M&A Deal Summary

CrowdStrike Acquires Payload Security UG

On October 15, 2017, CrowdStrike acquired information technology company Payload Security UG for 8M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CrowdStrike’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is CrowdStrike’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is CrowdStrike’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-10-15
Target Payload Security UG
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) CrowdStrike
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 8M USD

Target

Payload Security UG

Rossdorf, Germany
Payload Security UG is a cybersecurity company with an automated malware analysis product.

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Buyer

CrowdStrike

Austin, Texas, United States

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Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Information Technology
Employees3,871
Revenue 1.5B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

CrowdStrike is a global cybersecurity company with an endpoint protection platform built from the ground up to stop breaches. The CrowdStrike Falcon platform’s single lightweight-agent architecture leverages cloud-scale artificial intelligence (AI) and offers real-time protection and visibility across the enterprise, preventing attacks on endpoints on or off the network. Powered by the proprietary CrowdStrike Threat Graph, CrowdStrike Falcon correlates over 3 trillion endpoint-related events per week in real time from across the globe, fueling one of the world’s most advanced data platforms for security. CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 7
Country (Germany) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 4
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-23 Preempt Security

San Francisco, California, United States

Preempt Security, Inc. is a provider of Zero Trust and conditional access technology for real-time access control and threat prevention. Preempt Security, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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