M&A Deal Summary

Rapid7 Acquires Alcide.IO

On February 1, 2021, Rapid7 acquired information technology company Alcide.IO for 50M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rapid7’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Rapid7’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Rapid7’s 1st transaction in Israel.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-02-01
Target Alcide.IO
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Rapid7
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 50M USD

Target

Alcide.IO

Tel Aviv, Israel
Alcide is a Kubernetes security leader empowering DevOps teams to drive seamless security guardrails to their CI/CD pipelines, and security teams to continuously secure and protect their growing Kubernetes deployments. Alcide provides a single Kubernetes-native AI-driven security platform for cross Kubernetes aspects: configuration risks, visibility across clusters, and run-time security events. Alcide was formed in 2016 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Buyer

Rapid7

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Software
Employees2,413
Revenue 844M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Rapid7 is a provider of security data and analytics software solutions that enable organizations to implement an active, analytics-driven approach to cyber security. Rapid7 was founded in 2000 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 10
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 10
Country: Israel M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-04-28 DivvyCloud

Arlington, Virginia, United States

DivvyCloud is a provider of security and compliance automation for public cloud and container infrastructure. DivvyCloud helps enterprise customers improve security, take control, and minimize risk as they embrace the dynamic, self-service, nature of public cloud and container infrastructure. DivvyCloud was launched in 2013 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Gold Coast, Australia

Velociraptor is a pen-source technology and community used for endpoint monitoring, digital forensics, and incident response. Velociraptor was developed for digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) professionals who need a powerful and efficient way to hunt for and monitor malicious activities across endpoints. Velociraptor is based in Gold Coast, Australia.

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