ForgeRock, Inc. was an identity and access management software company headquartered in San Francisco. On August 23, 2023, Thoma Bravo announced that it had completed the acquisition of the company for approximately $2.3 billion. On acquisition completion, ForgeRock merged into Ping Identity, and both product portfolios continue being developed.
Overview
ForgeRock was founded in Norway in February 2010 by a group of former Sun Microsystems employees, after Sun was acquired by Oracle Corporation. After the acquisition, the software was scheduled for phase-out in favor of Oracle’s in-house product,[5] so the founders "started their own company to fork the code and continue developing Sun’s software."[6][7][8]