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Preempt
Secures all workforce identities everywhere
About Preempt
Preempt was a cybersecurity company founded in 2014 by Ajit Sancheti and Roman Blachman. The company was headquartered in Silicon Valley, with its research and development team based in Israel.
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Sancheti, the CEO, had a background in sales and business development at various tech companies, while Blachman, the CTO, brought his experience from the Israel Defense Forces' elite cyber unit. Their combined expertise in business and cybersecurity was foundational to Preempt's product development and market strategy.
The company developed a security platform that focused on identity and access management. It aimed to protect enterprises from security breaches by monitoring and analyzing user behavior to detect and respond to threats in real-time. The platform provided unified visibility and control over identities across both on-premises and cloud environments. By using behavioral and risk analytics, Preempt's solution could identify and preempt threats, enforce IT policies, and help organizations implement Zero Trust and Conditional Access security models. The company served over 400 enterprises, protecting more than 4 million workforce identities.
In 2020, CrowdStrike acquired Preempt. The acquisition integrated Preempt's technology into CrowdStrike's Falcon platform, enhancing its capabilities with identity-based threat prevention.
At a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Employees
- 9
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 77.1/100
- Industry
- Security
- Sub-industry
- Cloud & Infrastructure
- Sector
- Intellectual Property, Identity Management, Risk Management, Analytics, Network Security, User Behavior, Behavior Analytics, Cybersecurity
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITION✓Exit | Sep 2020 | $96M | $96M | CrowdStrike | — |
| ACQUISITION✓Exit | Sep 2020 | $96M | $96M | CrowdStrike | — |
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Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Preempt is 70 monthly website visits, down 80.6% over the last three months. Preempt's team grew 0% over the past year.
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Series A6 investors entered at this stage
General Catalyst
Paul Sagan
Mickey Boodaei
Blackstone
ClearSky
Intel Capital
Other known investors4 additional known investors
CrowdStrike
John Monagle
Plug and Play
Tyler Welt
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