Proofpoint
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 Proofpoint Headquarters, located in Sunnyvale, California | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq: PFPT | |
| Industry | Security software |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Eric Hahn |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | Offices worldwide: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States (California, Colorado, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia)[1] |
Key people | Sumit Dhawan (CEO) Marcel DePaolis (CTO) Rémi Thomas (CFO) |
| Products | Identity threat defense Email filtering Email privacy Email encryption Email archiving Anti-spam techniques Electronic discovery Data loss prevention software |
| Revenue |  US$1.050 billion (2020)[2] |
| –US$95.196 million (2020)[2] | |
 –US$163.809 million (2020)[2] | |
| Total assets | US$2.498 billion (2020)[2] |
| Total equity | US$441.744 million (2020)[2] |
| Owner | Thoma Bravo |
Number of employees | 3,658 (2020)[2] |
Proofpoint, Inc. is an American enterprise cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, California that provides software as a service and products for email security, identity threat defense, data loss prevention, electronic discovery, and email archiving.
In 2021, Proofpoint was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $12.3 billion.[3]
History
[edit]The company was founded in July 2002 by Eric Hahn, formerly the CTO of Netscape Communications. It launched July 21, 2003, after raising a $7 million Series A funding round, an additional $9 million in Series B funding led by New York-based RRE Ventures was announced in October, 2003.[4]
The company released the Proofpoint Protection Server (PPS) for medium and large businesses.
Proofpoint became a publicly traded company in April 2012. At the time of its initial public offering (IPO), the company's shares traded at $13 apiece; investors purchased more than 6.3 million shares through the IPO, raising more than $80 million.[5]
On April 26, 2021, Proofpoint announced that it had agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Office Locations". Proofpoint. August 30, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Proofpoint, Inc. 2020 Annual Report" (PDF). Proofpoint.com. December 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Proofpoint" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. August 31, 2021.
- ^ Proofpoint adds funding, San Jose Business Journal, Oct 14, 2003.
- ^ "Proofpoint and Infoblox Rise on Debuts". The New York Times. April 20, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ "Proofpoint Agreed To Be Acquired By Thoma Bravo". April 26, 2021.