ESET
Company

Last deal

Amount

Private Equity

Stage

09.11.2017

Date

1

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date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
ESET develops security software solutions to protect against computer security threats.

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founded date

01.01.1987

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Private Equity

IPO status

Private

Description

The company offers a range of integrated security solutions for home users and corporate customers, including anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, and personal firewall software. They also provide security solutions for Mac, Android, and company endpoints. With over a billion users worldwide, ESET's award-winning IT security software and services are trusted in over 200 countries and territories.
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Financials

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Number of Funding Rounds

Their latest funding was raised on 09.11.2017. Their latest investor Convergence Partners. Their latest round Private Equity

Date 
Funding Round 
Investors 
Money Raised 
Lead 
Convergence Partners

Convergence Partners

Convergence Partners is a private equity firm that invests in technology and digital infrastructure opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

Financial Services, Telecommunications, Venture Capital

Location

Johannesburg, South Africa

total rounds

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total raised

$38.62M

count Of Investments

36

count Of Exists

6
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1
1

Number of lead investors

1

Number of investors

Investor 
Lead 
Round 
Partners 
Yes
Private Equity
Convergence Partners

Convergence Partners

Convergence Partners is a private equity firm that invests in technology and digital infrastructure opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Asset Managers and Custodians

Keywords

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Johannesburg, South Africa

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2

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Acquisitions
1
Acquiree Name 
Date 
Price 
Acquisition Name 
24.09.2015
DESlock acquired by ESET

DESlock acquired by ESET

acquirer

ESET
ESET

date

24.09.2015

type

Acquisition
DESlock

DESlock

DESlock is a developer of encryption technologies that offers software to protect against data breaches and leakage.

Sector

Software and Computer Services

Subsector

Software

Keywords

Software, Information Technology, Network Security

Location

Taunton, UK

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1

total raised

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People

Founders
2

Peter Paško

current job

ESET
ESET

organization founded

1

Peter Paško

Miroslav Trnka
Miroslav Trnka

Miroslav Trnka

Miroslav Trnka, born in Trnava in 1961, graduated from the Slovak Technical University in Trnava. He has been involved in the development of the NOD antivirus system since 1987, and co-authored its first version. In 1992 he founded ESET, spol. s r.o. with his partners, where he currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer Officer. Recalling his beginnings in the antivirus software business, Miroslav Trnka says: “We did not want to create virus protection software just for ourselves. Together with Peter Paško, we wanted to give people something that would solve their virus problems also. At that time, two years before the ‘velvet revolution’, we had no intention of launching the software commercially. Since there was a very popular TV series at that time called ‘Nemocnica na okraji mesta’ (Hospital on the Outskirts of the City), we decided to call our software ‘Nemocnica na Okraji Disku – NOD’ (Hospital on the Outskirts of the Disk).” He has been selected as the "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young in 2006, in the first edition of this award in Slovakia. CRN Magazine included him as one of the 25 Most Innovative Executives of 2010.

current job

ESET
ESET

count Of Investments

3

Miroslav Trnka

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Pawel Kowalik

Pawel Kowalik

Channel Sales Director DACH

Cameron Tousley

Cameron Tousley

National Partner Account Manager, MSP

Jean-Ian Boutin

Jean-Ian Boutin

Head of Threat Research

Thorsten Urbanski

Thorsten Urbanski

Head Of Communications and Public Relations - Germany - Austria - Switzerland

Ignacio Sbampato

Ignacio Sbampato

Chief Business Officer

Eugene Rodionov

Eugene Rodionov

Senior Specialized Software Engineer

Filip Mazan

Filip Mazan

Software Engineer

Anton Cherepanov

Anton Cherepanov

Malware Researcher

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