Sophos Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Information TechnologyCompany

Sophos has acquired 13 companies of its own, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 2 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Sophos’ largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Invincea for $100M. Sophos has acquired in 7 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include software (39%) and information technology (31%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity14
    • M&A Buy Activity13
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

Sophos

Sophos Ltd.

The Pentagon Abingdon Science Park,
Abingdon, OX14 3YP
United Kingdom,
+44 1235 559 933
www.sophos.com

Sophos is a provider of information technology security and data protection solutions. Sophos' cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more. Sophos was founded in 1985 and is based in Abingdon, England.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 10 1 - 2 - - 13
vol $100M $100M
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - - - - 1 1
  14

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
ActiveState Software, Inc. 2023-11-07 - Divestiture
Vancouver, British Columbia · www.activestate.com
Braintrace, Inc. 2021-07-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Salt Lake City, Utah · www.braintrace.com
Capsule8 2021-07-07 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.capsule8.com
DarkBytes, Inc. 2019-01-29 - Add-on Acquisition
Salinas, California · www.darkbytes.com
Invincea, Inc. 2017-02-08 100M USD Add-on Acquisition
Fairfax, Virginia · www.invincea.com
Barricade Security Systems Ltd. 2016-11-01 - Add-on Acquisition
Cork, Ireland · www.barricade.io
SurfRight B.V. 2015-12-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Hengelo, Netherlands · www.surfright.nl
Reflexion Networks, Inc. 2015-06-09 - Add-on Acquisition
Woburn, Massachusetts · www.reflexion.net
Mojave Networks, Inc. 2014-10-07 - Add-on Acquisition
San Mateo, California · www.mojave.net
Cyberoam Technologies Pvt Ltd. 2014-02-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Edison, New Jersey · www.cyberoam.com
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Software 5 (38%) 100M (100%) 1 (100%) -
Information Technology 4 (31%) - - -
Internet Software and Services 3 (23%) - - -
Technology Hardware 1 (8%) - - -
Total 13 $100M 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 8 100M - -
  California 2 - - -
  Virginia 1 100M - -
  Utah 1 - - -
  Ohio 1 - - -
  New York 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  Massachusetts 1 - - -
Canada 1 - 1 -
  British Columbia 1 - 1 -
Germany 2 - - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Domestic - - - -
Cross-border 13 (100%) 100M (100%) 1 (100%) -
Total 13 $100M 1 -

Deal Values

buy # Total
< $100M 1 $100M
TOTAL $100M
Largest Invincea, Inc.
$100M (2017-02-08)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
15%
2 (15%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
100%
1 (100%)

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