Audax Private Equity has become the Bloomberg and Cisco-backed threat intelligence software provider’s majority shareholder.

Private equity firm Audax Private Equity has paid an undisclosed amount for a majority stake in Flashpoint, a US-based cybersecurity platform developer backed by media group Bloomberg and networking technology provider Cisco.

Founded in 2012, Flashpoint has built a threat intelligence software tool that enables enterprise users to thwart and mitigate risks online, detecting fraud, corporate security and third-party risks.

The company had raised $34m in debt and equity financing in late 2019, securing $6m in equity funding from…

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Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.