Israeli-Founded Cybersecurity Firm Wandera Acquired For $400M

Wandera, a cloud security company founded in London by Israeli brothers Roy and Elda Tuvey,, has been acquired by US software company Jamf, a company that develops Apple Enterprise Management solutions, the companies announced this week.

Bessemer Venture Partners and 83North are some of the venture capital firms that have invested in Wandera. Jamf is traded on the NASDAQ and has a market cap of $3.7 billion.

Founded in 2012, Wandera is a leader in zero-trust cloud security and access for mobile devices. The privately held company develops unified cloud security solutions for corporations with mobile workforces, helping protect corporate data, applications, users, and devices. The company has offices in London, San Francisco, and Czech Republic and has raised a total amount of $53.5 million to date.

As an Apple-first provider of unified cloud security, Wandera expands Jamf’s security offering for the enterprise. Wandera has added Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), mobile, threat defense, and data policy features to build on Jamf’s existing capabilities and ensure mobile workers can simply and safely access the network resources they need, according an announcement from the companies. Th

This acquisition uniquely positions Jamf to help IT and security teams protect the devices, data and applications used by a mobile workforce, while extending the intended Apple experience through the most robust and scalable Apple Enterprise Management platform in the market.

“In order to lead Apple Enterprise Management and best serve the growing number of organizations using Apple at work, Jamf needs to fill the gap between what users want and what the enterprise requires,” said Dean Hager, CEO of, Jamf. “The combination of Wandera and Jamf will provide our customers a single source platform that handles deployment, Application Lifecycle Management, policies, filtering, and security capabilities across all Apple devices while delivering Zero Trust Network Access for all mobile workers.”

“Jamf and Wandera are able to take advantage of the immense market opportunity to shape the future of the zero trust cloud. We are thrilled to be joining forces with the leader in Apple Enterprise Management,” adds Eldar Tuvey, CEO and co-founder of Wandera. “We founded Wandera to make security simple in a zero trust world. By combining with Jamf, we can offer our customers a truly integrated access and security platform, with exceptional ease of use, speed, scalability and reliability. Together, we accelerate our customers’ ability to seamlessly and securely keep their employees connected, no matter where they are.”

The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of fiscal year 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including required U.S. regulatory approvals. Until close, the companies will continue to operate independently.

Jamf intends to finance the acquisition with a combination of cash on hand and debt financing.

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