VeriSign Mergers & Acquisitions

VeriSign M&A Summary

VeriSign has acquired 17 companies. A total of 6 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 7 assets.

VeriSign’s largest acquisition to date was in 1999, when it acquired Signio for $1.3B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2008, when it sold Digital Brand Management Services - VeriSign to Webcentral Group for $50M. VeriSign has acquired in 5 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (59%) and communications (12%).

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity24
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 10

VeriSign

VeriSign, Inc.

12061 Bluemont Way,
Reston, Virginia 20190
United States,
(703) 948-3200
www.verisign.com

All (24) Buy (17) Sell (7)
Date Target Value
$mlns
Transaction Type Acquirer Seller SRC
Link
2020-11-02 Verisign’s Public DNS Service · Information Technology
Reston, Virginia

Verisign’s Public DNS Service provides an enterprise-grade, cloud-based authoritative DNS service that securely delivers fast and accurate query responses to websites, and Neustar UltraDNS Firewall, a cloud-based security solution built on top of Neustar’s recursive DNS service that delivers reliable built-in security and threat protection.

- Divestiture

NeuStar

VeriSign


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