Catbird - About the company
Catbird is an acqui-hired company based in Scotts Valley (United States), founded in 2000. It operates as a Software defined security for virtual infrastructure based data centers. Catbird has raised $12M in funding. The company has 286 active competitors, including 75 funded and 49 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Cisco, HashiCorp and Forescout.
Company Details
Catbird provides software-defined security for virtual infrastructure. Software suite of products provide visibility into and protection of private clouds and virtual Data Centers. Catbird’s software-defined security software resides on the hypervisor and is deployed in a hub and spoke architecture. The two architectural elements are: Catbird Control Center which acts as the policy definition point, manages the other components and centralizes all the data gathered for visualization, analytics, alerting and reporting purposes; and Catbird Virtual Machine Appliances (VMAs) which is a mesh of sensors collecting data and executing the technical controls. Control Center is deployed as a separate VM & steers the VMAs & VMAs are not deployed on individual virtual machines but on the virtual network itself. Solution provides insight into all VM assets grouped together & related activity in a data center, automates security policy enforcement within virtual fabric based upon visualization & analysis. Listed among one of the Top 10 Security Companies to Watch by RSA 2014; Winner of the Virtualization Review ISV Product of the Year 2012, Security Category; SC Magazine Virtualization Security Product of the Year 2011; Gartner Cool Vendor 2011; and a VMworld 2010 Finalist, Security and Virtualization.
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2000
Location
Scotts Valley, United States
Stage
Acqui-Hired
Total Funding
$12M in 2 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
141st among 286 active competitors
Employee Count
24 as on Dec 31, 2017
Legal entities associated with Catbird
Catbird is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CATBIRD NETWORKS INC CIN: 860996028 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 24 (As on Dec 31, 2017) | - |
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Catbird's funding and investors
Catbird has raised a total funding of $12M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 18, 2012. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Jul 25, 2013 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Catbird has 1 institutional investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Catbird:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 25, 2013 | 9278483 | Series A | 1846321 | 8187010 | 2688577 | 3985583 |
Dec 18, 2012 | 5656136 | Series A | 5800702 | 9763145 | 2343371 |
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Catbird's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileCatbird's employee count trend
Catbird has 24 employees as of Dec 17. The total employee count is 25.0% lower than what it was in Dec 16. Here is Catbird's employee count trend over the years:
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Catbird's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Catbird include Cisco, HashiCorp and Forescout. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Catbird, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Cisco 1984, San Jose (United States), Public | Provider of AI infrastructure, secure networking, and software solutions | $2.5M | 83/100 | |
2nd | HashiCorp 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | AI based cloud infrastructure management solutions | $349M | 76/100 | |
3rd |  Forescout 2000, San Jose (United States), Acquired | Provider of cybersecurity solutions for continuous threat exposure management and mitigation | $120M | 75/100 | |
4th | Orca Security 2019, Portland (United States), Series C | Platform offering cloud security solutions for businesses | $640M | 71/100 | |
5th |  A10 Networks 2004, United States, Public | Provider of application delivery, security, and centralized management and analytics solutions | $118M | 70/100 | |
6th | Trend Micro 1988, Irving (United States), Public | Provider of cloud security solutions | - | 66/100 | |
7th | Cyber risk and vulnerability assessment solutions provider | $49M | 66/100 | ||
8th | Exaforce 2023, San Jose (United States), Series B | Provider of an agentic security operations platform with AI capabilities | $263M | 65/100 | |
9th |  Aujas 2008, Cupertino (United States), Acquired | Platform for security analytics and risk assessment | $18.9M | 64/100 | |
10th | Upwind 2022, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Provider of cloud security solutions for infrastructure and application protection | $430M | 64/100 | |
141st | Catbird 2000, Scotts Valley (United States), Acqui-Hired | Software defined security for virtual infrastructure based data centers | $12M | 29/100 |
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Catbird's Investments and acquisitions
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