The Bitdefender media kit
Bitdefender in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Bitdefender.
Media kit
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.
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Bitdefender’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Bitdefender. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2001
The year Bitdefender was founded, in Bucharest
In a sentence
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.
In a paragraph
Bitdefender was founded in 2001 and is based in Bucharest, Romania. Florin Talpeș is its co-founder & Chief Executive Officer; Mariuca Talpeș is a co-founder. Its last reported valuation was over $600 million, in November 2017.
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Florin Talpeș
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Mariuca Talpeș
Co-founder
John Stynes
Chief Financial Officer
Rares Stefan
Chief Strategy Officer
59 open roles, mostly in product engineering, sales, customer operations and security operations.
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.
Part 02 · Funding
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
over $600M
Last reported valuation, Nov 30, 2017
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.
Last valuation
over $600 million
Nov 30, 2017
Announced by Bitdefender itself, when Vitruvian Partners bought about 30% of the company from Axxess Capital.
Bitdefender, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
Antivirus suites for computers and phones, with a free Windows tier
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Our pick for households that want a paid suite across every device.
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Part 04 · News
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
59
Open roles on Bitdefender's careers page
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