Shape Security

Shape Security
Private
Industry Security
Genre Hacking
Founders Derek Smith, Justin Call, Sumit Agarwal
Headquarters Mountain View, California, United States
Key people
 Derek Smith (CEO)
Shuman Ghosemajumder (CTO)
Products Security technology
Website shapesecurity.com

Shape Security is a security company in Mountain View, California.[1] It helps apps and websites change their source code constantly, to prevent automated attacks.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Among other fields, it is involved in the healthcare industry.[9]

After a Series A funding round,[10] in February 2014, the company raised $40 million in Series C funding from Norwest Venture Partners, Sierra Ventures, and prior investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Venrock, Google Ventures, TomorrowVentures and Allegis Capital.[1] CNBC named it #23 on a list of 50 disruptor companies of 2017.[11]

Key people

Cofounders include Derek Smith, Justin Call, and Sumit Agarwal. Smith became CEO, Call became VP of R&D, Agarwal became COO,[12] Shuman Ghosemajumder is chief technology officer (CTO).[12][13][14] Ray Rothrock is a board-member, as well as Ted Schlein and Gaurav Garg.[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Primack, Dan. "Deals of the day: Shape Security raises $40 million". Fortune. Fortune. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Sawyers, Paul (September 29, 2016). "Cybersecurity startup Shape Security closes $40 million round from HPE, GV, Eric Schmidt, others". VentureBeat. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ Hall, Gina (September 29, 2016). "Shape Security gears up for Asia-Pacific push with $40M funding". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (February 25, 2014). "Ex-Googler-Founded Shape Security Picks Up Another $40M To Build Out Its “Botwall” For Businesses". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ Acohido, Bryon (January 21, 2014). "Can Shape Security revolutionize Web defense?". USA Today. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ Bort, Julie (January 7, 2013). "Big Names Keep Throwing Money At Shape Security, A Stealthy Startup". Business Insider. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ Xavier, Jon (November 5, 2013). "How a stealthy startup with no product is making big hires and pulling big bucks". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  8. ↑ O'Hear, Steve (July 2, 2012). "Stealthy Shape Security Hires Google’s Former Click-Fraud Czar". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ "107+ cybersecurity companies in healthcare". Beckers Hospital Review. June 15, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ Empson, Rip (April 26, 2012). "Shape Security: Kleiner Perkins & Eric Schmidt Lead $6M Round In Stealth Security Startup". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  11. ↑ "23. Shape Security". CNBC. 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 Shape Security - About, accessed May 2, 2017
  13. ↑ "MIT Sloan CIO Symposium: Shuman Ghosemajumder". MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  14. ↑ Delevett, Peter (January 21, 2014). "Buzz-laden startup Shape Security unveils security technology to cripple online fraud". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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