Okta to pay $6.5B to acquire Seattle startup Auth0

News from GeekWire [GeekWire]( | [View in browser]( BREAKING NEWS Wednesday, Mar 3, 2021 Seattle-area identity authentication startup Auth0 will be acquired by Okta in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $6.5 billion — one of the largest acquisitions of a Seattle tech company. Auth0 was valued at $1.9 billion after raising its most recent investment round in July. Former Microsoft manager Eugenio Pace (above, speaking at the GeekWire Summit 2019) co-founded Auth0 with Matias Woloski in 2013. [READ THE STORY]( Follow [@geekwire]( for updates. Send [us a news tip](. Share [our newsletter.]( [Forward to Friend]( [Forward to Friend]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Share]( [Share]( Copyright © 2021 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire. Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St Suite 203Seattle, Washington 98107 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences](