ShorePoint Inc. securing strategic growth capital from CM Equity Partners feels like the moment you realize the quiet kid in class has been benching twice your body weight before sunrise. Matt Brown and Scott Ackerman built ShorePoint from 2017 with nothing but grit, federal cyber scars, and a talent for solving problems agencies usually whisper about. After years of staying bootstrapped and staying hungry, they now bring in CMEP not for reinvention, but for acceleration, while keeping full control, full leadership continuity, and full independence.
There is a rhythm to ShorePoint’s growth that tells you this is not a lucky streak. Six straight years of double digit revenue gains, a 36% jump in 2024, a 45% expansion in team size, and $21.5M in trailing unclassified prime revenue define a company that scales without wobbling. The name ShorePoint fits a firm trusted to keep federal agencies upright when the cyber tide moves fast. Treasury alone accounts for 82% of that $21.5M, with IRS carrying 52% and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing holding 30%. The Dept. of Energy anchors the remaining 18%. That concentration does not signal risk. It signals trust earned contract by contract.
Those contracts include the $90.8M TSSOC task on the PROTECTS BPA, the $50.8M full and open win in early 2024, the $6.4M SOC support award in 2025, and the $10M follow on that kept a federal civilian agency leaning on ShorePoint’s expertise. The company’s inclusion in the $20B PROTECTS BPA and its $300M Dept. of Education BPA reflect credibility across agencies that do not hand out second chances. Every number points back to leadership that knows the federal domain from the inside out.
CTO Robert Palmer brings the kind of DHS experience that normally fills keynote stages. Chief Strategy Officer Ryan McCullough turned 25+ years of solving federal tech problems into a machine for building ZTA and data integration capability. Chief Administrative Officer Sherrie Nutzman drives the ISO and CMMI backbone that keeps operations tight. VP of Recruiting and Retention John Rafique turns talent acquisition into a competitive advantage, validated by his 2023 Cybersecurity Recruiter of the Year award.
CMEP steps in with 30 years of gov market investing and a portfolio of federal winners. ShorePoint steps forward with ZTA leadership, HPC security expansion, AI and ML integration, post quantum readiness, cloud modernization, and automated compliance. This is not a reset. It is a company already in motion receiving fuel that matches its velocity.
ShorePoint was built to protect federal agencies from threats that do not care about politics or timelines. Now it is positioned to scale that mission with more reach, more capability, and more impact. When a company grows this consistently, the market eventually notices. It just did.
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