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Email security acquisitions and funding

34 acquisitions of email security vendors since 2020 and 36 funding rounds since 2022 on record. The most active buyers are Hornetsecurity Ltd. (3), Kiteworks (2) and Proofpoint (2). See the email security vendors in the directory.

10acquisitions
$19.0bnpaid in the 3 acquisitions with a disclosed price
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DateDealAmountSource
December 2021Permira acquired MimecastMimecast provides email security and human risk management services for organisations.$5.8bnReportvia SecurityWeek
November 2021Open Text Corporation acquired ZixEmail security company$860mReportvia SecurityWeek
August 2021Check Point acquired AvananProvides cloud email security solutionsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
June 2021Egress Software Technologies Ltd acquired AquilaiUK firm providing email security solutions with anti-phishing technologyUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
May 2021HelpSystems acquired AgariEmail security companyUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
April 2021Thoma Bravo acquired ProofpointProofpoint provides cybersecurity solutions to protect people, data, and AI across email, cloud, and collaboration tools.$12.3bnReportvia SecurityWeek
April 2021Cofense acquired CyberfishEmploys machine learning to stop fake messages and dodgy sitesUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
March 2021Hornetsecurity Ltd. acquired ZerospamGuards email for smaller companies using cloud based toolsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
March 2021Datto acquired BitDamProvides threat detection and protection for email and collaboration toolsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek
February 2021Westcoast acquired Beyond EncryptionProvides email and communication security productsUndisclosedReportvia SecurityWeek

Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Each Report link goes to the announcement or story the source cites, and the via link to the round-up or newsletter issue. Amounts are in US dollars. The category is what the bought or funded company sells.