Type | Public |
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ISIN | INE306L01010 |
Industry | Computer software |
Founded | 1993 |
Founder |
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Headquarters | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kailash Katkar (MD & CEO) |
Products | Cybersecurity software |
Services | Computer security |
Revenue | ₹ 361 crore (US$45 million) (2022) [1] |
₹83.19 crore (US$10 million) (2022) [1] | |
Number of employees | 986 (2022) [1] |
Website | quickheal.com |
Quick Heal Technologies, (known as Quick Heal) is an Indian multinational cybersecurity software company, headquartered in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The company was formerly known as CAT Computer Services (P) Ltd. and was started as a computer service centre in 1995. The company was renamed as Quick Heal Technologies Pvt. Ltd. in 2007. [2]
The company develops security software for consumers, servers, cloud computing environments and small and medium enterprises and sells products directly to customers or through its partner channel. [3] Its enterprise product offerings operate under the brand name Seqrite. [4] The companies products are regularly tested with features and abilities compared against other similar products. [5] [6] [7]
Quick Heal was founded in 1993, as "CAT Computer Services (P) Ltd" by Kailash Katkar and Sanjay Katkar and renamed in 2007. Quick Heal Technologies Ltd is listed on BSE [8] and NSE. [9]
In 2010, Quick Heal received an investment of ₹60 Crores from Sequoia Capital [10] And new branch offices were opened in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. In 2012, offices were opened in Japan and US, and in 2013, offices were opened in Africa and UAE.
In 2016, Quick Heal Technologies acquired an IT security firm Junco Technologies to launch Seqrite Services. [11]
In 2016, Quick Heal Technologies launched its IPO which valued the company at a market value of ₹1,500 crores. [12]
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