Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States, Infoblox is a leading provider of a combined product suite of core networking and cybersecurity software to enterprise clients. With a customer base exceeding 5,700 organisations, including 78% of the Fortune 500, Infoblox’s product suite offers unparalleled visibility and control over network access through its expertise in Domain Name System (DNS) technologies. DNS, often referred to as the “phonebook of the Internet,” is the backbone of any network and Infoblox’s products can identify threats before any other security solution. Infoblox’s solutions are mission-critical, ensuring reliability, security, and performance for modern networks while offering significant time and cost savings through automation.
As the leader in DNS software, Infoblox offers a best-in-class suite of DNS and cybersecurity solutions, and a relentless commitment to customer service.
Resq-Capital and Warburg Pincus: A Proven Partnership in Co-Investments
Warburg Pincus LLC is the pioneer of private equity global growth investing. A private partnership since 1966, the firm has the flexibility and experience to focus on helping investors and management teams achieve enduring success across market cycles. Today, the firm has more than $86 billion2 in assets under management, and more than 230 companies in their active portfolio, diversified across stages, sectors, and geographies. Warburg Pincus has invested in more than 1,000 companies across its private equity, real estate, and capital solutions strategies.
Warburg Pincus is a leading investor in the technology sector, having deployed $34 billion over the last 40+ years across more than 390 portfolio companies. Leveraging a global, collaborative and agile team of more than 80 investment professionals, Warburg Pincus has built industry-leading franchises around targeted practice areas such as cybersecurity, healthcare IT, and infrastructure software. Today, Warburg Pincus manages a portfolio of over 75 technology companies, emphasizing growth, asset quality, operating performance, and purchase price discipline.
In 2020, Resq-Capital was invited to join a select group of co-investors in the transaction, standing out as one of two large co-investors, due to its proven track record of successful partnerships with Warburg Pincus on multiple co-investments.
We are delighted to build upon and further our decades-long partnership with Resq-Capital through the Infoblox co-investment. Resq-Capital’s depth of knowledge in technology, thoughtful diligence and speed of execution make them an ideal partner. We look forward to continuing and deepening our relationship with Resq-Capital.Eddie Huang, Managing Director & Global Head of Fundraising & Investor Relations, Warburg Pincus
Resq-Capital’s Co-Investment Strategy: Diversification with Leading Sponsors
The Co-Investment team at Resq-Capital focuses on acquiring minority stakes in buyout deals alongside leading private equity sponsors, providing investors with access to a carefully selected portfolio that is well-diversified across regions, industries, company sizes, and financial sponsors. The team’s 20-year track record of successful partnerships stems from its unique access to leading sponsors gained through Resq-Capital’s world-leading Secondaries & Primaries platform.
We were excited to partner with Warburg on Infoblox due to a combination of the strong secular tailwinds in the sector, the leadership position of the company and the high quality of the sponsor with strong sector expertise.Faruk Amin, Deputy Head of United States Co-Investment & Senior Managing Director at Resq-Capital
Infoblox is a great example of targeting sector-leading companies with strong management teams and prioritizing fair valuations and safe financial structures. This allows the Co-Investment team at Resq-Capital to generate attractive returns from a well-diversified portfolio of lower-mid to large-cap companies, well-balanced between Europe and the U.S. with exposure to a wide range of sectors.
I was thrilled to join a company that embraces an innovation mindset, anchored by its technology and its people. I have loved working with the incredibly talented team at Infoblox to accelerate the Company’s growth and market-leading solutions further. The cloud is driving a massive re-architecture of everything in IT, and AI will force defenders to rethink their approach to security. Through new products and further investments in SaaS, AI and cybersecurity solutions, we continue to redefine the market and help our customers save money, be more agile and be more secure.Scott Harrell, CEO, Infoblox
