Tech Company Financing Transactions

CloudFlare Funding Round

On 9/22/2015, CloudFlare raised $110 million in funding from Fidelity Management & Research Company, Baidu Venture Capital and CapitalG.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
CloudFlare
Announced On
9/22/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$110,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Fidelity Management & Research Company (Lead Investor)

Baidu Venture Capital (Ya-Qin Zhang)

CapitalG

Greenspring Global Partners (John Avirett)

Microsoft (Bob Kelly)

New Enterprise Associates (Scott Sandell)

Pelion Venture Partners (Carl Ledbetter)

Qualcomm Ventures (Matt Grob)

Union Square Ventures (Brad Burnham)

Venrock (Raymond Rothrock)

Proceeds Purpose
CloudFlare will use the new funding and backing from global technology powerhouses to accelerate its rapid customer growth, extend product ranges to meet the demands of large enterprises, and expand into new international markets.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
101 Townsend St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Phone
(312) 543-3046
Website
www.cloudflare.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
CloudFlare (NYSE: NET) is a free global CDN, DNS, DDoS protection & web security provider that can speed up and protect any site online.
Profile
CloudFlare LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
CloudFlare Company Twitter Account
Company News
CloudFlare News
Facebook
CloudFlare on Facebook
YouTube
CloudFlare on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Prince
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Chief Operating Officer
Michelle Zatlyn
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Chief Technical Officer
John Graham-Cumming
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Co-Founder
Lee Holloway
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VP - Bus. Development
Sirisha Gorantla
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VP - Engineering
Thomas Lianza
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VP - General Counsel
Andria Jones
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VP - Product Management
Dane Knecht
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VP - Product Management
Isaac Specter
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VP - Sales
Chris Merritt
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