Cyberfend
Company

Last deal

Amount

Non-equity Assistance

Stage

01.06.2016

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1

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About Company
Cyberfend provides a security solution to protect web and mobile applications from attacks.

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founded date

07.10.2014

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Non-equity Assistance

IPO status

Private

Description

Cyberfend uses a combination of human cognitive science and advanced machine learning to detect account takeover, payment fraud, and stolen credentials in real-time with near zero false positives. Their Cognitive Security Engine and BotFender are comprehensive and effective solutions that solve several challenging problems. Cyberfend's cloud-based platform automates cyber attacks against customers' accounts to prevent fraud. Their product is at the intersection of cutting-edge technology, employing heavy machine learning, cloud-based infrastructure, and dealing with both web and mobile challenges. Cyberfend is backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel, and A Capital and was acquired by Akamai Technologies in December 2016.
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M&A Details
1

Acquired by

Akamai Technologies

announced date

19.12.2016

Financials

Funding Rounds
1
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Number of Funding Rounds

Their latest funding was raised on 01.06.2016. Their latest investor Mastercard Start Path. Their latest round Non-equity Assistance

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Mastercard Start Path

Mastercard Start Path

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Sector

Industrial Support Services

Subsector

Transaction Processing Services

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Financial Services, Venture Capital, FinTech

Location

Dublin, Ireland

count Of Investments

57

count Of Exists

10
Co-Investors
Investors
1
1

Number of lead investors

1

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Investor 
Lead 
Round 
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Yes
Non-equity Assistance
Mastercard Start Path

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Industrial Support Services

Subsector

Transaction Processing Services

Keywords

Financial Services, Venture Capital, FinTech

Location

Dublin, Ireland

count Of Investments

57

count Of Exists

10

People

Founders
1

Sreenath Kurupati

Sreenath Kurupati is the Chief Data Scientist, Security BU of Akamai Technologies.

current job

Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies

organization founded

1

Sreenath Kurupati

Employee Profiles
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Sreenath Kurupati

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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