A Look at How Efforts to Get Competing Suitors to Pursue Varonis Came Up Empty. The largest security acquisition of 2026 started with initial outreach 20 months ago and included extensive, unsuccessful efforts to get counteroffers from other tech and private equity firms. Thoma Bravo Partner Chip Virnig first requested a meeting with Varonis CEO Yaki Faitelson in March 2025.
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