Thoma Bravo Acquires Exostar
June 2, 2020
Thoma Bravo has completed a strategic growth investment to acquire Exostar, a provider of secure, cloud-based collaboration and identity access management solutions serving highly regulated industries. The investment will support Exostar's product and cybersecurity capability expansion and help accelerate growth across aerospace & defense, life sciences and healthcare markets.
- Buyers
- Thoma Bravo
- Targets
- Exostar, LLC
- Sellers
- BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Rolls-Royce, Merck
- Industry
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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