M&A Deal Summary

KnowBe4 Acquires Twist & Shout Communications

On September 30, 2019, KnowBe4 acquired media company Twist & Shout Communications

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KnowBe4’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is KnowBe4’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-09-30
Target Twist & Shout Communications
Sector Media
Buyer(s) KnowBe4
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Twist & Shout Communications

Leicester, United Kingdom
Twist & Shout Communications is a UK and US based video production and licensing company specializing in storytelling for business. Twist & Shout Communications was founded in 1990 and is based in Leicester, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

KnowBe4

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 2010
Sector Information Technology
Employees1,366
Revenue 246M USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

KnowBe4 is a provider of security awareness platform that helps organizations address the human element of security by raising awareness about ransomware, CEO fraud and other social engineering tactics through a new-school approach to awareness training on security. KnowBe4 was founded in 2010 and is based in Clearwater, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 6
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 6
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-25 El Pescador

Brazil

El Pescador is a developer of an educational cycle methodology with content focused on education about phishing - available in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-03-03 MediaPRO

Bothell, Washington, United States

MediaPRO is a SaaS-based provider of security, privacy, and compliance awareness training solutions. MediaPRO’s platform enables organizations of all sizes to analyze, a plane, train, and reinforce education for their employees on critical security, privacy, and compliance issues. MediaPRO was founded in 1993 and is based in Bothell, Washington.

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