M&A Deal Summary

F5 Acquires uRoam

On July 23, 2003, F5 acquired software company uRoam for 25M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is F5’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is F5’s 9th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is F5’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is F5’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2003-07-23
Target uRoam
Sector Software
Buyer(s) F5
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 25M USD

Target

uRoam

Fremont, California, United States
uRoam, Inc. is a provider of remote access solutions using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Networks (VPN).

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

F5

Seattle, Washington, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Information Technology
Employees6,056
Revenue 2.8B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
F5 Networks' corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
F5 Networks' corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington.

F5 is a provider of Application Delivery Networking (ADN) technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications and the security, performance, and availability of servers, data storage devices, and other network resources. The company's products collectively function as a dynamic control plane that simplifies the management of data center operations and the delivery of services across diverse data center resources. F5 was founded in 1996 and is based in Seattle, Washington.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 13
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 13
State: California M&A 1 of 6
Country: United States M&A 1 of 11
Year: 2003 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 9 of 9
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-01 MagniFire Websystems

New York, New York, United States

MagniFire Websystems, Inc. is a technology provider in the web application firewall market.

Buy $29M