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Distil Networks

Distil Networks

Distil Networks was an American cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Distil Network's main product provided bot detection and mitigation. Publicly-traded cybersecurity company Imperva Inc. acquired Distil Networks in July 2019, integrating Distil's bot detection technology into their services.

History

Distil Networks, originally called Distil.it, was founded in April 2011 by Rami Essaid, Engin Akyol, and Andrew Stein, claiming to be the first website bot detection and mitigation solution of its kind. The company, formed in Arlington, Virginia, was later renamed to Distil Networks.

Initially the Distil Networks client base consisted largely of digital publishers concerned about their news content being stolen and re-used on competitors’ websites. However, due to the wide application of automation in website abuse, web application attacks, business logic attacks, and online fraud, Distil Networks soon branched into protecting other types of websites against malicious bots and threats they create.

Distil Networks was acquired by Imperva, a US-based publicly traded cybersecurity company, in July 2019. Distil was Imperva's just fifth acquisition since being founded in 2002, highlighting the growing rise of bots use in web applications and cybercrime.

Funding

Key investors in Distil Networks include Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundry Group, ff Venture Capital, Techstars, IDEA Fund Partners, Militello Capital, CIT GAP Funds, and Correlation Ventures.

Distil participated in the Class 13 - Cloud 2012 Winter cohort of Techstars and raised an estimated $59,048,000.

The company has also raised capital through seed money rounds, including individual investors contributing more than $200,000 in one week via AngelList. On May 28, 2014, the company secured $10 million in Series A funding to help fund the growth and expansion of the company. The series, led by Foundry Group and Techstars, added Ryan McInTyre of Foundry Group and David Cohen of Techstars to Distil's board of directors.

Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) led Distil's Series B funding round, which completed with $21 million USD raised. Distil Networks announced a $21 million USD Series C funding round on August 2, 2016. The Series C round included funding from Silicon Valley Bank and additional funds from Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundry Group and Techstars.

Technology

Distil Networks offered products that website owners used to block web bots and reduce click fraud, web scraping, performance problems, etc. Its bot detection technology processed real-time in-line traffic inspection to analyze more than forty attributes of each visitor, building a fingerprint to identify each bot. Distil networks offered its solutions via a Content Delivery Network (CDN), physical or virtual appliances, or a Software Development Kit (SDK) for Native Applications.

Timeline

August 2, 2016
Distil Networks raises a $21,000,000 series C round from Bessemer Venture Partners.
June 30, 2015
Distil Networks raises $21,000,000 in its Series B funding round, led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
May 28, 2014
Distil raises $10,000,000 in Series A funding round, led by Foundry Group and Techstars.

As a result, Ryan McInTyre of Foundry Group and David Cohen of Techstars join the company's Board of Directors.

January 24, 2013
Distil Networks raises a $1,800,000 seed round from Cloud Power Capital, IDEA Fund Partners and Techstars.

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Industry
Data security
Data security
Cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity
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Data management
Social media
Social media
Software
Software
Technology
Technology
Cloud computing security
Cloud computing security
Location
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Arlington
Stockholm
Stockholm
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
United States
B2X
B2B
B2B
CEO
Rami Essaid
Rami Essaid
Founder
Rami Essaid
Rami Essaid
Engin Akyol
Engin Akyol
Sean Harmer
Sean Harmer
Andrew Stein
Andrew Stein
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../53802-55
Legal Name
Distil Networks, Inc.
Accelerator
Techstars
Techstars
Accelerator Batch
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Techstars Class 13 - Cloud 2012 Winter
Number of Employees (Ranges)
100 – 249
Full Address
4501 N FAIRFAX DRIVE, SUITE 200 ARLINGTON, , VA UNITED STATES 22203 1647
CIK Number
1,566,069
Investors
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners
Techstars
Techstars
IDEA Fund Partners
IDEA Fund Partners
Cloud Power Capital
Cloud Power Capital
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Amer Rehman
Correlation Ventures
Correlation Ventures
DUNS Number
079308588
Founded Date
2011
Email Address
info@distilnetworks.com
Phone Number
+18667779980
Total Funding Amount (USD)
22,800,000
Latest Funding Round Date
August 2, 2016
Competitors
Nisos Group
Nisos Group
Glassdoor ID
657395
Former CEO
Rami Essaid
Rami Essaid
Latest Funding Type
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Series C round
NAICS Code
541,990
CAGE Code
7GN00
Wellfound ID
distil-networks

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distilnetworks.com/blog/
Acquirer
Imperva
Imperva
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