Cool Startup: Fortscale

Fortscale, based in Tel Aviv, was started by Idan Tendler and Dr. Yona Hollander. They have raised $5M in funding, and are adding staff at a rapid pace. Fortscale is a new type of cyber security company, that incorporates artificial

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Cool Startup: Wowza Media Systems

Wowza Media Sytems, based in Evergreen Colorado, was started in 2005 by David Stubenvoll and Charlie Good. In the beginning, Wowza started off as a video blog, but then the two co-founders saw an opportunity to develop a product for

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Cool Startup: Nginx

Nginx, based in San Francisco CA, started in 2002 and has raised $13M in funding. They currently have 15 employees, with plans to grow to 50, by the end of 2014. Nginx develops open source web server & caching software,

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Most Disruptive Startup in CDN Ecosystem

Over the last month, I’ve researched more than a dozen startups, that partake in the CDN ecosystem. The startups included CDNs, OVPs, File Transfer Platforms, WAN as-a-service, and Cloud Security companies. All startups mentioned in my blog are disruptive, offering

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Cool Startup: Glue Networks

Glue Networks, a cloud-based Software-defined WAN (SDWAN) based in Sacramento CA, has raised $29M in funding. The company was founded in 2007, making them one of the first cloud-based WAN Service Providers, also known as WAN as-a-service. The executive team

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Cool Company: Pertino

Pertino, a cloud-based WAN platform based in Los Gatos CA, started in 2011 and has raised $29M in funding. The founding team are from Packeteer, a network appliance company acquired by Blue Coat Systems. Pertino identifies itself as a cloud

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Cool Company: Zscaler

Zscaler, a pure play cloud security company based in San Jose CA, started in 2008 and has raised $38M in funding. The founding members have a long history of building and selling companies, including CipherTrust, which was sold to McAfee.

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Cool Startup: Yottaa

Yottaa, based in Boston, was founded in April 2009 and has raised $29M in VC funding. They have about 60 employees and counting. I’ve been following them since their inception. Their entry into the CDN market was brilliant. Before they

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Cool Startup Shape Security

Shape Security, based in Mountain View CA, has received $26M in VC funding, and is backed by Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins. It currently has about 58 employees, many with extensive security backgrounds. In a nutshell, they offer security appliances

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Cool Startup: Cleversafe

Cleversafe was founded in 2004 and has received $91.4 million in VC funding. The HQ is based in Chicago, and they have around 100 employees. They offer object-based storage solutions to companies that need PB’s of storage. They have a

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Cool Startup: Brevity

Brevity Ventures was founded in January 2010 and has received $8.7M in venture funding. It’s HQ is in Burbank, with another office in New York city. They are a cloud-based media platform that caters to the needs of studios and

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Cool Startup: Instart Logic

Instart Logic, based in the Valley, went live in late 2011 and has landed $17M in funding from high-profile VCs Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock Partners. Its three founders being from Aster Data and Google, they understand big data and big

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Cool Company: Fastly

Fastly, a next-generation CDN, started in early 2011 and has raised $14M+ in funds. They have grown incredibly fast in such a short period of time. Of all the CDNs that are three years old or younger, this is my

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Cool Startup: Incapsula

Incapsula, based in Redwood Shores, started in 2008 and currently has about 30 employees. It looks like their privately funded for now. They offer cloud based security services and website acceleration to small and medium size businesses, once the domain

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Cool Startup: MediaSilo

MediaSilo was founded in 2008 and has received $2.25M in venture funding. It’s HQ is in Boston, MA. They are a “cloud based asset management, sharing and distribution” platform. They assist post production facilities and media companies the tools to

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