SEATTLE & SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), the leader in application security and delivery, and Volterra, the first universal edge-as-a-service platform, today announced a definitive agreement under which F5 will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of privately held Volterra for approximately $440 million in cash and approximately $60 million in deferred consideration and assumed unvested incentive compensation to founders and employees.

La start-up tricolore de la cybersécurité soutenue par Elaia Partners, Partech et Kima Ventures s’associe avec une toute jeune pousse américaine. Le deal doit lui permettre de se renforcer sur le front du logiciel.

I’d like to thank the hacker who made this deal possible. By attacking Scoop.it in April 2014, he/she enabled Marc Rougier to meet the Acorus Networks — very early — and now invest with Elaia Partners.