Munich-based intelligence visualisation platform Maltego Technologies announced on its blog it is looking to hire 50 in the next 12 months, taking its total number of employees to 150.
Jobs available on the company’s website include chief of staff, instructional designer, integrations engineer, IT administrator, operations specialist data hub and software tester positions at its headquarters in Munich.
Maltego also announced it is offering free access to its on-demand training for the following 30 days.
The company added that it will continue to support independent investigations under its Academic and Non-Profit Program.
Earlier today, Maltego announced it has been acquired by Boston-based Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Funds, managed by investment firm Charlesbank Capital Partners, for an undisclosed sum. The new owner plans to invest over $100 million to further accelerate Maltego’s growth and development. Read more about this acquisition here.
“The investment enables us to accelerate our plans in product and platform development. In the upcoming months, we make complex data analysis attainable for even more investigators, significantly lowering the barriers of data access and adding new interfaces and collaboration features,” Maltego CEO Phillip Mayrhofer said in a letter published on the company’s blog.
Maltego was developed in 2007 by Paterva, a Pretoria, South Africa-based company. In order to be able to handle the high growth and needs of increasingly professional customer segments, Paterva in 2008 entrusted the Munich-based Maltego Technologies with managing all customer-facing operations and developing new solutions, according to data available on both companies’ corporate websites.
Since 2017, Maltego was part of German investment management company Maxburg Capital Partners‘ portfolio. During the five years, the company reached over 100 employees and realized more than 4x profitable ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) growth, according to Maltego’s CEO.
Maltego’s platform is now used by a broad audience, from security professionals and pen testers to forensic investigators, investigative journalists, and market researchers. Maltego has grown to over 100 employees in Germany and works with customers including the including the FBI, INTERPOL, and major tech and service companies including half of the DOW 30.
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