VeriSign - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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VeriSign M&A Summary

VeriSign has acquired 17 companies. A total of 6 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 7 assets.

VeriSign’s largest acquisition to date was in 1999, when it acquired Signio for $1.3B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2008, when it sold Digital Brand Management Services - VeriSign to Webcentral Group for $50M. VeriSign has acquired in 5 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (59%) and communications (12%).

VeriSign Business Overview

Where is VeriSign headquartered?

VeriSign is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

What is VeriSign’s revenue?

VeriSign disclosed revenue of 1,265M USD for 2020 and 1,232M USD for 2019.

How many employees does VeriSign have?

VeriSign has 900 employees.

What sector is VeriSign in?

VeriSign is an information technology company.

When was VeriSign founded?

VeriSign was founded in 1995.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity24
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 10
  • M&A Advisors 1

VeriSign

VeriSign, Inc.

12061 Bluemont Way,
Reston, Virginia 20190
United States,
(703) 948-3200
www.verisign.com

VeriSign is a global provider of domain name registry services which power the navigation of the Internet by operating a global infrastructure for a portfolio of top-level domains that includes .com, .net, .tv, .edu, .gov, .jobs, .name and .cc as well as two of the world’s 13 Internet root servers. VeriSign's product suite also includes Network Intelligence and Availability Services consisting of Distributed Denial of Service Protection Services, Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Services and Managed Domain Name System Services. VeriSign was formed in 1995 and is based in Reston, Virginia.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 17 - - - - - 17
vol $4.6B $4.6B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 5 2 - - - - 7
vol $50M $50M
  24

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Verisign’s Public DNS Service 2020-11-02 - Divestiture
Reston, Virginia
Retail Solutions, Inc. 2020-10-08 - Divestiture
San Jose, California · www.retailsolutions.com
VeriSign, Inc. - Security Services Customer Contracts 2018-10-25 - Divestiture
Reston, Virginia
VeriSign, Inc. - iDefense Security Intelligence Services 2017-02-09 - Divestiture
Reston, Virginia
Moreover Technologies, Inc. 2014-10-20 - Divestiture
Reston, Virginia · www.moreover.com
Global Name Registry Ltd. 2008-10-01 12M USD Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom
Digital Brand Management Services (DBMS) - VeriSign, Inc. 2008-04-30 50M USD Divestiture
, United States
inCode, Inc. 2006-11-28 52M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Diego, California
GeoTrust, Inc. 2006-09-01 125M USD Add-on Acquisition
Mountain View, California · www.geotrust.com
3united Mobile Solutions AG 2006-02-13 66M USD Add-on Acquisition
Vienna, Austria · www.3united.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 10 (59%) 791M (17%) 3 (43%) -
Information Technology 1 (6%) 575M (13%) 4 (57%) 50M (100%)
Communications 2 (12%) 1.5B (32%) - -
Business Services 1 (6%) 350M (8%) - -
Consumer Services 1 (6%) 30M (1%) - -
Software 1 (6%) 1.3B (28%) - -
Technology Hardware 1 (6%) 52M (1%) - -
Total 17 $4.6B 7 $50M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 13 3.6B 7 50M
  Virginia 3 91M 5 -
  California 5 1.8B 1 -
  Washington 2 1.2B - -
  Georgia 2 419M - -
  Massachusetts 1 135M - -
Austria 1 66M - -
Germany 1 273M - -
South Africa 1 575M - -
United Kingdom 1 12M - -
Domestic 13 (76%) 3.6B (80%) 7 (100%) 50M (100%)
Cross-border 4 (24%) 925M (20%) - -
Total 17 $4.6B 7 $50M

Top M&A Advisors

Legal Deals
Fenwick & West LLP
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 2 $2.5B
$100M to $1B 6 $1.7B
< $100M 9 $343M
TOTAL $4.6B
Largest Signio, Inc.
$1.3B (1999-12-20)
sell # Total
< $100M 1 $50M
TOTAL $50M
Largest Digital Brand Management Services (DBMS) - VeriSign, Inc.
$50M (2008-04-30)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
35%
6 (35%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
14%
1 (14%)
Strategic(s)
86%
6 (86%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Information Technology

Revenue

1,265   3% 2020
1,232   2% 2019
1,215   5% 2018
1,165   3% 2017
1,142   8% 2016
1,059   5% 2015
1,010   5% 2014
965   11% 2013
873   2012
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Employees

900

Established

1995

Public

NASDAQ: VRSN

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