Daintta secures investment from LDC

Transaction

Sell-side

Undisclosed

Role

Adviser to Daintta on its investment from LDC

Sector

Tech & Tech Services

Region

United Kingdom

We have advised Daintta, a leading professional services firm delivering technology into secure environments, on its investment from LDC. Our combined team provided M&A and Debt Advisory support.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in London with an office in Cheltenham, Daintta provides technical and business professional services, helping clients to design, secure and protect their data and technology systems. It delivers high-complexity technology projects across data intelligence, cyber security, networks and communications and AI engineering.

Daintta has built a team of more than 80 highly skilled consultants and engineers, establishing itself as a trusted partner to both public and private sector clients including central government departments and companies in the healthcare and telecommunications sectors.

Daintta has grown rapidly in recent years, driven by increasing demand for its market-leading services. It was featured in the FT1000: Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies ranking in both 2025 and 2026.

LDC is backing Daintta’s management team, led by co-founders Justin Teutsch, Abu Sayed and M Alexander. The investment will support the business’ ambitious organic growth strategy, underpinned by the expansion of its professional services and the continued deepening of its specialist, security‑critical competencies.

The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approval under the National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) and is expected to complete in May 2026.

More about the process

Daintta is a highly differentiated specialist professional services firm operating at the heart of some of the UK’s most complex and mission‑critical environments. Our team’s objective was to find a strategic partner that could build on the strong performance to date and help the business scale even faster - bringing additional expertise, new ways to incentivise the team and helping to unlock incremental growth.

Drawing on our deep experience across data, AI and cyber and our understanding of secure public‑sector environments, we worked with the founders to create a compelling and credible equity story. The team executed a tightly controlled and competitive investor‑led process, while selectively engaging highly strategic trade buyers. Through this process, LDC emerged as the preferred partner as the business enters its next phase of growth.

Clearwater team

M&A team (sell-side): Wesley Fell-Smith, Jon Grant, Chris Black, Katherine McMillan

Debt Advisory (buy-side): Chris Smith, Ben Crowe, Rafee-ul Islam

Selecting the right strategic partner was critical for us. We wanted to work with a partner that understood our market, shared our values and was aligned in preserving the culture that has been fundamental to our success. LDC has a strong brand and heritage in the UK as part of Lloyds Banking Group and gives us the platform to accelerate our growth plans while maintaining our client-focused, collaborative approach.
Justin Teutsch, Co-founder and CEO, Daintta

We’ve spent significant time getting to know Justin and the team at Daintta and have been hugely impressed by their ambition and technical expertise. The business has built an exceptional reputation for client service and has a strong culture focused on attracting and retaining the highest quality technical talent. We’re excited to support the team as they continue to scale the business and expand their capabilities in this high-growth market.
Joseph Fison, Investment Director, LDC

Having first met the shareholders last summer, there was an immediate connection around their ambition to find the right partner to support the next phase of growth. That clarity of intent shaped our approach from the outset, and we kept that focus front and centre throughout the process. From a technology perspective, the company has built a highly differentiated proposition in complex, security-sensitive environments. Working alongside Jon, Chris and Katy, we supported the team in articulating the strength of its technical capabilities, delivery model and talent base. This investment is a strong endorsement of that platform and positions the business well for continued growth.
Wesley Fell-Smith, Partner and Head of Tech & Tech Services, Clearwater

We continue to see strong investor interest in high-quality technology consultancies, particularly those delivering into markets with strong structural tailwinds such as data, AI and cyber. Daintta stands out by combining deep technical expertise in these areas with an exceptional leadership team and a track record of delivering complex, security critical solutions at scale. It was a pleasure to work with Justin and the wider team to showcase this differentiation and secure an investor that can help them accelerate the next phase of growth.
Jon Grant, Director, Clearwater