Investment Summary

Vector Capital Invests In Malwarebytes

On September 21, 2022, private equity firm Vector Capital invested in software company Malwarebytes

Investment Highlights
  • This is Vector Capital’s 15th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Vector Capital’s 39th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Vector Capital’s 14th transaction in California.

Investment Summary
Date 2022-09-21
Target Malwarebytes
Sector Software
Investor(s) Vector Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital
Advisor(s) Jefferies (Financial)
Fenwick & West (Legal)

Target

Malwarebytes

Santa Clara, California, United States
Malwarebytes provides anti-malware and anti-exploit software designed to protect businesses and consumers against zero-day threats that consistently escape detection by traditional antivirus solutions. Malwarebytes was founded in 2008 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Vector Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1997
PE ASSETS 4.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Vector Capital is a private equity firm specializing in spinouts, buyouts and recapitalizations of established technology businesses. Vector targets both public and private company investments. Prospective businesses typically have strong customer bases, high gross margins, and at least $30 million in sales. Vector Capital was formed in 1997, after spinning out from Ziff Brothers Investments. The Firm is based in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 47 of 49
Sector (Software) 15 of 16
Type (Growth Capital) 7 of 7
State (California) 14 of 15
Country (United States) 39 of 41
Year (2022) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-04-27 WatchGuard

Seattle, Washington, United States

WatchGuard provides network security. The company’s Firebox X family of upgradeable appliances delivers the performance, functionality and security strength to meet the needs of small and medium sized organizations. All WatchGuard products include a LiveSecurity Service subscription for vulnerability alerts, software updates, expert security instruction, as well as individualized and self-help customer care. WatchGuard was founded in 1996 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-01-03 MarkLogic

Redwood City, California, United States

MarkLogic is a provider of enterprise data integration and data management solutions. MarkLogic’s technology simplifies the integration of enterprise data across silos to provide immediate business value. MarkLogic Data Hub Service is a fully managed cloud data platform that is able to reliably assemble raw data, index it in real-time for powerful semantic search, and provide the ability to securely run operational and analytical applications at scale. MarkLogic was founded in 2001 and is based in Redwood City, California.

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Legal