Internal Server Error

Fastly - About the company

Fastly is a public company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2011 by Simon Wistow. It operates as a Provider of edge cloud platform services for building and delivering applications. Fastly has raised $224M in funding from investors like August Capital, Amplify Partners and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. The company has 1780 active competitors, including 33 funded and 56 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like CloudFlare, Akamai and TVU Networks.

Company Details

Provider of edge cloud platform services for building and delivering applications. The platform enables creation of fast, secure, and scalable sites. It offers network services for secure networks with predictable pricing. The platform provides solutions for ecommerce, streaming media, travel, hospitality, and financial services.
Social
XFacebook
Registered Address
San Francisco, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2011
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Public
Total Funding
$224M in 9 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
Annual Revenue
$500M - $1B as on Dec 31, 2025
Employee Count
1,415 as on Jun 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Similar Companies
Exit Details
Public

Fastly's IPO details

Fastly got listed on May 17, 2019.
Click here to take a look at Fastly's IPO in detail
Sign up to download Fastly's company profile

Fastly's funding and investors

Fastly has raised a total funding of $224M over 9 rounds. Fastly has 25 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Fastly:lockFilter this list
Date of Funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post-Money Valuation
Revenue Multiple
Lead Investors
Other Investors
Mar 03, 2021
2571664
Post IPO
6355519
2161329
5826307
5032194
Jul 16, 2018
9800342
Series F
3668145
8511946
9087320
2256360
May 22, 2017
7071027
Series E
7070054
6860296
6302021
lockAccess funding benchmarks and valuations. Sign up today!

Fastly's founders and board of directors

Founder? Claim Profile
The founders of Fastly is Simon Wistow.
Here are the details of Fastly's key team members:

Fastly's employee count trend

Fastly has 1,415 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Fastly's employee count trend over the years:
Employee count trend for Fastly
lockUncover Fastly's growth story! Sign up today!
chrome_extension_cta_illustration
Access Tracxn on any website
Our Google Chrome extension lets you view company details while browsing their websites
Install Tracxn Extension

Fastly's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Fastly include CloudFlare, Akamai and TVU Networks. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Fastly, ranked by Tracxn score:
Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
Logo for CloudFlare
CloudFlare
2009, San Francisco (United States), Public
Provider of cloud services for security, performance, and application development
$332M
87/100
2nd
Logo for Akamai
Akamai
1998, Cambridge (United States), Public
Provider of cloud computing, security, and content delivery network services
$61.5M
81/100
3rd
Logo for Fastly
Fastly
2011, San Francisco (United States), Public
Provider of edge cloud platform services for building and delivering applications
$224M
76/100
4th
Logo for TVU Networks
TVU Networks
2005, Mountain View (United States), Series B
Provider of IP-based video solutions for live media production workflows
$13.6M
69/100
5th
Logo for VeriSign
VeriSign
1995, Mountain View (United States), Public
Attack traffic analysis and management based DDoS protection
-
69/100
6th
Logo for NetScout
NetScout
1985, Westford (United States), Public
Provider of network performance, observability, cybersecurity, and DDoS solutions
$6M
67/100
7th
Logo for Xunlei
Xunlei
2003, Shanghai (China), Public
Content distribution and delivery network
$340M
66/100
8th
Logo for Velocix
Velocix
2002, Cambridge (Canada), Acquired
CDN solutions
$79M
65/100
9th
Logo for Corero
Corero
1997, Hudson (United States), Public
Provider of DDoS protection for enterprise
$14.5M
64/100
10th
Logo for CDNetworks
CDNetworks
2000, Singapore (Singapore), Late Stage
Global provider of cloud-based content delivery network and security solutions
$96.5M
62/100
lockGet insights and benchmarks for competitors of 2M+ companies! Sign up today!
Looking for more details on Fastly's competitors? Click here to see the top ones

Fastly's Investments and acquisitions

Fastly has not made any investments yet. Fastly has made 7 acquisitions.
Here is the list of latest three $acquisitions:lockFilter this list
Date of Investment/Acquisition
Type
Company Name
Founded Year
Location
Aug 17, 2023
Acquisition
2008
San Francisco (United States)
May 19, 2022
Acquisition
2000
New York City (United States)
Apr 03, 2022
Acquisition
2011
Mountain View (United States)
lockWant to know more about where corporates are investing? Sign up today!
See all acquisitions by Fastly

Reports related to Fastly

Here is the latest report on Fastly's sector:

News related to Fastly

lockFilter this list
Media has covered Fastly for a total of 44 events in the last 1 year, 19 of them have been about company updates and 5 about partnerships.
lockGet curated news about company updates, funding rounds, M&A deals and others. Sign up today!

FAQs about Fastly

Explore our recently published companies
Tracxn powers 1,000+ customers across 30+ countries
Accel PartnersPartechIN-Q-TEL - USFujitsuTenityStanford