In a U-turn, the UK's CMA provisionally agrees to NortonLifeLock's $8B merger with Avast, citing “significant competition” from McAfee and more; Avast jumps 43%
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In a U-turn, the UK's CMA provisionally agrees to the $8B merger between Avast and NortonLifeLock, citing “significant competition” from McAfee and others
Avast shares rise more than 40% after CMA provisionally agrees $8bn merger with US rival
Advent International agrees to take McAfee private in a deal worth $14B, including about $4B in debt
An investor group led by buyout firms Advent International Corp., Permira Advisers and others agreed to take McAfee Corp. private in a deal that values the cybersecurity software maker at more than $1...
Sources: McAfee is in advanced talks to go private in a deal worth over $14B, including $4B in debt, led by private equity firm Advent International
Antoine Gara / Financial Times :
Sources: McAfee is in advanced talks to go private in a deal worth over $14B, including $4B in debt, led by private equity firm Advent International
Buyout would be one of largest this year and mark end of company's brief stint on public markets — Antivirus software company McAfee …
McAfee announces the sale of its enterprise business to private equity firm Symphony Technology Group in an all-cash deal worth $4B
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — McAfee is selling its enterprise cybersecurity unit …
McAfee to acquire Light Point Security, a provider of browser isolation tech used to protect against malicious websites, will integrate tech into its toolkit
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
Sources: private equity firm Thoma Bravo is in early talks to acquire McAfee from TPG and Intel for a “significant premium” on McAfee's 2016 valuation of $4.2B
Alex Sherman / CNBC :
McAfee acquires Canada-based VPN provider TunnelBear, is likely to integrate it into its Safe Connect VPN service
McAfee announced that it has acquired Canada-based virtual private network (VPN) company TunnelBear. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
McAfee acquires cloud security startup Skyhigh Networks, which was last valued at $400M, amid ongoing consolidation in the security industry
After spinning out as a standalone security business from Intel earlier this year, McAfee has made its first acquisition.