Mekhala Ganguly

Infoblox Secures Significant Investment from Warburg Pincus Infoblox, a global leading company in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services declared that it has received a considerable amount of investment from a leading global private equity firm, Warburg Pincus, which works on growth investing. Infoblox which was acquired in 2016 by Vista Equity Partners (Vista) which a leading investment firm focusing on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled business, would remain as an investor with Warburg Pincus and Vista equal Partners. The investment received by Infoblox would help him to increase the rate of growth of its main DDI products a strengthening them as well and also invest in the next generation, cloud-native BloxOne platform that eases down networking and security services for hybrid multi-cloud ecosystems across borderless enterprises through the delivery of scalable and flexible services on top of their BloxOne platform. According to Jesper Andersen, the President, and CEO of Infoblox, this advanced enterprise was becoming increasingly dispersed with the number of connected devices growing rapidly leading to complications in modern networks. They were excited to have a two-long term investment partners who shared their vision. Warburg Pincus has invested over $20 billion in technology companies including CrowdStrike, Samsara, Avalara, and many more. One of the firm’s core areas of focus includes supporting the software companies to grow their infrastructure including their recent investment in BetterCloud. The Managing Director and Head of Late-Stage Technology Investing for Warburg Pincus, Chandler Reedy, told that he believed Infoblox held a unique position with a huge opportunity in front of it due to various reasons like the proliferation of devices, shift to cloud, decentralization of enterprise networks, and adoption of modern microservices architectures. The Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Software for Warburg Pincus, Cary Davis, told that the company supplies mission-critical DDI solutions to the greatest and important global corporations across a variety of areas and they look forward to partner with the Infoblox and Vista teams as demand for Infoblox products and services grows further. Recent networks need automated solutions that are flexible, scalable, and are delivered as a service from the cloud. The investment in building this cloud-native architecture positions benefits Infoblox to develop new cloud-managed applications—like its BloxOne DDI and BloxOne Threat Defense solutions faster. Monti Saroya, Co-Head of Vista Flagship Fund and Senior Managing Director of Vista Equity Partners told that every organization is undergoing some digital changes in secure and reliable networking infrastructure assuring efficient and secured transfer of data and access to corporate applications and programs. They were thrilled to partner with Warburg Pincus and work with Jesper and the Infoblox team. About Infoblox Infoblox, a global leading company in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services with over 8,000 customers, including 350 of the Fortune 500 provides of core networking and cybersecurity solutions enabling enterprise IT managers, network operators, security operators, and Chief Information Security Officers to optimize and secure their networks About Warburg Pincus Founded in 1966, Warburg Pincus is a leading global private equity firm, which works on growth investing. For more information please visit www.warburgpincus.com. About Vista Equity Partners It is a leading investment firm focusing on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. Further information is available at vistaequitypartners.com. Follow Vista on LinkedIn @Vista Equity Partners.