Brightmail

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San Francisco, United States · Founded 1998 · $47.8M raised

Employees
51–200
Founded
1998
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$47.8M
Last Round
$12.8M Series BDec 2002
Rounds
3

About

Brightmail was a pioneering email security company founded in 1998 in San Francisco, providing anti-spam and messaging security software to enterprises and ISPs. It developed patented spam-filtering technology using probe accounts to harvest and analyze spam in real time. Brightmail was acquired by Symantec in 2004 for $370 million.

Summary

Brightmail is a Cybersecurity company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 1998. It has raised $47.8M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a $12.8M Series B round in Dec 2002. Investors include Accel, Symantec and Critical Path.

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Funding History

Series BSeries BDec 2002
$12.8M

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