The Axa-backed cybersecurity software provider is set to list through a tie-up with Mount Rainier Acquisition Corp.

Israel-based cybersecurity technology provider Hub Cyber Security agreed a reverse merger on Wednesday with special purpose acquisition company Mount Rainier Acquisition Corp (RNER) that will allow insurance group Axa to exit.

Hub has developed a cybersecurity software platform designed to work with confidential government or corporate information, offering threat protection and end-to-end security functionality to a global client base.

The merged business will be valued at $1.28bn and will take the slot on the Nasdaq Global Market acquired by RNER…

Fernando Moncada Rivera

Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the CVC Unplugged podcast.