Brightmail was an e-mail filtering company in the United States. It was acquired by Symantec on May 19, 2004 for $370 million in cash.[1] The company was founded in 1998 (as "Brightlight") by Sunil Paul, and raised $55M in three rounds of venture capital led by Accel, TCV, and Symantec. The CEO at the time of acquisition was Enrique Salem, who later went on to become the CEO of Symantec, Inc before being deposed in 2012. [2] Brightmail's main focus is anti-spam products. The Brightmail name continued to be used by Symantec, and "Powered by Brightmail," until 2011 when most products were renamed or deprecated and known as Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG).
View Top Employees from Brightmail, Inc.| Website | http://www.brightmail.com |
| Revenue | $52 million |
| Employees | View employees |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Address | 301 Howard St. Ste. 1800, San Francisco, California 94105, US |
| Phone | (415) 905-5595 |
| Industry | Technology, Information and Internet, Manufacturing, Application Software, Software, Software Development & Design, Computer Equipment & Peripherals, Network Security Hardware & Software |
| SIC | SIC Code 737 Companies, SIC Code 73 Companies |
| NAICS | NAICS Code 5182 Companies, NAICS Code 518 Companies, NAICS Code 51 Companies |
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The Brightmail, Inc. annual revenue was $52 million in 2024.
Brightmail, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California.
The NAICS codes for Brightmail, Inc. are [5182, 518, 51].
The SIC codes for Brightmail, Inc. are [737, 73].
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