M&A Deal Summary

CyberArk Acquires Venafi

On May 20, 2024, CyberArk acquired software company Venafi from Thoma Bravo for 1.5B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CyberArk’s 5th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is CyberArk’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is CyberArk’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is CyberArk’s 1st transaction in Utah.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-05-20
Target Venafi
Sector Software
Buyer(s) CyberArk
Sellers(s) Thoma Bravo
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.5B USD

Target

Venafi

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Venafi is a cybersecurity software platform that monitors, protects, and remediates an enterprise’s keys and certificates, which are required for secure communication, commerce, and mobility. Venafi provides its Global 5000 enterprise customers the ability to orchestrate the complete life cycle of all machine identity types, including TLS/SSL and SSH keys, and code-signing certificates. Venafi was founded in 2000 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CyberArk

Petach Tikva, Israel

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Software
Employees3,018
Revenue 752M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

CyberArk focuses on eliminating the most advanced cyber threats; those that use insider privileges to attack the heart of the enterprise. CyberArk was founded in 1996 and is based in Petah Tikva, Israel.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 7
Sector (Software) 5 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 7
State (Utah) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 5
Year (2024) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-05-13 IDaptive

Santa Clara, California, United States

IDaptive LLC delivers Next-Gen Access, a more advanced version of traditional access management technologies, to protect organizations from data breaches. IDaptive products are built on Zero Trust, an IT architecture based on the principle of “never trust, always verify.” Unlike other providers of access management, IDaptive uniquely combines leading capabilities to seamlessly integrate single-sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), enterprise mobility management (EMM), and user behavior analytics (UBA). Its solutions intelligently determine the authenticity of a digital user and the user’s device, govern access across an organization’s resources, and react when risky behavior is detected. IDaptive was formed in 2018 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Buy $70M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Thoma Bravo

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 127.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Thoma Bravo is a private equity firm that primarily invests in or acquires US-based middle-market businesses. While Thoma Bravo will consider a variety of transaction situations, including take-privates, buyouts, carve-outs, recapitalizations, and growth equity financings, the Firm has a special interest in tech consolidation opportunities. Target companies generally have a history of profitability with EBITDA of at least $20 million. The Firm's equity commitment size range is $100 to $750 million. Sectors of interest include enterprise and infrastructure software, education, distribution, financial services and consumer goods/services. The Firm will not invest in new inventions or technologies, developmental products or services, start-ups, biotech, motion pictures, distressed businesses, oil/gas, or real estate. Thoma Bravo was formerly known as Thoma Cressey Bravo and before that Golder Thoma & Co. The Firm was originally formed in 1980 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 75 of 79
Sector (Software) 33 of 33
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 34 of 36
State (Utah) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 70 of 73
Year (2024) 1 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-26 Darktrace

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Darktrace is a provider of cyber defense software that helps enterprises and government bodies protect themselves against advanced attacks and data compromises from within the network. Darktrace's approach allows enterprises to protect their information and intellectual property from state sponsored, criminal groups or malicious employees whom are already inside the networks of every critical infrastructure company. Darktrace combines decades of government cyber threat expertise with world-leading University of Cambridge mathematicians, and software engineers who have experience deploying the largest, most sensitive software. Darktrace was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Buy $5.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-08-16 Trader

Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Trader is a digital automotive marketplace and software solutions provider. The company's marketing software solutions enable dealers to manage their websites, digital marketing campaigns, and inventory. Its online marketplaces and destinations include autotrader.ca, autohebdo.net, and Autos.ca. Trader was founded in 1975 and is based in Etobicoke, Ontario.

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