JAMF Software, LLC

Company overview. JAMF Software, LLC is the principal U.S. operating subsidiary of Jamf Holding Corp. ("Jamf"), founded in 2002 by Zach Halmstad and Chip Pearson and headquartered at 100 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jamf completed an IPO on NASDAQ (ticker JAMF) in 2020; Vista Equity Partners held roughly 34% of shares before a take-private acquisition by Francisco Partners closed January 30, 2026 at $13.05 per share (≈$2.2 billion enterprise value), after which Jamf delisted and became privately held. The FY2024 Form 10-K reported revenue of $627.4 million, ARR of $646.0 million, and about 76,500 customers managing 33.2 million devices; headcount is generally reported in the ~2,500–2,600 range. This is an operating company, not a shell or assertion vehicle.

Products / services. Jamf sells subscription (SaaS) software for managing and securing Apple devices in enterprise, education, and government settings. Product lines include Jamf Pro (Apple device management), Jamf Now and Jamf School (SMB/education tiers), and security offerings such as Jamf Protect, Jamf Connect, and Jamf Threat Defense. Revenue is split roughly 75% commercial / 25% education, with management solutions ≈76% and security ≈24% of ARR. Distribution is via direct sales, online, and channel partners, including Apple.

Patent-litigation posture. Across tracked data Jamf appears once, as a defendant (0 as plaintiff): Kajeet, Inc. v. JAMF Software, LLC, No. 6:20-cv-00302, filed April 21, 2020 in the Western District of Texas (Waco Division) before Judge Alan Albright. That profile — one defensive case, no offensive filings — is consistent with an operating company being sued rather than an active two-way litigant. The venue is a well-documented plaintiff-friendly patent forum. Jamf answered and filed counterclaims on August 21, 2020.

Context. Plaintiff Kajeet, Inc. is itself an operating education-connectivity company, not a classic NPE; Stanford's NPE database classifies it as a practicing/product company. Kajeet asserted U.S. Patent 8,667,559 ("Feature management of a communication device") against Jamf and brought parallel suits against other device-management, parental-control, and security vendors (e.g., NortonLifeLock, Trend Micro, Mobicip, Cujo, Lightspeed, Impero). The '559 patent was also the subject of IPR2022-00001. The tracked case's status beyond the 2020 pleadings is not shown in the data provided.