Keith Skirbe

Keith Skirbe is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Technology Group, where he focuses on the cybersecurity sector from the firm’s San Francisco office. Houlihan Lokey announced his hire on October 10, 2022, stating that he joined as a Managing Director covering cybersecurity after more than a decade focused on the sector.

Before Houlihan Lokey, Skirbe was a Founding Member and Managing Director at Momentum Cyber, a boutique investment bank focused solely on cybersecurity advisory. At Momentum Cyber, he led the firm’s West Coast cybersecurity investment banking effort and advised clients in North America, Europe, and Israel on M&A and capital-raising transactions. Momentum Cyber promoted him to Managing Director in March 2021 after he had been with the firm since its inception.

Earlier in his career, Skirbe was a founding member of Bridge Street Advisors, a boutique M&A and strategic advisory firm focused on software. He also held investment banking roles at Bear Stearns, FT Partners, and SG Cowen. He began his Wall Street career at NationsBank/Bank of America in asset-backed securitizations and global debt private placement, and he was also a founder and Chief Operating Officer of Orbis Payment Services, a merchant-services startup.

Skirbe holds a B.S. in Finance from Rutgers University.

• Skirbe’s verified current role is investment banking advisory, not venture investing. The stub’s “Angel Investors” classification could not be verified from current primary sources.
• He focuses on cybersecurity companies, especially those considering M&A, capital raising, recapitalizations, and strategic alternatives.
• Houlihan Lokey describes its cybersecurity practice as serving “early-stage businesses and midsized companies to large, publicly traded corporations.”
• Houlihan Lokey says its cybersecurity approach emphasizes competitive processes, deep domain knowledge, strategic and private equity access, and positioning companies for scarcity value and future synergies.
• Skirbe has publicly emphasized that cybersecurity clients need “deep domain expertise combined with a comprehensive service offering” to navigate the market.
• Momentum Cyber’s prior positioning, where Skirbe was a founding member, was bespoke cybersecurity advisory for earlier-stage founders, CEOs, and boards as well as later-stage and public companies.