Who owns McAfee VPN (Secure VPN / Safe Connect)?
McAfee VPN (Secure VPN / Safe Connect) is owned by McAfee, private (consortium led by Advent International and Permira, with Crosspoint Capital, CPP Investments, GIC and ADIA). The same owner has 1 other VPN. Press reports this link; we have not confirmed it in a register yet.
| Ultimate owner | McAfee (private (consortium led by Advent International and Permira, with Crosspoint Capital, CPP Investments, GIC and ADIA; ~USD 14bn take-private announced Nov 2021)) |
|---|---|
| Website | mcafee.com |
| Sister VPNs | 1 |
| Fines and actions | 0 |
| Owner proof | reported |
| Last checked | 14 Oct 2026 |
In numbers
- McAfee owns 2 brand families with 2 websites in our data.
About McAfee
Consumer antivirus company that has been privately held since a private equity consortium took it private in 2022. It bought the Canadian VPN TunnelBear in 2018 and sells its own McAfee VPN inside its security suites.
Headquarters: United States · Founded: 1987 · Ownership: private (consortium led by Advent International and Permira, with Crosspoint Capital, CPP Investments, GIC and ADIA; ~USD 14bn take-private announced Nov 2021)
How we know, and what we could not confirm
How we know: VPN bundled in McAfee's consumer suites.
- The owner link comes from press reports; we have not confirmed it in a register or in the brand’s own terms.
1 sister VPN
Same owner can mean the same servers, the same data policies and the same parent that can be asked for data.
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Ratings elsewhere
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Questions and answers
Who owns McAfee VPN (Secure VPN / Safe Connect)?
McAfee. Press reports this link; we have not confirmed it in a register yet.
What are the sister VPNs of McAfee VPN (Secure VPN / Safe Connect)?
TunnelBear.
Has the owner of McAfee VPN (Secure VPN / Safe Connect) been fined?
We have no fines and legal actions on record.
Sources
Last checked 14 Oct 2026. How we check facts.