Magnet Forensics builds investigative software that collects and analyzes data from computers, phones, tablets and IoT devices.
Founded in 2009 and based in Waterloo, Canada, Magnet Forensics Inc., formerly JAD Software Inc., makes investigative software that gathers, analyzes and distributes data from laptops, smartphones, tablets and Internet of Things devices. It raised its first funding in December 2015 and acquired Virginia-based Sentinel Data, including its team, in 2017. In 2018 it partnered with the Child Rescue Coalition to combat child exploitation. Thoma Bravo acquired the company in April 2023 in a public-to-private deal valued at about CAD 1.8 billion, and as of 2023 its clients included more than 4,000 law enforcement, business, military and private entities in 92 countries.
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