Ascent Partners

Technology

Valuing software, data and IP for fast-moving technology businesses.

Sector drivers

  • Pre-revenue and high-growth funding rounds
  • Intangible-heavy balance sheets
  • Purchase price allocation and impairment on acquisitions

Typical assets & workflows

  • Developed technology and software
  • Data assets and platforms
  • Customer relationships and brand

Standards & regulation

  • ASC 805 / IFRS 3 (PPA)
  • ASC 350 / IAS 36 (impairment)
  • IVS 2025 intangible-asset guidance

Key measures

  • ARR / NRR and unit economics
  • R&D capitalisation treatment
  • Time-to-market and adoption

Our approach

We apply relief-from-royalty, MPEEM and incremental-cash-flow methods to technology and IP, testing the sensitivity of growth and churn assumptions in the sector's fast-moving context.