Avast Mergers & Acquisitions

Avast M&A Summary

Avast has acquired 8 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 1 asset.

Avast’s largest acquisition to date was in 2016, when it acquired AVG Technologies N.V. for $1.3B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold Avast - Family Safety Mobile Business to Smith Micro Software for $66M. Avast has acquired in 2 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (50%) and software (38%).

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1

Avast

Avast Software s.r.o.

1737/1A Pikrtova,
Prague, 140 00
Czech Republic,
+420 2 7400 5777
www.avast.com

All (9) Buy (8) Sell (1)
Date Target Value
$mlns
Transaction Type Acquirer Seller SRC
Link
2022-03-24 SecureKey Technologies · Information Technology
Toronto, Ontario · www.securekey.com

SecureKey Technologies is an identity and authentication provider that simplifies consumer access to online services and applications. SecureKey enables a next generation privacy-enhancing identity and authentication network for connecting people to online services using digital credentials they already have and trust. SecureKey Technologies is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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