
Investments
26Portfolio Exits
18Partners & Customers
10About Symantec
Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) is a cybersecurity company. It provides organizations, governments, and people with security, backup, and availability solutions. The company offers storage and systems, wireless, wired connectivity optical products, and more products. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Mountain View, California.

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Symantec Investments
26 Investments
Symantec has made 26 investments. Their latest investment was in Credit Sesame as part of their Series F on August 8, 2019.

Symantec Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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8/30/2019 | Series F | Credit Sesame | $26.6M | Yes | 3 | |
9/11/2014 | Series F | Veracode | $40M | No | 13 | |
12/12/2013 | Series D - II | Mocana | $15M | No | 4 | |
8/23/2012 | Series D | |||||
7/11/2012 | Series C |
Date | 8/30/2019 | 9/11/2014 | 12/12/2013 | 8/23/2012 | 7/11/2012 |
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Round | Series F | Series F | Series D - II | Series D | Series C |
Company | Credit Sesame | Veracode | Mocana | ||
Amount | $26.6M | $40M | $15M | ||
New? | Yes | No | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 3 | 13 | 4 |
Symantec Portfolio Exits
18 Portfolio Exits
Symantec has 18 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Mocana on January 13, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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1/13/2022 | Acquired | 5 | |||
1/7/2020 | Divestiture | Symantec - Cyber Security Services | 2 | ||
8/8/2019 | Divestiture | Symantec - Enterprise Business | 8 | ||
Symantec Acquisitions
55 Acquisitions
Symantec acquired 55 companies. Their latest acquisition was Luminate Security on February 12, 2019.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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2/12/2019 | Series A | $14M | Acquired | 3 | ||
11/5/2018 | Series B | $23.25M | Acquired | 3 | ||
11/5/2018 | Series A | $5.02M | Acquired | 2 | ||
11/6/2017 | ||||||
7/11/2017 | Series B |
Date | 2/12/2019 | 11/5/2018 | 11/5/2018 | 11/6/2017 | 7/11/2017 |
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Investment Stage | Series A | Series B | Series A | Series B | |
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | $14M | $23.25M | $5.02M | ||
Note | Acquired | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Sources | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Symantec Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Symantec has 10 strategic partners and customers. Symantec recently partnered with Arrow Electronics on December 12, 2020.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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12/14/2020 | Partner | United States | Arrow Electronics : Secures Commercial Aggregator Agreement with Broadcom for European Regions We are delighted to secure this agreement with Arrow Electronics , as we know that our customers are in safe , expert hands , based on Arrow Electronics 's long-standing collaboration with Symantec , ' said Apay Obang-Oyway , director of EMEA channel and alliances at Broadcom Inc. . | 1 | |
5/4/2020 | Partner | United States | An experienced senior manager in the information technology and services industry , Matthew oversees Ingram Micro Cloud 's strategic relationship with Symantec . | 1 | |
10/2/2019 | Partner | United States | REDWOOD CITY , Calif. and NATIONAL HARBOR , Md. , Oct. 02 , 2019 -- Anomali , a leader in intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions , and Symantec Corp. , the world 's leading cybersecurity company , today announced a strategic partnership to meet global demand for threat intelligence-driven solutions . | 1 | |
9/5/2019 | Licensee | ||||
9/5/2019 | Partner |
Date | 12/14/2020 | 5/4/2020 | 10/2/2019 | 9/5/2019 | 9/5/2019 |
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Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Licensee | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | United States | United States | ||
News Snippet | Arrow Electronics : Secures Commercial Aggregator Agreement with Broadcom for European Regions We are delighted to secure this agreement with Arrow Electronics , as we know that our customers are in safe , expert hands , based on Arrow Electronics 's long-standing collaboration with Symantec , ' said Apay Obang-Oyway , director of EMEA channel and alliances at Broadcom Inc. . | An experienced senior manager in the information technology and services industry , Matthew oversees Ingram Micro Cloud 's strategic relationship with Symantec . | REDWOOD CITY , Calif. and NATIONAL HARBOR , Md. , Oct. 02 , 2019 -- Anomali , a leader in intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions , and Symantec Corp. , the world 's leading cybersecurity company , today announced a strategic partnership to meet global demand for threat intelligence-driven solutions . | ||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Symantec Team
156 Team Members
Symantec has 156 team members, including current President, Senior Vice President, Fredrik Torstensson.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Fredrik Torstensson | OtterBox, Skinit, KYOCERA, OZ Communications, and Ericsson | President, Senior Vice President | Current |
Name | Fredrik Torstensson | ||||
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Work History | OtterBox, Skinit, KYOCERA, OZ Communications, and Ericsson | ||||
Title | President, Senior Vice President | ||||
Status | Current |
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