The company behind Bitdefender
Bitdefender
Bitdefender is a privately held security software company with its headquarters in Bucharest, Romania. It earns money from subscriptions to its consumer apps, from its GravityZone products for businesses, and from licensing its technology, which its press releases say more than 180 technology brands use.
bitdefender.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Bitdefender at a glance
- Chief executive
- Florin Talpeș
- Founded
- 2001
- Based in
- Bucharest, Romania
- Last valuation
- over $600 million
- Reported Nov 30, 2017
- Ownership
- Privately held
Bitdefender's CEO and founders
The people Bitdefender names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Bitdefender funding
No funding round of its own has been announced. In November 2017 Bitdefender announced that Vitruvian Partners had bought a stake of about 30% from an earlier shareholder, Axxess Capital, which was leaving after eight years; the price of the stake was not stated. bitdefender.combitdefender.com
Bitdefender valuation
over $600 million
Nov 30, 2017
Announced by Bitdefender itself, when Vitruvian Partners bought about 30% of the company from Axxess Capital. bitdefender.com
A private company’s valuation is set when it raises money and is rarely updated in public. It is not a share price.
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held, through Bitdefender Holding BV. Its November 2017 announcement says co-founders Mariuca and Florin Talpes keep the majority stake, Vitruvian Partners is the second-largest shareholder and a group of private investors holds a minority. bitdefender.com
- Founded
- 2001 bitdefender.com
- Based in
- Bucharest, Romania bitdefender.com
- Hiring
- 59 open roles, mostly in product engineering, sales, customer operations and security operations bitdefender.com
- Affiliate program
- The base deal is a 20% revenue share on new customers for consumer products and a 50% commission on business products, with custom deals of up to 100% revenue share or more. The network used is not named on the page. bitdefender.com
- Reseller program
- Partner Advantage Network, a channel program for resellers and managed service providers, with partner tiers, account protection and lead generation; the page counts over 40,000 partners. Margins are not published. bitdefender.com
Bitdefender on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/bitdefender
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bitdefender
- YouTubeyoutube.com/c/Bitdefender
- Instagraminstagram.com/bitdefender
- TikToktiktok.com/@bitdefender
- Facebookfacebook.com/bitdefender
Only accounts Bitdefender links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact Bitdefender
The ways Bitdefender publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Bitdefender news and launches
- Oct 8, 2026Bitdefender and PT GIA Partner to Deliver Advanced Cybersecurity to Indonesian Consumers
- Sep 30, 2026Bitdefender Unveils AI Guardian, an Advanced Security Layer Developed for Autonomous AI Agents
- Sep 30, 2026Bitdefender and Aruba Partner to Deliver Sovereign European Cybersecurity to Italian Businesses
- Sep 23, 2026Bitdefender Launches GravityZone AI Visibility and Control, a Powerful Solution for Securing AI Use in the Enterprise
Media kit
The Bitdefender media kit
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Questions about Bitdefender the company
Who is the CEO of Bitdefender?
Florin Talpeș is Bitdefender's co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, according to bitdefender.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Bitdefender?
Florin Talpeș and Mariuca Talpeș are named as founders of Bitdefender, which was founded in 2001.
How much funding has Bitdefender raised?
No funding round of its own has been announced. In November 2017 Bitdefender announced that Vitruvian Partners had bought a stake of about 30% from an earlier shareholder, Axxess Capital, which was leaving after eight years; the price of the stake was not stated.
What is Bitdefender's valuation?
over $600 million, as of Nov 30, 2017. Announced by Bitdefender itself, when Vitruvian Partners bought about 30% of the company from Axxess Capital.
Who owns Bitdefender?
Privately held, through Bitdefender Holding BV. Its November 2017 announcement says co-founders Mariuca and Florin Talpes keep the majority stake, Vitruvian Partners is the second-largest shareholder and a group of private investors holds a minority.
Where is Bitdefender based?
Bitdefender gives its base as Bucharest, Romania.
Is Bitdefender hiring?
59 open roles, mostly in product engineering, sales, customer operations and security operations.
Is Bitdefender on social media?
Bitdefender links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. The links are on this page, taken from Bitdefender's own site.
Does Bitdefender have an affiliate program?
The base deal is a 20% revenue share on new customers for consumer products and a 50% commission on business products, with custom deals of up to 100% revenue share or more. The network used is not named on the page.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Bitdefender’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.