Zimperium, Inc. is a privately owned

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company based in the United States and headquartered in

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, Texas. Zimperium provides a mobile security platform purpose-built for enterprise environments.

History

Zimperium, Ltd. was founded in 2010 by its

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and CTO Itzhak Avraham (aka Zuk, ihackbanme). In 2011, Elia Yehuda (z4ziggy), joined as a co-founder. In 2013, the assets of Zimperium, Ltd. were acquired by Zimperium, Inc., and the new company was incorporated in Delaware. In 2014, Zimperium, Inc. released zIPS

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app (Intrusion Prevention System), a smartphone software that uses

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to monitor user habits to detect and prevent possible

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. In 2015, Zimperium, Inc. researched and developed security systems against a group of software bugs that affect a series of Android operating systems called Stagefright (bug). In 2016, the company partnered with

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. The partnership consisted in integration of zIPS by Zimperium for enhancing

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and Android platforms. Zimperium, Inc. has raised over $60M from private investors including

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, SoftBank and

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. The company has partnered with several technology companies including

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, and

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, In July 2021, Zimperium acquired whiteCryption, a provider of application shielding and cryptographic key protection. Zimperium acquired whiteCryption from an investment group led by Intertrust. In March 2022, Zimperium was acquired for approximately $525 million by Liberty Strategic Capital, a private equity firm founded and led by former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin. With this investment, Liberty Strategic Capital acquired a controlling interest in Zimperium and Secretary Mnuchin chaired the company's board of directors. SoftBank Corp., which has been an investor in Zimperium since 2017, continued as a minority investor.

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History

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