Fortinet
IPOThe cybersecurity platform for the AI era
Public · Sunnyvale, United States · Founded 2000
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, California
- Employees
- 10001+
- Founded
- 2000
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- fortinet.com
- Last Round
- Series DAug 2003
- Rounds
- 2
- Type
- Public
About
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is an American publicly traded cybersecurity company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2000 by brothers Ken Xie and Michael Xie. The company develops and sells its Security Fabric platform — an integrated suite of network security products including the FortiGate next-generation firewall, FortiSIEM, FortiEDR endpoint detection, FortiClient, FortiSwitch, and FortiAP wireless access points. Fortinet uses proprietary application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology to deliver high-performance security at scale. The company went public on NASDAQ in November 2009, and as of 2024 generates approximately $5.96 billion in annual revenue with 14,138 employees worldwide. Fortinet serves enterprises, service providers, and government entities across network security, cloud security, SD-WAN, and OT/IoT security segments, and founded the Cyber Threat Alliance alongside Palo Alto Networks.
Summary
Fortinet is a Cybersecurity company based in Sunnyvale, United States, founded in 2000. Its most recent funding was a Series D round in Aug 2003. Investors include Redpoint Ventures, DEFTA Partners and Meritech Capital Partners.
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