Company
Santa Clara
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round McAfee raised.
Companies McAfee acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Craig Nielsen | APAC VP (former) | ARN (ARNnet) |
| Ian Yip | Chief Tech Officer (former) | SmartCompany |
| John McAfee | Founder | bestdapps.com, thefamouspeople.com, businessinsider.com, independent.co.uk, bbc.com (Thu 24 Jun 2021), bbc.com (Wed 23 Jun 2021), Startup Daily |
| John McAfee | CEO (former) | threatpicture.com |
| Paul Muller | C-suite Exec (former) | Startup Daily |
Stories naming McAfee. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of John McAfee, who created the first commercial antivirus, later sold his stake and quit his own company, saw it bought by Intel, then pursued politics and crypto before dying in a Spanish jail in 2021.
Startmate unveils its incoming Winter '26 accelerator intake, profiling AI, aerospace, legal tech, construction and healthcare startups founded across Australian cities, with others based in San Francisco and Christchurch.
Xero's chief people officer Jeff Ryan left the ASX-listed software firm in early July, with its people function reporting interim to CFO Claire Bramley, as the company's shares slide on AI disruption fears.
A retrospective profile of John McAfee's shift from antivirus software to cryptocurrency promotion, his decentralized exchange, regulatory charges, and lasting influence on the crypto industry.
Profile of antivirus pioneer John McAfee covering his career, the founding and later sale of McAfee Associates, his other ventures, legal troubles, and his 2021 death in a Spanish prison.
Business Insider profiles the late John McAfee, tracing his antivirus fortune, the 2010 Intel acquisition of his company, his later ventures, legal troubles, and 2021 death in Spain.
Data privacy firm DataBench has named security industry veteran Paul Muller as its first outside chief executive, while founder David Christmas shifts to chair parent company Portfolio4 ahead of a planned Series A.
Security vendors McAfee Enterprise and FireEye, both acquired by Symphony Technology Group in 2021, have merged into XDR firm Trellix, which plans an Asia Pacific push focused on managed service providers.
Obituary of the antivirus software entrepreneur who founded and later sold McAfee Associates, then lived a fugitive life marked by legal troubles, dying in a Spanish jail awaiting extradition.
An obituary tracing John McAfee's life from his anti-virus software success through crypto promotion, tax-evasion charges, extradition approval by Spain, and his death in a Spanish prison cell.
Obituary reporting antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead in a Barcelona prison after extradition approval, recalling his company's multibillion-dollar sale to Intel and his later tax-evasion charges.
Channel executive Joe McPhillips leaves BlackBerry to become SentinelOne's APJ channel sales director, drawing on past roles at Symantec, Cylance and other vendors as the security vendor grows its Australian partner base.
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup reports MyDeal and Adore Beauty listing on the ASX, Rokt's US$80 million Series D, several trans-Tasman raises, Quibi shutting down, Westpac trimming its Zip stake, and local executive appointments.
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US software delivery startup Harness hires Simon Horrocks to lead Asia Pacific, signs Melbourne fintech EonX as first Australian customer, and had earlier raised US$60 million in Series B funding.
A profile of cyber security startup Avertro, whose co-founders translate technical risk data for executives, covering its Antler Australia cohort place, $100,000 backing and pilot software launch.
Analysis of why private equity firms are aggressively acquiring IT and channel companies, citing recent deals by Thoma Bravo, EQT and BGH Capital, plus an Australian fund targeting Microsoft software vendors.