M&A Deal Summary

Blue Coat Systems Acquires Elastica

On November 9, 2015, Blue Coat Systems acquired information technology company Elastica for 280M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Blue Coat Systems’ 6th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Blue Coat Systems’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Blue Coat Systems’ 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Blue Coat Systems’ 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-11-09
Target Elastica
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Blue Coat Systems
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 280M USD

Target

Elastica

San Jose, California, United States
Elastica, Inc. provides unique capabilities such as threat scoring powered by machine learning, user and end-point behavior modeling, natural language-based cloud DLP, and analysis with remediation in a cloud application SOC.

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Buyer

Blue Coat Systems

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Sector Information Technology
Revenue 598M USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Blue Coat is an enterprise security, providing on-premise, hybrid and cloud-based solutions for protecting web connectivity, combating advanced threats and responding to security breaches. Blue Coat is the global market leader in securing connection to the web and counts nearly 80 percent of the Global Fortune 500 as its customers.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 10
Sector (Information Technology) 6 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 9
State (California) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 8 of 8
Year (2015) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-30 PerspecSys

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

PerspecSys, Inc. is a provider of cloud data protection platform solves key data compliance, privacy and security concerns for enterprises adopting cloud-based applications.

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