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Proofpoint Acquires ReturnPath, Email Fraud Protection Division<br />
Acquisition Extends Proofpoint’s Suite Of Business Email Compromise (BEC) Solutions.<br />
Transaction Overview<br />
Return Path’s Email Fraud Protection Overview<br />
Acquires<br />
Messaging Security<br />
Date:<br />
8/24/2016<br />
Total Raised: $126.1M<br />
HQ:<br />
New York, NY<br />
Founded:<br />
1999<br />
CEO:<br />
Matt Blumberg<br />
$18 Million<br />
Consumer Email Fraud Protection<br />
Through a combination of authentication, reputation, and<br />
heuristics checks, Return Path offers complete spear phishing<br />
protection for inbound email threats (domain spoofing and<br />
brand spoofing).<br />
Managed Service<br />
Provide global 24/7 support, strategic project management,<br />
and unparalleled technical expertise<br />
Block<br />
Inbound threats before they<br />
hit your employees<br />
Key Features<br />
Enterprise Email Fraud Protection<br />
Return Path helps you block bad emails spoofing your<br />
domains before they hit customer inboxes and empowers you<br />
to identify and respond to attacks spoofing your brand in<br />
other ways.<br />
DMARC<br />
Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting &<br />
Conformance—DMARC—protocol aims to put an end to<br />
domain-based email threats.<br />
Detect<br />
Inbound threats that make<br />
it into the employee inbox<br />
Remediate<br />
Detected malicious email<br />
Proofpoint Acquisition History Since 2013<br />
Date Announced Target Deal Value ($M) Date Announced Target Deal Value ($M)<br />
11/3/2015 9.0 10/1/2013 23.0<br />
3/2/2015 32.3 8/9/2013 25.0<br />
10/23/2014 34.8 7/25/2013 2.5<br />
5/20/2014 22.8 4/9/2013 4.5<br />
Transaction Summary & Rationale<br />
§ Proofpoint paid $3.8 million at the close of the transaction and will spend the remaining $14.2<br />
million over two years to complete the deal<br />
§ “With our proprietary email threat data and technical expertise at its disposal, Proofpoint will<br />
now be fully equipped to offer the best end-to-end spear phishing solution on the market today.<br />
We are thrilled to partner with Proofpoint going forward and believe that the combined solution<br />
will be stronger for our Email Fraud Protection customers as well as a great home for the<br />
employees in our EFP division.” - Matt Blumberg, Co-Founder & CEO, Return Path<br />
Source: Company press releases and websites, 451 Research.<br />
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