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NetScreen Technologies

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ASIC-based firewall and VPN security appliances.

Sunnyvale, United StatesFounded 1997Cybersecurity

At a glance

Founded
1997
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, United States
Listing
IPO 2001
Sector
Cybersecurity
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

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Investors

13 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Series A13 investors entered at this stage

Talent

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Employees mapped 9,551 incl. 46 AI specialists
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 19 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia 12 alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

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Alumni founders

5 of 12 startups shown

Former NetScreen Technologies employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

Palo Alto NetworksEst. 2005
Nir ZukUnited States
Signal score97
FortinetEst. 2000
Michael XieUnited States
Signal score81
StackGuardianEst. 2022
KDKarl DriesenBelgium
Signal score80
SapientAIEst. 2023
Shrikant LatkarUnited States
Signal score68
Aerohive NetworksEst. 2006
Changming LiuUnited States
Signal score68
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
🇺🇸 United States · Sunnyvale HQ
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Web traffic by country
930K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States26.5%
🇮🇳 India16.1%
🇻🇳 Vietnam3.1%
🇯🇵 Japan2.8%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom2.6%
Top 5 markets shown

Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where NetScreen Technologies was the backer or acquirer, 2004–2022. 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.

Portfolio analysis

3 deals across NetScreen Technologies's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        NetScreen Technologies's portfolio, mapped.

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        3 of 3 deals

        Market sentiment

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