Tomas Okmanas
Overview
Tomas Okmanas is a co-founder of Nord SecurityNord SecurityNord Security is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, and the maker of NordVPN. Co-founded by Tomas Okmanas, Eimantas Sabaliauskas and Jonas Karklys, it also makes NordPass, NordLocker, NordLayer and Saily; it merged with Surfshark under one holding company in 2022 and raised funding at a $3 billion valuation in 2023.Open the full entry and of the venture builder TesonetTesonetTesonet is a Lithuanian venture builder founded by Tomas Okmanas and Eimantas Sabaliauskas. Run as a founders’ office, it builds and invests in companies; Nord Security, Surfshark and Oxylabs all started within its ecosystem.Open the full entry. He bootstrapped the web intelligence platform Oxylabs, supported the early growth of Hostinger and most recently founded the AI orchestration platform nexos.ai; he also owns the basketball club BC London Lions, part-owns BC Žalgiris and holds the majority share of Mediatech.[1]
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Key facts
1999Meeting His Business Partner in a Chat Room
Okmanas and Eimantas Sabaliauskas met in an IRC chat room in 1999 and later decided to start businesses together. They went through 34 failed projects, from e-commerce to video games, before one of their ideas took off in 2012 and became the foundation of Tesonet.[2]
February 2, 2022Nord Security Merges With Surfshark
Nord Security and Surfshark announced a completed merger agreement under which the two companies would operate independently. As co-founder, Okmanas said: “The increasing complexity of cybersecurity and digital privacy is a growing challenge worldwide.”[3]
April 6, 2022Nord Security’s First Outside Funding
Nord Security raised its first outside funding, $100 million at a $1.6 billion valuation, led by Novator. Okmanas said: “Our mission is to build a radically different internet by securing consumer and enterprise accounts.”[4]
September 2024On Profitability and IPO Preparation
In an interview with Fortune, Okmanas said Nord Security had been cash-flow profitable since it was founded and had positive EBITDA the previous year. The company was preparing for a listing but had no timetable: “we won't do it in the next six months or a year,” he said.[5]
July 14, 2026Oxylabs’ First Outside Funding
Oxylabs received a $130 million strategic investment from Warburg Pincus at a $3.6 billion valuation, becoming the second bootstrapped unicorn in the Tesonet ecosystem after Nord Security. Speaking as Tesonet’s co-founder, Okmanas said: “Unicorn No. 2 and counting.”[6]
Related Organizations, Websites, and Public Accounts
Nord Security: Co-founder. Website: https://nordsecurity.com/ (opens in a new window); Tesonet: Co-founder. Website: https://tesonet.com/ (opens in a new window)[1][2]
Sources
- Tomas Okmanas (opens in a new window)
- About - Tesonet (opens in a new window)
- Nord Security and Surfshark join forces to strengthen positions in the cybersecurity industry (opens in a new window)
- NordVPN raises its first money, $100M at a $1.6B valuation (opens in a new window)
- From bootstrapped to billions: How Nord spent 'hundreds of millions' minting VPN customers to become Lithuania's tech darling (opens in a new window)
- Oxylabs becomes the second bootstrapped Unicorn built in the Tesonet ecosystem (opens in a new window)