When was NetScout founded?

NetScout was founded in 1985 and raised its 1st funding round 11 years after it was founded.

Where is NetScout located?

NetScout is headquartered in Westford, United States.

Who is the current CEO of NetScout?

Anil Singhal and Colin Doherty s of NetScout.

How many employees does NetScout have?

As of Mar 31, 2023, the latest employee count at NetScout is 2355.

Is NetScout a funded company?

NetScout is a funded company, having raised a total of $6M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Feb 1996.

When was the latest funding round of NetScout?

NetScout's latest funding was a $***** Conventional Debt round on Feb 14, 2018, with participation from 0 investor.

What is the annual revenue of NetScout?

Annual revenue of NetScout is $823M as on Mar 31, 2025.

Where does NetScout rank among its competitors?

NetScout ranks 11th amongst 2358 active competitors, of which 107 are funded. It stands 9th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Infinera, which secured $14M in Nov, 2023.

Who are the top competitors of NetScout?

NetScout's top competitors include Datadog, Comviva and Cisco. Among them, Infinera secured the most recent funding round in November, 2023.

NetScout - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Provider of network performance, observability, cybersecurity, and DDoS solutions. The company offers solutions for enterprises and communication service providers. These solutions include network performance management, application performance management, and remote site observability. It also provides cybersecurity solutions such as network detection and response, and DDoS protection. The company delivers AIOps solutions for enterprises and communication service providers.

Website: www.netscout.com/
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

1985

Location

Westford, United States

Stage

Public

Total Funding

$6M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Conventional Debt, Feb 14, 2018, $*****

Investors

Silver Lake & 5 more

Ranked

11^th among 2358 active competitors

Annual Revenue

$823M as on Mar 31, 2025

Employee Count

2,355 as on Mar 31, 2023

Investment & Acquisitions

Eastwind & 10 more

Similar Companies

Datadog & 2196 more

Exit Details

Public

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NetScout is associated with 8 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72900PN2000PTC015556 , India, Active	Nov 21, 2000	$4.82M (As on Mar 31, 2024)	-
Vss Monitoring, Inc. CIN: 1499469 , United States, Active		$5M - $25M (As on Aug 26, 2010)	-	-
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS SOFTWARE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72300KA2004PTC033836 , India, Active	Apr 27, 2004	$5.45M (As on Mar 31, 2024)	69 (As on Feb 29, 2024)
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U74999MH2012FTC230909 , India, Active	May 11, 2012	$4.7M (As on Mar 31, 2025)	-
Netscout Systems Texas, Llc CIN: 12015748366 , United States, Active	Feb 04, 2005	-	-	-
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS,INC. CIN: T08UF0510C , Singapore, Active	Oct 08, 2008	-	-
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC CIN: 1078075 , United States, Active	Apr 20, 1993	$823M (As on Mar 31, 2025)	2355 (As on Mar 31, 2023)	-
Netscout Systems, Inc CIN: 04-2837575 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1984	-	2331 (As on Mar 31, 2022)	-

NetScout got listed on Aug 12, 1999.

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NetScout has raised a total funding of $6M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Feb 1996. NetScout has 6 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of NetScout:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Feb 14, 2018	1577631	Conventional Debt	7091421	1369406	2542318	6507267
Feb 1996	6448841	Series A	3417261	9579761	5914208	Greylock Partners

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The founders of NetScout is Anil Singhal. Colin Doherty is the CEO of NetScout.

Here are the details of NetScout's key team members:

Anil Singhal: Co-Founder & CEO of NetScout.
Colin Doherty: CEO of NetScout.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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NetScout's employee count trend

NetScout has 2,355 employees as of Mar 23. The total employee count is 1.0% more than what it was in Mar 22. Here is NetScout's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of NetScout include Datadog, Comviva and Cisco. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of NetScout, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Datadog 2010, New York City (United States), Public	Provider of integrated platform for monitoring, security, and observability services	$147M	Index Ventures, OpenView & 19 others	80/100
2nd	Comviva 1999, Gurugram (India), Acquired	Developer of platforms for digital payments, marketing, and business operations	$13.5M	Sequoia Capital, Cisco & 27 others	77/100
3rd	Cisco 1984, San Jose (United States), Public	Provider of AI infrastructure, secure networking, and software solutions	$2.5M	Western Technology Investment, Greyrock Investments ... & 27 others	77/100
4th	VeriSign 1995, Mountain View (United States), Public	Attack traffic analysis and management based DDoS protection	-	Western Technology Investment, ValueAct Capital ... & 11 others	75/100
5th	Quest Software 1987, Aliso Viejo (United States), Acquired	Provider of data management, cybersecurity, and platform modernization solutions for enterprises	$11.5M	Fisher Lynch Capital, Insight Partners & 3 others	74/100
6th	Kaseya 2000, Waltham (United States), Acquired	Cloud based platform offering IT infrastructure monitoring software	$754M	Insight Partners, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund ... & 6 others	74/100
7th	Auvik 2011, Waterloo (Canada), Acquired	Cloud based network monitoring and management solutions	$33.4M	OpenView, Rho Canada Partners & 5 others	71/100
8th	Infinera 2000, Sunnyvale (United States), Acquired	Provider of networking, infrastructure, and communications solutions across various industries	$235M	Worldview Technology Partners, Icon Ventures ... & 18 others	71/100
9th	Micro Focus 1976, Newbury (United Kingdom), Acquired	Cloud based platform offering IT infrastructure monitoring solutions	$141M	JMI Management, Elliott Management & 11 others	69/100
10th	Blue Planet 2000, Hanover (United States), Acquired	Developer of cloud-native software for network automation and orchestration solutions	$97.6M	TDF Ventures, Meritech & 6 others	69/100
11th	NetScout 1985, Westford (United States), Public	Provider of network performance, observability, cybersecurity, and DDoS solutions	$6M	Silver Lake, Greylock & 4 others	68/100

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NetScout has not made any investments yet. NetScout has made 11 acquisitions.

Here is the list of latest three $acquisitions:

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Apr 03, 2019	Acquisition	Eastwind	2014	Salt Lake City (United States)
Jul 2017	Acquisition	Efflux Analytics	2014	Maryland (Nigeria)
Dec 20, 2016	Acquisition	Avvasi	2008	Waterloo (Canada)