Area 1 Security

Acquired

Preemptive, comprehensive, contextual, and continuous cloud email security.

Area 1 Security was founded in 2013, is headquartered in San Francisco, United States, lists 51–200 employees, and has $35.3M in recorded funding across 3 rounds.

Employees
51–200
Founded
2013
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$35.3M
Last Round
$25.0M Series DJun 2020
Rounds
3
Acquired by
CloudflareFeb 2022 · $162.0M

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About

Area 1 Security provides a preemptive, cloud-native email security platform that identifies and blocks phishing attacks, business email compromise (BEC), spear phishing, and other advanced threats before they hit user inboxes. The company uses big data and threat intelligence to identify threat campaigns, attacker infrastructure, and attack delivery mechanisms to provide advanced warning and protection for Office 365 and Gmail users. Area 1 Security was founded in 2013 in San Francisco and became part of the Cloudflare Zero Trust platform after being acquired by Cloudflare in April 2022.

Summary

Area 1 Security is a Cybersecurity company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2013. It lists 51–200 employees. It has raised $35.3M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $25.0M Series D round in Jun 2020. Investors include Kleiner Perkins, Forgepoint Capital and Allegis Capital.

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Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionAcquisition by CloudflareFeb 2022

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Funding: Seed through Series D. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

Investors

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