When was Crisp Thinking founded?

Crisp Thinking was founded in 2005 and raised its 1st funding round 8 years after it was founded.

Where is Crisp Thinking located?

Crisp Thinking is headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom.

Who is the current CEO of Crisp Thinking?

Adam Hildreth of Crisp Thinking. They are also an angel investors in 1 startup.

Which legal entities is Crisp Thinking associated with?

Crisp Thinking is associated with CRISP THINKING GROUP LIMITED.

How many employees does Crisp Thinking have?

As of Dec 31, 2023, the latest employee count at Crisp Thinking is 252.

Is Crisp Thinking a funded company?

Crisp Thinking is a funded company, having raised a total of $26.5M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Nov 13, 2013.

How much is Crisp Thinking worth?

The last known valuation of Crisp Thinking was $***** as of Oct 17, 2018.

When was the latest funding round of Crisp Thinking?

Crisp Thinking's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Oct 22, 2018, with participation from 1 investor. Its primary sector is Cybersecurity. In United Kingdom, the Cybersecurity sector has seen $477M in funding in 2026 to date.

What is the annual revenue of Crisp Thinking?

Annual revenue of Crisp Thinking is between £10M and £50M as on Dec 31, 2022

Where does Crisp Thinking rank among its competitors?

Crisp Thinking ranks 2nd amongst 35 active competitors, of which 5 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was BrandShield, which secured $2.12M in Nov, 2022.

Who are the top competitors of Crisp Thinking?

Crisp Thinking's top competitors include VirusTotal, BrandShield and Webtotem. Among them, BrandShield secured the most recent funding round in November, 2022.

Crisp Thinking - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Platform offering reputation management and risk intelligence solutions. It is a real time risk intelligence company that protects brands, assets, and people from reputational damage, security threats, and online harm. The company AI technology has been trained to discover and track the risk signals embedded within digital chatter to be the expert in fast, actionable risk intelligence. It provides solutions such as corporate risk intelligence, platform risk intelligence for global trust and safety teams, and pharmaceutical social compliance.

Website: crispthinking.com
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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2005

Location

Leeds, United Kingdom

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$26.5M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Oct 22, 2018, $*****

Last Known Valuation

$***** as on Oct 17, 2018

Investors

Baird Capital & 28 more

Ranked

2^nd among 35 active competitors

Annual Revenue

£10M - £50M as on Dec 31, 2022

Employee Count

252 as on Dec 31, 2023

Investment & Acquisitions

IMSafer

Similar Companies

VirusTotal & 47 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Kroll (Jun 01, 2022)

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Crisp Thinking is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
CRISP THINKING GROUP LIMITED CIN: 5636614 , Germany, Active	Nov 24, 2005	£10M - £50M (As on Dec 31, 2022)	252 (As on Dec 31, 2023)

Crisp Thinking got acquired by Kroll on Jun 01, 2022.

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Crisp Thinking has raised a total funding of $26.5M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Nov 13, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Oct 22, 2018 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Crisp Thinking has 8 institutional investors and 21 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Crisp Thinking:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 22, 2018	6154176	Series A	1281406	2417186	3328786	3641978
Nov 13, 2013	5282812	Seed	8224194	5502546	Colin Brumpton	Trevor James Arthur Newey & 15 more

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The founders of Crisp Thinking is Adam Hildreth.

Here are the details of Crisp Thinking's key team members:

Adam Hildreth: Founder & CEO of Crisp Thinking. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup and serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address

Crisp Thinking's Board of Directors

Crisp Thinking's board has 5 active members. Adam Hildreth, Andrew Ferguson, Vikram Sharma, Peter Maude and Andrew Burke are part of team.

Here is the list of Crisp Thinking's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Adam Hildreth	Team	-	Current	20y 9m
Peter Maude	Team	-	Current	20y 6m
tcoxkvy	Team	-	Past	7y 4m
hpyppvk	Team	-	Past	1y 3m
kvxrpoj	Team	-	Current	1y 8m
izfba{l	Team	-	Current	6y 6m
l{{okdv	Team	-	Past	7y 8m
Andrew Ferguson	Investor	Baird Capital	Current	7y 10m
badqprt	Independent board member	-	Past	9y 6m
zjcbmsw	Independent board member	-	Past	1y 4m

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Crisp Thinking's employee count trend

Crisp Thinking has 252 employees as of Dec 23. The total employee count is 7.0% lower than what it was in Dec 22. Here is Crisp Thinking's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Crisp Thinking include VirusTotal, BrandShield and Webtotem. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Crisp Thinking, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	VirusTotal 2004, Dublin (Ireland), Acquired	Free online virus, malware and url scanner	-	-	48/100
2nd	Crisp Thinking 2005, Leeds (United Kingdom), Acquired	Platform offering reputation management and risk intelligence solutions	$26.5M	Baird Capital, Brewin Dolphin & 27 others	48/100
3rd	BrandShield 2010, Ramat Hasharon (Israel), Public	Provider of brand and website reputation monitoring solutions provider	-	Herald Investment Management, iAngels & 4 others	41/100
4th	Webtotem 2015, Nur Sultan (Kazakhstan), Seed	Website monitoring and vulnerability scanning solution	-	Startup Wise Guys, Huge Thing & 1 others	41/100
5th	WOT 2006, Helsinki (Finland), Seed	Crowdsourced web reputation rating and review tool	$1.3M	Inventure, OpenOcean & 2 others	39/100
6th	New Knowledge 2015, Austin (United States), Deadpooled	AI based threat intelligence platform for protecting brand reputation	$18M	Notable Capital, Moonshots Capital & 6 others	33/100
7th	SiteAdvisor 2005, Boston (United States), Acquired	AI-powered antivirus, scam, identity, and privacy protection for digital safety	-	Founder Collective, Bessemer Venture Partners ... & 1 others	32/100
8th	Chameleonx 2015, Tel Aviv (Israel), Acquired	Secure ad serving platform to prevent ad blocking, ad-injection and malware attacks	$1.9M	Firstime, TheTime	31/100
9th	Remove Group 2019, Madrid (Spain), Seed	Provider of cyber-risk management solutions	$1.78M	IESE Business School	30/100
10th	Acium 2024, Miami (United States), Unfunded	Developer of software for securing web browsers and browser sessions	-	-	29/100