ForeScout Technologies Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2000

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 1,217

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Debt Refin.

  • Financing Rounds
  • 17

  • Investments
  • 4

ForeScout Technologies General Information

Description

Developer of network access control and policy compliance management platform designed to integrate network security, mobility, and information technology (IT) management. The company's platform actively defends the enterprise of things by identifying, segmenting, and enforcing compliance of every connected thing with a product line that includes counteracting, extended modules, enterprise manager, and the Internet of things (IoT), enabling organizations across healthcare, financial services, power and utility industries to accurately classify risk, detect anomalies and quickly remediate cyberthreats without disruption of critical business assets.

Contact Information

Website
www.forescout.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 300 Santana Row
  • Suite 400
  • San Jose, CA 95128
  • United States
+1 (866)
Primary Industry
Network Management Software
Other Industries
Systems and Information Management
Vertical(s)
Cybersecurity, SaaS
Corporate Office
  • 300 Santana Row
  • Suite 400
  • San Jose, CA 95128
  • United States
+1 (866)

ForeScout Technologies Timeline

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ForeScout Technologies Valuation & Funding

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ForeScout Technologies Comparisons

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Developer of network access control and policy compliance management platform designed to integrate network security, mo
Network Management Software
San Jose, CA
1,217 As of 2019

Vancouver, Canada
 

Foster City, CA
 
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ForeScout Technologies Competitors (67)

One of ForeScout Technologies’s 67 competitors is Absolute Security (Network Management Software), a Private Equity-Backed company based in Vancouver, Canada.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Absolute Security (Network Management Software) Private Equity-Backed Vancouver, Canada
Exabeam Private Equity-Backed Foster City, CA
Securonix Venture Capital-Backed Addison, TX
Qualys Formerly VC-backed Foster City, CA
Proofpoint Private Equity-Backed Sunnyvale, CA
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ForeScout Technologies Patents

  • 311

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 238

    Granted

  • 66

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

ForeScout Technologies Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20250150476-A1 Artificial intelligence (ai) driven classifier using defined taxonomy framework Pending 26-Aug-2024
US-12074895-B1 Artificial intelligence (ai) driven classifier using defined taxonomy framework Active 02-Nov-2023
US-12010210-B1 Determining cryptographic quantum-safety for network assets Active 20-Sep-2023
US-20250097010-A1 Determining cryptographic quantum-safety for network assets Pending 20-Sep-2023
EP-4529093-A1 Determining cryptographic quantum-safety for network assets Pending 20-Sep-2023 H04L9/06
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ForeScout Technologies Investors

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ForeScout Technologies Investments & Acquisitions (4)

ForeScout Technologies’s most recent deal was a Buyout/LBO with Cysiv. The deal was made on 01-Jul-2022.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Cysiv 01-Jul-2022 Buyout/LBO Network Management Software
CyberMDX 01-Feb-2022 Buyout/LBO Network Management Software
Dojo-Labs (Israel) 06-Nov-2019 Merger/Acquisition Network Management Software
SecurityMatters 08-Nov-2018 Merger/Acquisition Network Management Software
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ForeScout Technologies FAQs

  • When was ForeScout Technologies founded?

    ForeScout Technologies was founded in 2000.

  • Where is ForeScout Technologies headquartered?

    ForeScout Technologies is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

  • What is the size of ForeScout Technologies?

    ForeScout Technologies has 1,217 total employees.

  • What industry is ForeScout Technologies in?

    ForeScout Technologies’s primary industry is Network Management Software.

  • Is ForeScout Technologies a private or public company?

    ForeScout Technologies is a Private company.

  • What is ForeScout Technologies’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for ForeScout Technologies is .

  • How much funding has ForeScout Technologies raised over time?

    ForeScout Technologies has raised $310M.

  • Who are ForeScout Technologies’s investors?

    Advent International and Crosspoint Capital Partners have invested in ForeScout Technologies.

  • Who are ForeScout Technologies’s competitors?

    Absolute Security (Network Management Software), Exabeam, Securonix, Qualys, and Proofpoint are some of the 67 competitors of ForeScout Technologies.

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