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World’s leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks, heralding a new era of self-protecting software

Pleasanton, United StatesFounded 2014Cybersecurity
Valuation $1–2.5B Last recorded · 2021
Revenue $10–50M Latest reported FY
Headcount 100–500 Current team size
Total funding $100–500M Disclosed equity funding
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About Contrast Security

Contrast Security is a tech startup that provides a unified security platform for application developers. The company's primary focus is to empower developers to identify and rectify security risks in real-time during the application development process. This proactive approach to security is designed to accelerate development release cycles and improve overall application security.

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Contrast Security operates in the cybersecurity market, specifically in the application security segment. Its clients are primarily application developers and businesses that require secure application development. The company's business model is based on providing a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that developers can use to secure their code as they write it. This platform includes tools for Static Application Security Testing (SAST), which helps find vulnerabilities in the code, and Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST), which is even faster and more accurate than SAST.

The company makes money by charging its clients a subscription fee for using its platform. It claims that its platform can increase developer productivity, reduce the total cost of ownership, and provide a return on investment within five months. Furthermore, it offers visibility into the use of serverless architectures and protection against zero-day vulnerabilities, which are unknown flaws in software that hackers can exploit.

In summary, Contrast Security is a SaaS company that provides a platform for application developers to identify and fix security risks in real-time, thereby improving the security of their applications and accelerating their development process.

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At a glance

Founded
2014
Headquarters
Pleasanton, United States
Sector
Cybersecurity
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierColt$25–100M revenue

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Investors

11 investors on the cap table

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Series A5 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later6 investors entered at this stage

Employees mapped 194 incl. 3 AI specialists
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Key operators 17 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
11 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States70.7%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom15.6%
🇲🇽 Mexico6.6%
🇯🇵 Japan1.8%
🇨🇦 Canada1.8%
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Web traffic by country
58K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States28.3%
🇮🇳 India11.4%
🇨🇦 Canada6%
🇳🇬 Nigeria5.9%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom5.2%
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Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$75k

1 active patent families included in this estimate.

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