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MessageLabs, now part of Symantec and known as Symantec.cloud, was founded in 1999 with a single purpose — to find a better way to stop the new breed of viruses that were harnessing the power of Internet to spread rapidly and causing huge disruption to the business world. Traditional anti-virus software was designed in a pre-Internet age. Reactive

in nature it was proving to be ineffective at stopping this new breed of viruses.

Every threat should be stopped long before it reaches you. MessageLabs was the first company in the world to introduce anti-virus as a service rather than software, delivered within the fabric of the Internet, that was able to stop threats long before they reached their intended targets, could learn from the huge volumes of messages being processed and was able to draw on far greater resources than would be possible within a single organization. The result was a truly revolutionary anti-virus service that gained worldwide recognition for stopping and naming the Lovebug virus hours before any other vendor heralding a new era in the industry.

MessageLabs has built on this successful model and extended our vision to provide complete certainty in the exchange of all business information, regardless of protocol, device or location. The company continues to innovate as messaging evolves — now with some 19 patents granted or pending.

Lists Featuring This Company

United Kingdom Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue (Top 10K)
9,858 Number of Organizations • $382.7B Total Funding Amount • 26,234 Number of Investors
Information Technology Acquired Companies (Top 10K)
9,914 Number of Organizations • $203.9B Total Funding Amount • 10,881 Number of Investors
Security Acquired Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees
1,377 Number of Organizations • $12.5B Total Funding Amount • 2,235 Number of Investors
Information Technology Acquired Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue
5,830 Number of Organizations • $190.1B Total Funding Amount • 8,223 Number of Investors

M&A Details

MessageLabs was acquired by NortonLifeLock for $695M on Oct 9, 2008. This deal was done in Cash.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is MessageLabs's headquarters? MessageLabs is located in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.Who invested in MessageLabs? MessageLabs is funded by Bonfire Ventures.When was the last funding round for MessageLabs? MessageLabs closed its last funding round on Jan 1, 2008 from a Seed round.Who are MessageLabs's competitors? Alternatives and possible competitors to MessageLabs may include ON2IT, Obrela Security Industries, and SMX.