Critical Path Overview

  • Founded

  • 1997

Founded
  • Status

  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees

  • 19

Employees
  • Latest Deal Type

  • Buyout/​LBO

  • Financing Rounds

  • 9

  • Investments

  • 14

Critical Path General Information

Description

Developer of a messaging platform designed to communicate, connect, share, and organize while providing industry-leading safety and assurance. The company's application allows users to communicate, connect, share, and organize their online experience.

Contact Information

Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Primary Industry
Communication Software
Other Industries
Business/Productivity Software
Acquirer
Openwave Messaging
Primary Office
  • 2655 Campus Drive
  • Suite 250
  • San Mateo, CA 94403
  • United States

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Critical Path Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Critical Path Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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San Mateo, CA
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Critical Path Competitors (2)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Arkadin Cloud Communications Formerly PE-Backed Paris, France 000 000.00 000000&0 000.00
00000000 Formerly VC-backed La Jolla, CA 000 000.00 000000&0 000.00
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Critical Path Patents

  • 48

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 6

    Granted

  • 1

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Critical Path Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20130346537-A1 Storage optimization technology Abandoned 18-Jun-2012 00000000000 00
US-20080201360-A1 Locating persistent objects in a network of servers Abandoned 15-Feb-2007 000000000 00
EP-1845461-A1 Fast file attribute search Withdrawn 14-Apr-2006 0000000000 0
JP-4825719-B2 Fast file attribute search Expired - Fee Related 14-Apr-2006 0000000000
JP-2007287147-A Fast file attribute search Granted 14-Apr-2006 G06F16/148 0
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Critical Path Executive Team (11)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Wayne de Geere III Co-Founder
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Critical Path Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Critical Path Former Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Critical Path Investments & Acquisitions (14)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
000000 000000 24-Feb-2012 0000000000 Application Software
000000000 000 08-Nov-2010 0000000000 Communication Software 0000 0000
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000000000 08-Aug-2000 0000000000 00000 Business/Productivity Software
Autonomy Zantaz 25-Jul-2000 Early Stage VC 0000 Media and Information Services (B2B)
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Critical Path Subsidiaries (1)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
000000 00000000000 Media and Information Services (B2B) San Jose, CA 0000
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Critical Path Exits (4)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
00000000 000000 25-Jul-2000 00000 00000 00 0000 Completed
  • 13 buyers
00000000 000000000 24-Jul-2000 00 000000000000000 0000 Completed
  • 8 buyers
000000 29-Jun-2000 00000 00000 00 000.00 Completed
  • 2 buyers
Autonomy Zantaz 19-Oct-1999 Early Stage VC 000.00 Completed
  • 7 buyers
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