Thoma Bravo, wani kamfani mai zaman kansa na Amurka wanda aka sani da sayayya mai tsauri, ya sake yin wani babban yunkuri a kasuwa. A yau, sun bayyana yarjejeniyar su don siyan UK Cybersecurity Darktrace na dala biliyan 5.32 a tsabar kudi. Thoma Bravo yana da niyyar yin amfani da ƙwarewar sa a cikin software don haɓaka haɓakar Darktrace, wanda ke ƙidayar Mike Lynch a cikin masu mara masa baya.

Wannan matakin ya biyo bayan Thoma Bravo na kwanan nan Farashin SailPoint, wani kamfanin tsaro na yanar gizo, na dala biliyan 6.9, da Anaplan, wani kamfanin sarrafa kayan masarufi, akan dala biliyan 10.7 a watan Maris.

A matsayin wani ɓangare na yarjejeniyar, Thoma Bravo zai biya $7.75 kowace kaso, wanda ke wakiltar ƙimar 44% akan matsakaicin farashin hannun jari na Darktrace na watanni uku da suka gabata. Kamfanin Darktrace, wanda ya ninka sau biyu a shekarar da ta gabata, ya karu da kashi 18% zuwa 608 pence biyo bayan sanarwar, Reuters ruwaito.

Andrew Almeida, abokin tarayya a Thoma Bravo, ya jaddada matsayin Darktrace a sahun gaba na tsaro ta yanar gizo. Ya ce, "Thoma Bravo ya kwashe sama da shekaru 20 yana saka hannun jari na musamman kan manhaja, kuma za mu yi amfani da dandalinmu, da kwarewar aiki, da kuma kwarewar fasahar Intanet don tallafawa ci gaban Darktrace."

A farkon Afrilu, Duhun duhu ya sake duba hasashen sa sama a karo na uku a wannan shekara, yana mai yin nuni da karuwar bukatu a cikin karuwar barazanar hare-hare na zamani.

Mun riga mun rufe Darktrace a cikin 2021 lokacin da kamfanin ya yi muhawara kan IPO na London, yana kimanta shi akan dala biliyan 2.4. Duk da kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƴan wasa a cikin jerin kwanan nan a London, hannun jarin Darktrace bai ci gaba da tafiya tare da takwarorinsa na Amurka ba, wani ɓangare saboda damuwar da ke tattare da Lynch. A yanzu dai Lynch na fuskantar tuhumar zamba a Amurka dangane da tsohon kamfaninsa na Autonomy, wanda ya musanta.

Harvey Robinson, wani manazarci a Panmure Gordon, ya lura cewa farashin hannun jari na yanzu baya nuna yuwuwar haɗin kai kuma yana iya jawo sha'awa daga mai siye kamar Palo Alto. A baya Thoma Bravo ya tuntubi Darktrace a cikin 2022, amma tattaunawa ba ta kai ga tayin ba.

A cewar wata sanarwa, kwamitin Darktrace ya yi watsi da tayin da Thoma Bravo ya yi a baya kafin amincewa da yarjejeniyar. Hukumar ta yi imanin cewa hannun jarin kamfanin ba shi da daraja kuma cewa tayin kuɗi ya ba da tabbaci ga masu zuba jari.

A watan Agusta 2023, Thoma Bravo ya sami asali da kamfanin sarrafa software ForgeRock na dala biliyan 2.3 a cikin ma'amalar tsabar kuɗi. Sayen ya ƙunshi haɗin gwiwa tare da Ping Identity, wani kamfani na tsaro ta yanar gizo wanda Thoma Bravo ya samu a shekarar da ta gabata akan dala biliyan 2.4.

An kafa Darktrace a cikin 2013 ta Poppy Gustafsson, Dave Palmer, Emily Orton, Jack Stockdale, da Nicole Eagan tare da goyan bayan ɗan kasuwa Mike Lynch. Darktrace yana amfani da basirar ɗan adam don ganowa da rage barazanar tsaro ta yanar gizo a cikin cibiyoyin sadarwar IT.

Wadanda suka kafa kamfanin, wadanda Lynch ke marawa baya, sun hada gungun kwararrun masana ilmin lissafi da ƙwararrun AI daga Jami'ar Cambridge don fara sabbin aikace-aikacen AI, gami da tsarin koyo da kai.

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• Source: https://techstartups.com/2024/04/26/us-private-equity-firm-thoma-bravo-to-acquire-uk-cybersecurity-company-darktrace-for-5-3-billion-in-cash/