Arcot Systems

Arcot is a leading provider of risk-based authentication, strong authentication, digital signature, and secure e-payment solutions. Financial institutions, pharmaceuticals, and Internet shopping sites use the company’s easily-deployed, cost-effective, and scalable software-based authentication products to limit online transaction fraud. Arcot products also enable advanced online functionality, such as the self-service issuance of roaming credentials and secure electronic document delivery. The company has its software solutions deployed worldwide.

Arcot was co-founded in 1997 by current president and CEO Ram Varadarajan. Arcot is privately held and employs more than 100 people worldwide. Arcot has corporate headquarters and engineering facilities are in Sunnyvale, California, and its technology center in Bangalore, India. The company holds 12 patents in the areas of cryptology, encryption, multi-party authentication, and one-time-password technology. Investors include: Adobe Ventures, Accel Partners, Goldman Sachs, INVESCO private capital, Onset Ventures, Raza Ventures, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), Visa International, and Wachovia Strategic Ventures.