When was Nexthink founded?

Nexthink was founded in 2004 and raised its 1st funding round 3 years after it was founded.

Where is Nexthink located?

Nexthink is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

How many employees does Nexthink have?

As of Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Nexthink is 1209.

Is Nexthink a funded company?

Nexthink is a funded company, having raised a total of $336M across 7 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $4.91M Series A round, raised on Mar 07, 2007.

How much is Nexthink worth?

The last known valuation of Nexthink was $1.1B as of Feb 08, 2021.

When was the latest funding round of Nexthink?

Nexthink's latest funding was a Series D round on 2021, with participation from 1 investor.

Is Nexthink a IT Operations company?

The primary sector of Nexthink is IT Operations.

Where does Nexthink rank among its competitors?

Nexthink ranks 1st amongst 20 active competitors, of which 3 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Mozark, which secured $40M in Mar, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Nexthink?

Nexthink's top competitors include Mozark, Catchpoint and ControlUp. Among them, Mozark secured the most recent funding round in March, 2026.

Nexthink - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Nexthink is an acquired company based in Lausanne (Switzerland), founded in 2004 by Jean-luc Gianduzzo, Patrick Hertzog and Vincent Bieri. It operates as a Cloud based digital employee experience platform. Nexthink has raised $336M in funding from investors like Auriga Partners, Index Ventures and Permira, with last known valuation of $1.1B. The company has 20 active competitors, including 3 funded and 4 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Mozark, Catchpoint and ControlUp.

Company Details

Cloud based digital employee experience platform. It monitors the IT infrastructure and reports performance issues, failures, crashes, and security threats. It develops software solutions to manage standard and virtual desktop infrastructures and controls IT budgets. It also captures local and network activities in real time at endpoints and transforms end user data into actionable analytics. It provides real time analytics and visualization solutions and also provides help desk, server monitoring, MTTR reduction, breach, and compliance management.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2004

Location

Lausanne, Switzerland

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$336M in 7 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series D, 2021, Undisclosed

Last Known Valuation

$1.1B as on Feb 08, 2021

Investors

Auriga Partners & 18 more

Ranked

1^st among 20 active competitors

Employee Count

1,209 as on Sep 30, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

AppLearn & 1 more

Similar Companies

ControlUp & 8 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Vista Equity Partners (Oct 27, 2025)

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Nexthink is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
NEXTHINK LIMITED CIN: 9268999 , United Kingdom, Active	Oct 16, 2014	£10M - £50M (As on Dec 31, 2023)	68 (As on Dec 31, 2023)
NEXTHINK, INC. CIN: 300789733 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	207 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-

Nexthink got acquired by Vista Equity Partners on Oct 27, 2025.

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Nexthink has raised a total funding of $336M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 07, 2007. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on 2021 for an undisclosed amount. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Nexthink has 17 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Nexthink:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
2021	Undisclosed	Series D	-	-	-	Bryant Stibel
Feb 08, 2021	$180M	Series D	$1.1B	-	Permira	Highland Europe, Index Ventures
Dec 12, 2018	$85M	Series D	-	-	Index Ventures	Highland Europe, Forestay Capital, VI Partners, Olivier Pomel, Auriga Partners, Galeo Ventures

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The founders of Nexthink are Jean-luc Gianduzzo, Patrick Hertzog and Vincent Bieri. Pedro Bados is the CEO of Nexthink.

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

Jean-luc Gianduzzo: Co-founder - Managing Director of Nexthink and founder of 1 other company.
Patrick Hertzog: Co-Founder of Nexthink.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Vincent Bieri: Former Co-Founder of Nexthink.

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Nexthink's employee count trend

Nexthink has 1,209 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Nexthink's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Nexthink include Mozark, Catchpoint and ControlUp. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Nexthink, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Nexthink 2004, Lausanne (Switzerland), Acquired	Cloud based digital employee experience platform	$336M	Demtech, Highland Europe & 17 others	70/100
2nd	Mozark 2019, Singapore (Singapore), Series B	Provider of digital experience testing tools for applications and networks	$50M	IFC, RMB Capitalworks & 4 others	68/100
3rd	Catchpoint 2008, New York City (United States), Acquired	Provider of internet performance monitoring solutions for applications and network infrastructure	$41.3M	Sapphire Ventures, Battery Ventures & 2 others	66/100
4th	ControlUp 2008, San Jose (United States), Series D	Cloud based platform offering Daas monitoring solutions	$140M	JVP, K1 Investment Management & 2 others	63/100
5th	HappySignals 2014, Helsinki (Finland), Series B	Digital employee experience management platform	$20.1M	Nauta Capital, Vendep Capital & 3 others	43/100
6th	Lakeside Software 2010, Bloomfield Hills (United States), Late Stage	Cloud based digital employee experience management software	-	Insight Partners	41/100
7th	Aternity 2004, Hod Hasharon (Israel), Acquired	Cloud-based digital user experience management software provider	$26.5M	Thoma Bravo, Kreos Capital & 7 others	40/100
8th	1E 2009, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Platform offering digital experience management solutions	-	Thecarlylegroup.fr	33/100
9th	HP Wex 2023, Palo Alto (United States), Unfunded	AI powered platform for IT workforce	-	-	30/100
10th	etiCloud 2015, Sheffield (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Cloud based platform offering digital experience management solutions	-	-	27/100