Spec Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2020

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 49

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • 2ndary - Private

  • Investors
  • 5

Spec General Information

Description

Developer of a fraud detection platform designed to protect businesses from online fraud and abuse. The company's platform analyzes website and API traffic to identify visitor identities and intent and orchestrates integrations and workflows, enabling businesses to make real-time routing decisions and mitigate fraudulent activity.

Contact Information

Website
www.specprotected.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 160 West Santa Clara Street
  • Suite 1050
  • San Jose, CA 95113
  • United States
+1 (408)
Primary Industry
Network Management Software
Other Industries
Automation/Workflow Software
Vertical(s)
Cybersecurity, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Corporate Office
  • 160 West Santa Clara Street
  • Suite 1050
  • San Jose, CA 95113
  • United States
+1 (408)

Spec Timeline

2023202420252026
Financing RoundCaptured Employee CountEstimated Employee Growth

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Spec Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
7. Secondary Transaction - Private 01-Oct-2026 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Later Stage VC 22-Aug-2025 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Accelerator/Incubator 01-Jul-2025 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Early Stage VC (Series A) 18-Oct-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Seed Round 25-Jan-2023 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Seed Round 13-May-2021 $4.3M $4.8M Completed Startup
1. Accelerator/Incubator 01-Jan-2021 $500K $500K Completed Startup
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Spec Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate ($) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series A
Seed-4
Seed-3
Seed-2 269,959 $0.000010 $0.03 $0.54 $0.54 1x $0.54 0.69%
Seed-1 6,212,793 $0.000010 $0.04 $0.68 $0.68 1x $0.68 15.98%
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HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Developer of a fraud detection platform designed to protect businesses from online fraud and abuse. The company's platfo
Network Management Software
San Jose, CA
49 As of 2023

Las Vegas, NV
 

Waltham, MA
 
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Spec Competitors (17)

One of Spec’s 17 competitors is IPQualityScore, a Corporation company based in Las Vegas, NV.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
IPQualityScore Corporation Las Vegas, NV
MaxMind Corporation Waltham, MA
Darwinium Venture Capital-Backed London, United Kingdom
Fraud.net Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY
Transmit Security Venture Capital-Backed Boston, MA
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Spec Patents

  • 3

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 2

    Granted

  • 1

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Spec Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20250088527-A1 Systems and methods for use of identity graphs to create an application security layer Pending 28-Dec-2021
US-12218916-B2 Systems, methods and media for the creation of a protective layer between an application and a cybersecurity risk Active 28-Dec-2021
US-20230208814-A1 Systems, methods and media for the creation of a protective layer between an application and a cybersecurity risk Active 28-Dec-2021 H04L63/0281

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Spec Investors (5)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Start Path Accelerator/Incubator
Cyber Mentor Fund Venture Capital Minority
Legion Capital PE/Buyout Minority
Rally Ventures Venture Capital Minority
SignalFire Venture Capital Minority
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Spec FAQs

  • When was Spec founded?

    Spec was founded in 2020.

  • Where is Spec headquartered?

    Spec is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

  • What is the size of Spec?

    Spec has 49 total employees.

  • What industry is Spec in?

    Spec’s primary industry is Network Management Software.

  • Is Spec a private or public company?

    Spec is a Private company.

  • What is Spec’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Spec is .

  • How much funding has Spec raised over time?

    Spec has raised $30.7M.

  • Who are Spec’s investors?

    Start Path, Cyber Mentor Fund, Legion Capital, Rally Ventures, and SignalFire have invested in Spec.

  • Who are Spec’s competitors?

    IPQualityScore, MaxMind, Darwinium, Fraud.net, and Transmit Security are some of the 17 competitors of Spec.

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