Cloudflare

Cloudflare is a web performance and security company providing services for the protection and acceleration of websites online that is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded din 2009 by Lee Holloway, Matthew Prince, and Michelle Zatlyn.

Funding

Series A

On November 25, 2009 Cloudflare completed their series A funding round with $2.1 million in funding from Venrock and Pelion Venture Partners.

Series B

On July 12, 2011 Cloudflare completed their series B funding round with $20 million in funding from New Enterprise Associates (lead investor), Venrock, and Pelion Venture Partners.

Series C

On December 17, 2013 Cloudflare completed their series C funding round with $50 million in funding from Union Square Ventures (lead investor), Venrock, Pelion Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, and Greenspring Associates.

Series D

On September 22, 2015 Cloudflare completed their series D funding round with $110 million in funding from Fidelity (lead investor), Venrock, Union Square Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Microsoft Accelerator, Greenspring Associates, CapitalG, and Baidu.

Sereis E

On March 12, 2019 Cloudflare completed their series E funding round with $150 million in funding from Franklin Templeton Investments.

Timeline

January 22, 2021

Cloudflare releases a tool that aims to provide a way for health agencies and organizations globally tasked with rolling out COVID-19 vaccines to maintain a fair, equitable and transparent digital queue.

December 7, 2020

Cloudflare launches a new set of features called the Data Localization Suite.

July 27, 2020

Cloudflare announces the private beta launch of Workers Unbound, the latest step in its efforts to offer a serverless platform that can compete with the likes of AWS Lambda.

July 31, 2019

Cloudflare announces intention to IPO in September 2019.

April 2019

Cloudflare launches a security and speed-focused mobile VPN called Warp.

March 2019

Cloudflare raises a $150,000,000 series E round from Franklin Templeton Investments.

September 22, 2015

Cloudflare raises a $110,000,000 series D round from Baidu, CapitalG, Fidelity Investments, Qualcomm Ventures, Union Square Ventures and Venrock.

December 17, 2013

Cloudflare raises a $50,000,000 series C round from New Enterprise Associates, Pelion Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures and Venrock.

July 12, 2011

Cloudflare raises a $20,000,000 series B round from New Enterprise Associates, Pelion Venture Partners and Venrock.