Thoma Bravo bought Cambridge-based Sophos for $3.9 billion last year. Thoma already has other security firms in its portfolio, including Imperva, Barracuda Networks and Veracode. In 2019 alone it made three acquisitions of US companies: cloud security startup Avid Secure, endpoint security platform DarkBytes and managed detection and response (MDR) provider Rook Security. The UK cybersecurity M&A and VC market is active and growing, says Jonathan Simnett, director at Hampleton Partners.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3528452/state-of-the-uk-cybersecurity-ma-market.html