Who are Blue Coat's investors?

Blue Coat's investors include Symantec, Bain Capital, Thoma Bravo, Francisco Partners.

Where is Blue Coat headquartered?

Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States.

What industry is Blue Coat in?

Blue Coat operates in Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Network Security.

How many employees does Blue Coat have?

Blue Coat has 1001-5000 employees.

Blue Coat

Acquired

Sunnyvale, United States · Founded 1996

Cybersecurity

Infrastructure

Cyber Security

Network Security

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Employees: 1001–5000
Founded: 1996

Last Round: Private EquityJun 2006
Rounds: 1

About

Blue Coat Systems was a US enterprise cybersecurity and networking company providing web security and WAN optimization solutions. Founded in 1996 as CacheFlow and renamed in 2002, its products included secure web gateways, content-aware traffic control, cloud security and WAN-optimization appliances used by enterprises and governments. After private-equity ownership by Thoma Bravo and Bain Capital, Blue Coat was acquired by Symantec in 2016 for about $4.65 billion and later became part of Broadcom's enterprise security business.

Summary

Blue Coat is a Cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, United States, founded in 1996. Its most recent funding was a Private Equity round in Jun 2006. Investors include Symantec, Bain Capital and Thoma Bravo.