ShieldX Overview
- Year Founded
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2015

- Status
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Acquired/Merged
- Employees
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43

- Latest Deal Type
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M&A
- Latest Deal Amount
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$10.8M
ShieldX General Information
Description
Developer of a multi-cloud security platform intended to protect organizations against cyber threats. The company's platform continuously discovers workloads, identifies risk, enforces security policies in a multi-cloud environment, and generates automated policy through agentless security controls, enabling enterprises to reduce customer risk and support business scalability, cybersecurity, and compliance goals.
Contact Information
Website
www.shieldx.comCorporate Office
- 2025 Gateway Place
- Suite 400
- San Jose, CA 95110
- United States
Corporate Office
- 2025 Gateway Place
- Suite 400
- San Jose, CA 95110
- United States
ShieldX Valuation & Funding
Deal Type | Date | Amount | Raised to Date | Post-Val | Status | Stage |
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5. Merger/Acquisition | 10-Mar-2021 | $10.8M | Completed | Generating Revenue | ||
4. Debt - PPP | 10-Apr-2020 | Completed | Generating Revenue | |||
3. Early Stage VC (Series B) | 02-May-2019 | Completed | Generating Revenue | |||
2. Early Stage VC (Series B) | 11-Dec-2017 | $25M | $34M | Completed | Generating Revenue | |
1. Early Stage VC (Series A) | 18-Nov-2015 | $9M | $9M | Completed | Startup |
ShieldX Cap Table
Stock | # of Shares Authorized |
Par Value | Dividend Rate ($) | Original Issue Price |
Liquidation | Liquidation Pref. Multiple |
Conversion Price | % Owned |
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Series B | ||||||||
Series A |
ShieldX Comparisons
Industry
Financing
Details
ShieldX Competitors (72)
One of ShieldX’s 72 competitors is Mimecast, a Private Equity-Backed company based in London, United Kingdom.
Company Name | Financing Status | Location | Employees | Total Raised | Last Financing Date/Type | Last Financing Amount |
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Mimecast | Private Equity-Backed | London, United Kingdom | ||||
Cyberint | Formerly VC-backed | Petah Tikva, Israel | ||||
Infoblox | Private Equity-Backed | Santa Clara, CA | ||||
BlueCat Networks | Private Equity-Backed | Toronto, Canada | ||||
Penta Security | Venture Capital-Backed | Seoul, South Korea |
ShieldX Patents
ShieldX Recent Patent Activity
Publication ID | Patent Title | Status | First Filing Date | Technology (CPC) | Citations |
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EP-3603008-A1 | Insertion and configuration of interface microservices based on security policy changes | Inactive | 28-Mar-2017 | ||
EP-3491799-A1 | Channel data encapsulation system and method for use with client-server data channels | Active | 29-Jul-2016 | ||
EP-3491799-B1 | Channel data encapsulation system and method for use with client-server data channels | Active | 29-Jul-2016 | ||
EP-3491800-A1 | Systems and methods of stateless processing in a fault-tolerant microservice environment | Inactive | 29-Jul-2016 | H04L63/1425 |
ShieldX Signals
ShieldX Former Investors (11)
Investor Name | Investor Type | Holding | Investor Since | Participating Rounds |
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Acrew Capital | Venture Capital | Minority | ||
Angel (individual) | Minority | |||
Aspect Ventures | Venture Capital | Minority | ||
Bain Capital Ventures | Venture Capital | Minority | ||
Dimension Data | Corporation | Minority |
ShieldX FAQs
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When was ShieldX founded?
ShieldX was founded in 2015.
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Where is ShieldX headquartered?
ShieldX is headquartered in San Jose, CA.
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What is the size of ShieldX?
ShieldX has 43 total employees.
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What industry is ShieldX in?
ShieldX’s primary industry is Network Management Software.
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Is ShieldX a private or public company?
ShieldX is a Private company.
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What is the current valuation of ShieldX?
The current valuation of ShieldX is
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What is ShieldX’s current revenue?
The current revenue for ShieldX is
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How much funding has ShieldX raised over time?
ShieldX has raised $42M.
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Who are ShieldX’s investors?
Acrew Capital, , Aspect Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Dimension Data are 5 of 11 investors who have invested in ShieldX.
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Who are ShieldX’s competitors?
Mimecast, Cyberint, Infoblox, BlueCat Networks, and Penta Security are some of the 72 competitors of ShieldX.
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When was ShieldX acquired?
ShieldX was acquired on 10-Mar-2021.
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Who acquired ShieldX?
ShieldX was acquired by Fortinet.
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