Nextec is pleased to announce that it is now part of Eaton Square, a global M&A group focusing on Technology, Services and Growth Companies. We are particularly excited about the better international access that this gives us to better serve our core clients in the software, IT Services and digital media space through enhancing our ability to access broader sources of capital and more directly engage with a wider range of strategic investors/ acquirers.

Nextec has been operating as a boutique corporate advisor specialising in M&A transactions for the technology sector since 1996. Over those years it has built an enviable reputation for delivering strategic capital services to small and mid-sized growth companies. Many of its clients have been in the Media, Software, Internet, Mobile and Healthcare sectors.

Eaton Square is an international firm whose focus and approach to clients is similar to Nextec. It serves the technology sector as well as other growth sectors, delivering its services through offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Tel Aviv and Toronto. Nextec will enhance the technology sector service capabilities of Eaton Square in Australia and deliver to clients the benefits of a greater international reach.


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