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Avast
Cybersecurity company that develops and provides internet security software for various devices and operating systems
At a glance
- Founded
- 1988
- Headquarters
- Prague, Czechia
- Sector
- Cybersecurity
- Power Law
- Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Avast.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Avast employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
SPSpyCloudEst. 2016
David EndlerUnited States
Guy RombautNetherlands
WUWultraEst. 2014
Petr DvorakCzechia
Sinan ErenUnited StatesGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where Avast was the backer or acquirer, 2014–2022. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
8 deals across Avast's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Avast's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Avast on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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