fcrgen Bier\u00admann, iC Consult will focus on driving its inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion, streng\u00adthening its mana\u00adged services offe\u00adring and further inves\u00adt\u00ading in AI-enab\u00adled capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. In addi\u00adtion, the company will moder\u00adnize and further deve\u00adlop its service port\u00adfo\u00adlio, conti\u00adnue to grow through selec\u00adtive acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons and build a scalable global IAM platform. <\/p>\n
Bridge\u00adpoint has exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence in tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and cyber secu\u00adrity services and has assis\u00adted a number of specia\u00adli\u00adzed compa\u00adnies, inclu\u00adding Infi\u00adni\u00adgate, a value-added distri\u00adbu\u00adtor specia\u00adli\u00adzing in cyber secu\u00adrity, and DataEx\u00adpert, a specia\u00adlist in digi\u00adtal foren\u00adsics and cyber secu\u00adrity services, and also has exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence in scaling inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and services companies.<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen Bier\u00admann, foun\u00adder and CEO of iC Consult, said: \u201cToday marks the begin\u00adning of an exci\u00adting new chap\u00adter for iC Consult. As an entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial part\u00adner, Bridge\u00adpoint brings capi\u00adtal, deep indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise and a strong track record in scaling busi\u00adnesses inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally. We share a clear goal of further streng\u00adthening our posi\u00adtion as the worl\u00add\u2019s leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent iden\u00adtity secu\u00adrity specia\u00adlist, expan\u00adding our global presence and trans\u00adforming iC Consult into a truly AI-native company. Toge\u00adther, we will make targe\u00adted invest\u00adments in our people, our skills and our plat\u00adform to deli\u00adver sustainable value to our clients \u2014 espe\u00adci\u00adally at a time when the rapid, AI-driven growth of digi\u00adtal iden\u00adti\u00adties makes iden\u00adtity secu\u00adrity more important than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chris\u00adto\u00adpher Brack\u00admann, Part\u00adner at Bridge\u00adpoint and respon\u00adsi\u00adble for invest\u00adments in the DACH region, added: \u201ciC Consult is an outstan\u00adding company in a struc\u00adtu\u00adrally attrac\u00adtive and dyna\u00admi\u00adcally growing market. Its leading posi\u00adtion in the field of iden\u00adtity secu\u00adrity and its strong roots in Germany make the company an ideal part\u00adner for Bridge\u00adpoint. We look forward to shaping the next phase of growth toge\u00adther with J\u00fcrgen and his team and to consis\u00adt\u00adently driving forward the further expan\u00adsion of a leading plat\u00adform for iden\u00adtity security.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maciej Chrys\u00adtow\u00adski, Direc\u00adtor in Bridge\u00adpoin\u00adt\u2019s tech\u00adno\u00adlogy team, added: \u201ciC Consult is charac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar by its outstan\u00adding tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal exper\u00adtise in a highly complex and busi\u00adness-criti\u00adcal area of cyber secu\u00adrity. With the growth acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted by AI and the incre\u00adasing comple\u00adxity of digi\u00adtal iden\u00adti\u00adties, iden\u00adtity secu\u00adrity is beco\u00adming even more important. We see considera\u00adble poten\u00adtial to moder\u00adnize and further deve\u00adlop the plat\u00adform in a targe\u00adted manner \u2014 inclu\u00adding by expan\u00adding capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties for secu\u00adring agent-based AI. At the same time, we want to streng\u00adthen the mana\u00adged services offe\u00adring and selec\u00adtively use M&A opti\u00adons to further streng\u00adthen the company\u2019s inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal presence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Consul\u00adtant Bridgepoint:<\/strong> Consul\u00adtant iC Consult and Carlyle:<\/strong> About Bridge\u00adpoint<\/strong><\/p>\n Bridge\u00adpoint is one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading mid-market inves\u00adtors specia\u00adli\u00adzing in private equity, infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, credit, secon\u00adda\u00adries and private wealth. With over USD 98 billion in assets under manage\u00adment and a strong local presence in Europe, North America and Asia, Bridge\u00adpoint combi\u00adnes global reach with local market know\u00adledge and sector exper\u00adtise to consis\u00adt\u00adently deli\u00adver strong returns across cycles. <\/p>\n About iC Consult<\/strong><\/p>\n iC Consult is the worl\u00add\u2019s largest inde\u00adpen\u00addent provi\u00adder of iden\u00adtity secu\u00adrity services. With over 850 experts and a global presence in North America, Europe and Asia \u2014 inclu\u00adding near\u00adsho\u00adring and offs\u00adho\u00adring capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties \u2014 we help the worl\u00add\u2019s biggest brands protect and manage their digi\u00adtal identities. <\/p>\n We deli\u00adver custo\u00admi\u00adzed iden\u00adtity solu\u00adti\u00adons at the highest level \u2014 through in-depth exper\u00adtise, conti\u00adnuous inno\u00adva\u00adtion and state-of-the-art tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. As a trus\u00adted part\u00adner of over 30 leading iden\u00adtity and cyber secu\u00adrity vendors \u2014 and reco\u00adgni\u00adzed by leading analysts \u2014 we offer vendor-inde\u00adpen\u00addent support to solve any iden\u00adtity chall\u00adenge. \u2014 Our end-to-end port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes all profes\u00adsio\u00adnal and mana\u00adged iden\u00adtity secu\u00adrity services: consul\u00adting, archi\u00adtec\u00adture, imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, inte\u00adgra\u00adtion, support and opera\u00adti\u00adons. We help orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons drive key initia\u00adti\u00adves such as Zero Trust, Iden\u00adtity Threat Detec\u00adtion & Response and AI Secu\u00adrity \u2014 inclu\u00adding the manage\u00adment and protec\u00adtion of agen\u00adtic AI envi\u00adron\u00adments and the use of GenAI to moder\u00adnize their iden\u00adtity infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich\/ Frank\u00adfurt a. M. \u2014 Bridge\u00adpoint, one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading growth inves\u00adtors in the mid-market, has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in iC Consult, the worl\u00add\u2019s largest vendor-inde\u00ad\u00adpen\u00ad\u00addent provi\u00adder of iden\u00adtity secu\u00adrity services, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Munich. As part of this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, Bridge\u00adpoint is ente\u00adring into a part\u00adner\u00adship with the foun\u00adder and CEO of iC Consult, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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