ShieldX Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2015

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 43

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $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.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly VC-backed
Corporate Office
  • 2025 Gateway Place
  • Suite 400
  • San Jose, CA 95110
  • United States
Primary Industry
Network Management Software
Other Industries
IT Consulting and Outsourcing
Acquirer
Fortinet
Vertical(s)
Cybersecurity, CloudTech & DevOps, SaaS, TMT
Corporate Office
  • 2025 Gateway Place
  • Suite 400
  • San Jose, CA 95110
  • United States

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ShieldX Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
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
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ShieldX Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate ($) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series B
Series A
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ShieldX Comparisons

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Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
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Details
Developer of a multi-cloud security platform intended to protect organizations against cyber threats. The company's plat
Network Management Software
San Jose, CA
43 As of 2021

London, United Kingdom
 

Petah Tikva, Israel
 
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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
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
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ShieldX Patents

  • 4

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 2

    Granted

  • Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

ShieldX Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
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

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ShieldX Former Investors (11)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Acrew Capital Venture Capital Minority
Angel (individual) Minority
Aspect Ventures Venture Capital Minority
Bain Capital Ventures Venture Capital Minority
Dimension Data Corporation Minority
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ShieldX FAQs

  • When was ShieldX founded?

    ShieldX was founded in 2015.

  • Where is ShieldX headquartered?

    ShieldX is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

  • What is the size of ShieldX?

    ShieldX has 43 total employees.

  • What industry is ShieldX in?

    ShieldX’s primary industry is Network Management Software.

  • Is ShieldX a private or public company?

    ShieldX is a Private company.

  • What is the current valuation of ShieldX?

    The current valuation of ShieldX is .

  • What is ShieldX’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for ShieldX is .

  • How much funding has ShieldX raised over time?

    ShieldX has raised $42M.

  • 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.

  • Who are ShieldX’s competitors?

    Mimecast, Cyberint, Infoblox, BlueCat Networks, and Penta Security are some of the 72 competitors of ShieldX.

  • When was ShieldX acquired?

    ShieldX was acquired on 10-Mar-2021.

  • Who acquired ShieldX?

    ShieldX was acquired by Fortinet.

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