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Exostar
Secure collaboration platform for regulated industries
About Exostar
Exostar provides a secure business collaboration platform tailored for highly regulated industries such as aerospace and defense, life sciences, and healthcare. Founded in 2000 by major defense contractors including Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin, the company was established to address common, complex security and collaboration challenges within the Defense Industrial Base. Over the years, Exostar has expanded its services to become a key provider of identity and access management (IAM) and supply chain management solutions. In September 2023, the company was acquired by Arlington Capital Partners.
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The company's core business revolves around its cloud-based platform, which enables secure collaboration, information sharing, and risk management across complex partner and supplier ecosystems. Its business model is primarily subscription-based, with fees determined by the level of usage, including the number of transactions and purchase order value processed through the platform. Exostar serves a global client base, with over 200,000 organizations in 175 countries using its platform. Clients range from large prime contractors and pharmaceutical companies to their extensive networks of suppliers and clinical research sites.
Exostar’s product suite includes solutions for identity and access management, supply chain collaboration, and compliance management. Key products like 'Access: One' provide a centralized IAM platform for managing internal and external user access with features like single sign-on and automated provisioning. For the aerospace and defense sector, the 'Managed Access Gateway (MAG)' facilitates trusted collaboration, while the 'CMMC Ready Suite' helps contractors meet Department of Defense cybersecurity requirements. In life sciences, Exostar's solutions accelerate clinical trials by simplifying secure access for research partners and ensuring GxP compliance. For healthcare, products like 'ProviderPass' enable DEA-compliant electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
At a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- Herndon, United States
- Employees
- 273
- Open positions
- 8
- Dealroom signal
- 70.5/100
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Sector
- Aviation, Information Technology, Aerospace, Supply Chain Management, Risk Management, Collaboration, Security, Sharing Economy, Aviation and Aerospace
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 3 companies, latest Dec 2024
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
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| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUYOUT✓Exit | Sep 2023 | $0 | — | Arlington Capital Partners | ↗ |
| BUYOUT✓Exit | Jun 2020 | $0 | — | Thoma Bravo | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Exostar is 260K monthly website visits, up 23.8% over the last three months. Exostar's team grew 3% over the past year.
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Investors
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Series B and later2 investors entered at this stage
Thoma Bravo
Arlington Capital Partners
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