Where is Thawte located?

Thawte is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Where does Thawte rank among its competitors?

Thawte ranks 11th amongst 56 active competitors, of which 4 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was EVERTRUST, which secured $11.6M in Dec, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Thawte?

Thawte's top competitors include eMudhra, Sectigo and smallstep. Among them, EVERTRUST secured the most recent funding round in December, 2025.

Thawte - 2026 Company Profile, Team & Competitors

Q: Is Thawte an acquired company?

Thawte got acquired by VeriSign on Dec 20, 1999.

Company Details

Thawte is a global Certification Authority (CA) which issues SSL and code signing digital certificates to secure servers, provide data encryption, authenticate users, protect privacy and assure online identifies through authentication and verification processes. Its SSL certificates include Wildcard SSL Certificates, SAN /UC Certificates and Extended Validation SSL Certificates. Acquired by VeriSign in 1999 which in turn was acquired by Symantec in 2010 to create Symantec SSL Certificates.

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Founded Year

1995

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Stage

Acquired

Ranked

11^th among 56 active competitors

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Exit Details

Acquired by VeriSign (Dec 20, 1999)

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Thawte got acquired by VeriSign on Dec 20, 1999 at an acquisition amount of $*****.

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Thawte has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of Thawte is Mark Shuttleworth.

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Mark Shuttleworth: Founder of Thawte.

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Top competitors of Thawte include eMudhra, Sectigo and smallstep. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Thawte, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	eMudhra 2008, Bengaluru (India), Public	Provider of digital signature certificates, PKI, and e-signature solutions	$26.2M	Nippon, Axis Growth & 34 others	71/100
2nd	Sectigo 1998, Manchester (United Kingdom), Acquired	SSL digital certificate for website security	-	-	62/100
3rd	smallstep 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Device Identity Platform securing access to sensitive resources with hardware-bound credentials	$26.3M	StepStone Group, Boldstart Ventures & 6 others	60/100
4th	Comodo 2018, Bloomfield (United States), Acquired	Provider of website security solutions, including malware monitoring and remediation	-	Kube VC, Stellus Capital Management & 2 others	55/100
5th	GeoTrust 2001, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Trusted TLS/SSL certificates securing websites, servers, and digital environments	-	Castile Ventures, Rally Ventures & 2 others	54/100
6th	Certisign 1996, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Series A	Cloud-based platform for electronic signature	-	Darby Overseas Investments, Intel Capital	40/100
7th	QuoVadis 1999, Mechelen (Belgium), Acquired	PKI based online identity certification services	-	Abry, Eventurecentre.com & 1 others	38/100
8th	Cyber Trust 1995, Toyokawa (Japan), Acquired	Digital certificate, managed PKI and authentication solution	-	Weston Presidio, Walden Venture Capital & 5 others	36/100
9th	Odyssey Technologies 1990, Chennai (India), Public	Provider of digital signature, authentication, and data security software	-	-	35/100
10th	EVERTRUST 2017, Paris (France), Series A	Provider of certificate lifecycle management software	$11.6M	Elephant Venture Capital	34/100
11th	Thawte 1995, Cape Town (South Africa), Acquired	SSL & code signing digital certificates	-	-	34/100