Clearwater cybersecurity firm to be acquired for $4.6 billion

KnowBe4 Inc. has accepted an offer made by Austin, Texas-based Vista Equity Partners; the deal is expected to close in the first half of 2023.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 11:26 a.m. October 12, 2022
KnowBe4 Founder, Chairman and CEO Stu Sjouwerman. (Courtesy photo)
KnowBe4 Founder, Chairman and CEO Stu Sjouwerman. (Courtesy photo)
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Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, has reached an agreement to acquire KnowBe4 Inc. (NASDAQ: KNBE), three weeks after making an offer to the fast-growing, Clearwater-based cybersecurity company.

 

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