Venture • Information Technology

Amadeus Capital Partners Invests In ForeScout

On October 19, 2005, venture capital firm Amadeus Capital Partners invested in information technology company ForeScout

Investment Context
  • This is Amadeus Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Amadeus Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Amadeus Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • ForeScout went public in 2017.
  • ForeScout was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2020 for 1.9B USD.

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Investment Summary

Date October 19, 2005
Target ForeScout
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Amadeus Capital Partners
Deal Type Venture

Target Company

ForeScout

San Jose, California, United States
ForeScout is a cybersecurity company focused on device visibility and control. ForeScout delivers device visibility and control to enable enterprises and government agencies to gain complete situational awareness of their environment and orchestrate action. ForeScout Technologies was founded in 2000 and is based in San Jose, California.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

Amadeus Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Venture Capital Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 1.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Amadeus Capital Partners is an early late-stage investor in high growth European technology companies. Specific areas of interest include AI & machine learning, online consumer services, cybersecurity, digital health and medical technology, digital media, enterprise SaaS, fintech, and insurtech. Amadeus Capital Partners was formed in 1997 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 6 of 68
Sector: Information Technology 2 of 14
Type: Venture 3 of 59
State: California 2 of 3
Country: United States 2 of 10
Year: 2005 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-03-07 Celltick

Fremont, California, United States

Celltick platform allows mobile operators to broadcast interactive content directly to the idle screen of millions of subscribers, providing a powerful tool to drive usage of value-added services. Celltick has developed a compelling solution to a problem shared by all mobile operators: the slow adoption rate of data services. As revenue from voice services is reaching a plateau, most operators have set themselves ambitious revenue targets from data services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-01 Edgeware AB

Stockholm, Sweden

Edgeware is a highly scalable ultra-low power video distribution systems, designed to allow operators to monetize video services. These services include video on demand (VOD), time shift TV, network Personal Video Recorder (nPVR) and wholesale Content Delivery Network (CDN) services. Edgeware provides the video delivery systems needed to offer video services across managed and unmanaged networks, with the ability to reach any screen, at any time, with any content.

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