Investment bank DC Advisory boosts its tech team in Dublin

Mark Jennings is appointed as director in DC Advisory's technology and software team in Dublin

Mark Jennings, director with DC Advisory.

International investment bank DC Advisory has appointed Mark Jennings as director in its technology and software team based in Dublin.

He joins DC Advisory after more than a decade advising technology companies and investors across the US and Europe. Most recently, he was an executive director in Morgan Stanley's technology investment banking team in Menlo Park, California, where he advised on many high-profile transactions.

Mark has advised on Qualtrics' sale to Silver Lake, Qualtrics’ acquisition of Clarabridge, Turnitin’s sale to Advance, and the IPOs of Figma, Astera Labs, and Avast. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he worked in UBS's technology, media and telecoms investment banking team in London and their technology investment banking team in San Francisco.

Mark joins DC Advisory's global technology and software team, comprising nearly 70 bankers across Europe, Asia and the US. The practice advises founders, corporates and private equity investors across a broad range of sub-sectors, including software, IT services, cybersecurity, fintech, infrastructure software and semiconductors. Based in Dublin, Mark will work closely with technology clients across Ireland and internationally, connecting them with DC Advisory's global platform and sector expertise.

Over the past 12 months, DC Advisory has advised on 184 transactions globally, including 60 cross-border deals. Recent technology and software-related transactions include advising SCHUFA on its acquisition of STRATECO, Neysa.AI on its $1bn capital raise by Blackstone and co-investors, Gcore on its strategic investment from Northern Data Group, Wingify on the sale of a majority stake to Everstone Capital and 360 Advanced on a minority investment from Bregal Sagemount.