When was Confer founded?

Confer was founded in 2013 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Confer located?

Confer is headquartered in Waltham, United States. It is registered at Southborough, Massachusetts.

How many employees does Confer have?

As of Dec 31, 2022, the latest employee count at Confer is 25.

Is Confer a funded company?

Confer is a funded company, having raised a total of $25M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Jan 15, 2014.

When was the latest funding round of Confer?

Confer's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Nov 02, 2015, with participation from 3 investors.

Where does Confer rank among its competitors?

Confer ranks 22nd amongst 113 active competitors, of which 25 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Armadin, which secured an undisclosed amount in Mar, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Confer?

Confer's top competitors include Uptycs, Cylance and Armadin. Among them, Armadin secured the most recent funding round in March, 2026.

Confer - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Confer is an acqui-hired company based in Waltham (United States), founded in 2013 by Jeff Kraemer and Mark Quinlivan. It operates as an Endpoint threat detection and response. Confer has raised $25M in funding from Foundation Capital. The company has 113 active competitors, including 25 funded and 16 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Uptycs, Cylance and Armadin.

Company Details

Confer provides endpoint detection and response solution for servers, laptops and mobile devices from APTs with Confer's open cyberthreat intelligence community. Prevents cyberthreat by watching for tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) that attackers use, collecting and analyzing large volumes of TTP within a secure cloud. Collects attack data from all its customers to create a collaborated collection, and use it to prevent threats and attacks. In addition to TTP analytics, employs techniques of signature-based AV protection from 40+ AV engines, whitelisting, IP reputation screening and advanced analytics. The platform is built on the open STIX and TAXII standards for threat-based collaboration initiated by DHS & MITRE corporation.

Website: confer.net
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Registered Address: Southborough, Massachusetts

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2013

Location

Waltham, United States

Stage

Acqui-Hired

Total Funding

$25M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Nov 02, 2015, $*****

Investors

Foundation Capital & 2 more

Ranked

22^nd among 113 active competitors

Employee Count

25 as on Dec 31, 2022

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Confer is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
CONFER TECHNOLOGIES INC CIN: 454090941 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	25 (As on Dec 31, 2015)	-

Confer has raised a total funding of $25M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 15, 2014. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Nov 02, 2015 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Confer has 3 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Confer:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Nov 02, 2015	6759982	Series B	5377774	4934513	5982289	1723907
Jan 15, 2014	1446504	Series A	9851029	5628875	8006515	Matrix & 1 more

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The founders of Confer are Jeff Kraemer and Mark Quinlivan.

Here are the details of Confer's key team members:

Jeff Kraemer: Founder & CTO of Confer.
Mark Quinlivan: Founder & CEO of Confer.

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Confer's employee count trend

Confer has 25 employees as of Dec 22. The total employee count is 39.0% more than what it was in Dec 21. Here is Confer's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Confer include Uptycs, Cylance and Armadin. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Confer, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Uptycs 2016, Waltham (United States), Series C	Cloud-based security analytics solution for anomaly detection and incident response	$93M	Comcast Ventures, Sapphire Ventures & 5 others	63/100
2nd	Cylance 2012, Irvine (United States), Acquired	Machine learning based threat detection solution for endpoint devices	$297M	Blackstone, DFJ Growth & 14 others	59/100
3rd	Armadin 2025, Palo Alto (United States), Series A	Developer of a cybersecurity platform utilizing AI to simulate and detect potential vulnerabilities in a companys defenses	$190M	Accel, Google Ventures & 5 others	57/100
4th	Wandera 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Apple device management and security solutions for business, education, and healthcare	$46.8M	Sapphire Ventures, Index Ventures & 8 others	57/100
5th	Omnissa 2018, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired	Provider of AI based threat detection solutions	-	-	56/100
6th	Total Defense 2011, Redwood City (United States), Acquired	Internet security solutions provider, safeguarding devices and data with advanced technology	$16.5M	Marlin Equity Partners, Razorhorse	54/100
7th	Andesite 2023, Mclean (United States), Seed	Developer of an AI security analytics platform designed for cyber analysts	$38.2M	General Catalyst, Red Cell Partners	52/100
8th	Blue Ridge Networks 1997, Chantilly (United States), Series B	Cybersecurity breach prevention solutions provider for critical assets and operations	$16.7M	SpaceVest, North Atlantic Capital & 3 others	48/100
9th	ReSec Tech 2012, New York City (United States), Series A	Cyber protection technology to prevent malware from entering the enterprise network	$11M	PICO Partners, QBN Capital & 6 others	47/100
10th	Minerva Labs 2014, Petah Tikva (Israel), Acquired	Endpoint security and malware prevention platform	$8M	Amplify Partners, Webb Investment Network ... & 2 others	47/100
22nd	Confer 2013, Waltham (United States), Acqui-Hired	Endpoint threat detection and response	$25M	Foundation Capital, Matrix & 1 others	40/100