ThreatMetrix Named One of the Hottest Companies in Silicon Valley by Lead411
July 8, 2014
Context-Based Security and Advanced Fraud Prevention Provider Recognized for Tremendous Annual Growth and Recent Funding
San Jose, CA – July 8, 2014 – ThreatMetrix®, the fastest-growing provider of context-based security and advanced fraud prevention solutions, today announced it has been recognized as one of the 2014 “Hottest Companies in Silicon Valley” by Lead 411.
Lead411’s “Hottest Companies in Silicon Valley” list recognizes privately held companies in the software, wireless, Internet, hardware and media industries within Silicon Valley. Each company must have either doubled its revenue over the past two years or received more than $5 million in funding in the past two years.
This list originally started with over 1816 companies and was narrowed down to the top 87.
“We’re thrilled to be recognized as one of the fastest-growing software companies in Silicon Valley,” said Bert Rankin, chief marketing officer, ThreatMetrix. “Our fraud and security solutions collect valuable information and provide real-time insights to protect against account takeover, payment fraud, fraudulent account registration and multi-channel Web fraud. As cybercriminals become increasingly sophisticated, businesses must leverage a collective network to protect against online threats and our recent round of funding serves as validation of the high level of trust in our solution.”
In March 2014 ThreatMetrix secured $20 million in Series E funding led by Adams Street Partners. Through theThreatMetrix® Global Trust Intelligence Network (The Network) – the world’s largest network of shared intelligence –ThreatMetrix is positioned to effectively protect businesses and individuals against cybercrime without disrupting the user experience. The Network enables businesses to share anonymized information across business boundaries to deliver the most comprehensive risk assessment in real-time.
“This year’s Hottest Silicon Valley Award winners are stronger than ever. We expect to see large growth and ‘big things’ from this group,” said Tom Blue, Lead411 CEO.
For a full list of winners, visit http://www.lead411.com/awards/2014/silicon-valley.html.
ThreatMetrix Resources
- Whitepaper: Combating Cybercrime – A Collective Global Approach
- CEO Blog Post: A New Model for Building Trust on the Internet
About ThreatMetrix
ThreatMetrix builds trust on the Internet by offering market-leading advanced fraud prevention and frictionless context-based security solutions. These solutions authenticate consumer and workforce access to mission critical applications using real-time identity and access analytics that leverage the world’s largest trusted identity network.
ThreatMetrix secures enterprise applications against account takeover, payment fraud, fraudulent account registrations, malware, and data breaches. Underpinning the solution is the ThreatMetrix® Global Trust Intelligence Network, which analyzes over 500 million monthly transactions and protects more than 160 million active user accounts across 2,500 customers and 10,000 websites.
The ThreatMetrix solution is deployed across a variety of industries, including financial services, enterprise, e-commerce, payments, social networks, government and insurance.
For more information, visit www.threatmetrix.com or call 1-408-200-5755.
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About Lead411
Lead411 provides information, news, and research about U.S. companies and their executives. Founded in 2001, its goal has been to focus on quality corporate data that is valid and useful rather than producing as many company records as possible. In addition, Lead411 tracks company news in order to alert its customers about venture financing, new hires, hiring plans, etc. Customers include Gartner, Administaff and ADP.
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