M&A Deal Summary

DigiCert Acquires QuoVadis

On January 17, 2019, DigiCert acquired information technology company QuoVadis from WISeKey for 45M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DigiCert’s 3rd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is DigiCert’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is DigiCert’s 1st transaction in Bermuda.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-01-17
Target QuoVadis
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) DigiCert
Sellers(s) WISeKey
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 45M USD

Target

QuoVadis

Hamilton, Bermuda
QuoVadis is an international provider of online identity certification services. QuoVadis’ outsourced services allow customers to meet their obligations for data integrity and privacy. QuoVadis provides digital certificate and smartcard solutions to secure access for computer networks and applications, to encrypt data and transactions, and to authenticate people, devices and documents. The company is a Qualified Certification Services Provider (CSP) in Switzerland and Bermuda, and was one of the first providers worldwide authorized to issue “Extended Validation” SSL certificates.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

DigiCert

Lehi, Utah, United States

Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

DigiCert is a provider of high-assurance digital certificates, certificate management software solutions, and public-key infrastructure solutions, which enable authentication and encryption for web servers and internet of things devices. DigiCert was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Lehi, Utah.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector (Information Technology) 3 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
Country (Bermuda) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-02 Symantec - Website Security and Related PKI Solutions

Mountain View, California, United States

Symantec Corp. - Website Security and Related PKI Solutions is a provider of an unparalleled protection for the cloud generation through Symantec's Integrated Cyber Defense Platform.

Buy $950M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-13 Mocana

San Francisco, California, United States

Mocana provides cyber protection for IoT, operational technology (OT) and critical infrastructure. The company's proven on-device cybersecurity software and lifecycle management platform enable manufacturers and industrial companies to build self-defending systems that are tamper-resistant. Mocana’s tightly integrated solutions help companies to minimize the risk of a cyber breach, comply with industry standards, and protect intellectual property by ensuring that devices and processes are trusted end-to-end, from device manufacturing to deployment. Unlike IT network security approaches, Mocana enables devices to protect themselves and prevent malware from being installed. It protects more than 100 million commercial, government and military/defense devices and systems, and is trusted by the world’s largest aerospace, industrial, energy, automotive, healthcare, and telecommunications companies. Mocana was formed in 2002 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

WISeKey

Zug, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Information Technology
Employees102
Revenue 31M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

WISeKey is a cyber security company that provides Internet of Things (“IoT”) digital identity ecosystems recognized by the operating system and applications, to ensure the authenticity, confidentiality and integrity of online transactions. WISeKey Holding was founded in 1999 and is based in Zug, Switzerland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Bermuda) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-01-20 QuoVadis

Hamilton, Bermuda

QuoVadis is an international provider of online identity certification services. QuoVadis’ outsourced services allow customers to meet their obligations for data integrity and privacy. QuoVadis provides digital certificate and smartcard solutions to secure access for computer networks and applications, to encrypt data and transactions, and to authenticate people, devices and documents. The company is a Qualified Certification Services Provider (CSP) in Switzerland and Bermuda, and was one of the first providers worldwide authorized to issue “Extended Validation” SSL certificates.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-01 Arago

Frankfurt, Germany

Arago provides next-generation automation of enterprise IT development and uses modern technologies such as inference and machine learning in order to automatically operate any business process. Arago was founded in 1995 and is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Buy -