CloudFlare

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Cloudflare is a web performance and security company that provides online services to protect and accelerate websites online. The company’s online platforms include Cloudflare CDN, which distributes content around the world to speed up websites; Cloudflare optimizer that enables web pages with ad servers and third-party widgets to download Snappy software on mobiles and computers; CloudFlare security, which protects websites from a range of online threats including spam, SQL injection, and DDOS; Cloudflare analytics that gives insight into website’s traffic including threats and search engine crawlers; Keyless SSL that allows organizations to keep secure sockets layer (SSL) keys private; and Cloudflare applications that help its users install web applications on their websites.

Company Growth (employees)

Type

Private

San Francisco, US

Founded

2009

Size (employees)

414 (est)+3%

Website

cloudflare.com

CloudFlare was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, US

Key People at CloudFlare

Lee Holloway

Co-Founder & Lead Engineer

Michelle Zatlyn

Co-Founder and Head of User Interface

Matthew Prince

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Kenneth Carter

Counsel

CloudFlare Office Locations

CloudFlare has offices in San Francisco, Greater London, Singapore, Austin and in 6 other locations

San Francisco, US (HQ)

101 Townsend St

Washington, US

718 7th St Nw

Champaign, US

M2 On Neil Street 301 N Neil St

Austin, US

600 Congress Ave

Singapore, SG

120 Robinson Rd

Greater London, GB

25 Lavington St

CloudFlare Data and Metrics

Summary Metrics

Founding Date	2009
Total Funding	$182.1 m
Latest funding size	$110 m
Time since last funding	almost 2 years
Investors	Google Capital, Venrock, Baidu, Microsoft Corporation, New Enterprise Associates, Union Square Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Microsoft Ventures, Fidelity Investments, Qualcomm Ventures, Greenspring Associates

CloudFlare's latest funding round in September 2015 was reported to be $110 m. In total, CloudFlare has raised $182.1 m. CloudFlare's latest valuation is reported to be $1 b.