M&A Deal Summary

Guardsquare Acquires Verimatrix s Extended Threat Defense Assets

On December 8, 2025, Guardsquare acquired information technology company Verimatrix s Extended Threat Defense Assets from Verimatrix

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Guardsquare’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Guardsquare’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-12-08
Target Verimatrix s Extended Threat Defense Assets
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Guardsquare
Sellers(s) Verimatrix
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Verimatrix s Extended Threat Defense Assets

Meyreuil, France
Verimatrix's Extended Threat Defense Assets are composed of a group of cybersecurity experts specialised in protecting mobile, web, and desktop applications. Using a range of innovative solutions, XTD solutions predict, detect, and respond to threats before their targets are compromised.

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Buyer

Guardsquare

Leuven, Belgium

Category Company
Founded 2014
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Guardsquare is a developer of premium software for the protection of mobile applications against reverse engineering and hacking. Guardsquare was founded in 2014 and is based in Leuven, Belgium.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-10-20 App-Ray

Vienna, Austria

App-Ray GmbH is a provider of automated mobile application security scanning. App-Ray provides a fully automated security analysis of mobile applications to find security issues, privacy breaches, and data leaking potentials. App-Ray was established in 2015 and is based in Vienna, Austria.

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SELLER

Verimatrix

Meyreuil, France

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Information Technology
Employees244
Revenue 57M EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Verimatrix is a designer, developer and supplier of semiconductors, embedded software and platforms for secure transactions and digital security. Verimatrix was founded in 1995 and is based in Meyreuil, France.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-05 Verimatrix

San Diego, California, United States

Verimatrix, Inc. is a software-based content security for digital television services. Verimatrix was founded in 1999 and is based in San Diego, California.

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