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Forcepoint
Safeguards users, data & networks against insider threats and outside attackers
About Forcepoint
Forcepoint is the human-centric cybersecurity company that understands behavior and adapts security response and enforcement to risk. The Forcepoint Human Point platform delivers Risk-Adaptive Protection to continuously ensure trusted use of critical data and systems. Based in Austin, Texas, Forcepoint protects data and identities for thousands of enterprise and government customers in more than 150 countries.
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For more about Forcepoint, visit www.Forcepoint.com and follow us on Twitter at @ForcepointSec.
At a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Austin, United States
- Employees
- 1,675
- Open positions
- 16
- Dealroom signal
- 32.4/100
- Industry
- Security
- Sub-industry
- Cloud & Infrastructure
- Sector
- Intellectual Property, Testing, Cloud Security, Verification, Risk Management, Data Protection, Appliances, Web Security, User Behavior, Cybersecurity
- Client focus
- b2b, b2c
- Investment activity
- 5 companies, latest Mar 2025
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUYOUT✓Exit | Jan 2021 | $0 | — | Francisco Partners | — |
| BUYOUT✓Exit | Apr 2015 | $1.9B | — | RTX | — |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Forcepoint is 230K monthly website visits, down 17.9% over the last three months. Forcepoint's team declined 0.2% over the past year.
Open positions
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Investments and acquisitions
Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.
GetvisibilityCambridge, United StatesWe enable data security at scale through our cutting edge AI. At the endpoint on the network and in the cloud.
$44Mvaluation
BitglassCampbell, United StatesCASB Providing Total Data Protection, Beyond the Firewall
$280Mvaluation
Deep-Secure LtdMalvern, United KingdomDeep Secure | Content Threat Removal
$18Mvaluation
RedOwlBaltimore, United StatesMitigates the insider threat for information security and regulatory surveillance teams
$68Mvaluation
StonesoftHelsinki, FinlandDelivers software based cyber security solutions
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series B and later6 investors entered at this stage
Sequoia
NEA
Greylock Partners
Lexington Partners
RTX
Francisco Partners
Other known investors6 additional known investors
CPP Investments
First In Capital
In-Q-Tel
Javelin Venture Partners
Scout Ventures
Vista Equity Partners
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Global footprint
team presence
Market sentiment
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