Blue Coat
AcquiredSunnyvale, United States · Founded 1996
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, California
- Employees
- 1001–5000
- Founded
- 1996
- Last Round
- Private EquityJun 2006
- Rounds
- 1
- Acquired by
- SymantecJun 2016
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.
Funding History
Jun 2016
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