M&A Deal Summary

Rapid7 Acquires Velociraptor

On April 21, 2021, Rapid7 acquired software company Velociraptor

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rapid7’s 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Rapid7’s 1st transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-04-21
Target Velociraptor
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Rapid7
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Velociraptor

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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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 7 of 10
Sector: Software M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 10
Country: Australia M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2021 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-01 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.

Buy $50M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-19 IntSights

New York, New York, United States

IntSights democratizes threat intelligence by enabling organizations of any type or size to gain the full benefits of external threat intelligence, no matter the scope or sophistication of their threat intelligence program. IntSights provides frictionless integration of real-time cyber threat intelligence with existing security infrastructure, allowing enterprises to maximize return on investment. IntSights was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York City.

Buy $335M