Tailscale - About the company
Tailscale is a series C company based in Toronto (Canada), founded in 2019 by David Crawshaw, Avery Pennarun and David Carney. It operates as a VPN solutions based on wireguard protocol. Tailscale has raised $275M in funding from investors like Accel, Insight Partners and CRV, with a current valuation of $778M. The company has 1093 active competitors, including 24 funded and 28 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like NordVPN, Express Vpn and ProtonVPN.
Company Details
VPN solutions based on wireguard protocol. The product uses multi-factor identification and single-sign-on technology for secure authentication. The features of the product include automatic key rotations, point-to-point connections, encryption, audit-compliant logging, etc. The product is available for Linux, iOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi and ARM.
- Website
- tailscale.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@tailscale.com
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Registered Address
- 50 Lynn Williams Street, Toronto
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2019
Location
Toronto, Canada
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$275M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$778M as on May 04, 2022
Ranked
1st among 1093 active competitors
Employee Count
327 as on May 31, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Legal entities associated with Tailscale
Tailscale is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tailscale Inc. CIN: 11315595 , Canada, Active | Mar 23, 2019 | - | - | - |
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Tailscale's funding and investors
Tailscale has raised a total funding of $275M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 03, 2020. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Apr 08, 2025 for $160M. 8 investors participated in its latest round. Tailscale has 11 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Tailscale:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Apr 08, 2025 | $160M | Series C | - | - | ||
May 04, 2022 | $100M | Series B | $778M | - | ||
Nov 10, 2020 | $12M | Series A | - | - |
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Tailscale's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Tailscale are David Crawshaw, Avery Pennarun and David Carney. Avery Pennarun is the CEO of Tailscale.
Here are the details of Tailscale's key team members:
- David Crawshaw: Co-Founder of Tailscale. They serve on the board of 1 company.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Avery Pennarun: Co-founder and CEO of Tailscale. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.
- David Carney: Co-Founder of Tailscale.
Tailscale's Board of Directors
Tailscale's board has 2 active members. David Crawshaw and David Carney are independent board members.Here is the list of Tailscale's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 1m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 7y 1m |
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Tailscale's employee count trend
Tailscale has 327 employees as of May 26. Here is Tailscale's employee count trend over the years:
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Tailscale's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Tailscale include NordVPN, Express Vpn and ProtonVPN. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Tailscale, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | VPN solutions based on wireguard protocol | $275M | 73/100 | ||
2nd | NordVPN 2012, New York City (United States), Series C | Provider of encryption based VPN for secure and anonymous internet activity | $100M | 71/100 | |
3rd | Express Vpn 2009, Milton Keynes (United Kingdom), Acquired | Provider of SaaS based personal VPN | - | - | 71/100 |
4th | ProtonVPN 2016, Geneva (Switzerland), Unfunded | Encryption & Tor server based secure VPN solution for individual & professionals | - | - | 61/100 |
5th | Provider of VPN based private & secure browsing and video CDN | $34M | 61/100 | ||
6th |  Surfshark 2018, United Kingdom, Unfunded | VPN solution for online security | - | - | 60/100 |
7th | AnchorFree 2005, Redwood City (United States), Series E | VPN based secure browsing & online privcay | $358M | 58/100 | |
8th | OpenVPN 2002, Pleasanton (United States), Seed | Secure networking solutions for businesses with zero trust VPN technology | - | - | 58/100 |
9th | IPVanish 1999, Orlando (United States), Unfunded | Provider of VPN service and geo unblocking for secure and anonymous browsing | - | - | 56/100 |
10th | Encryption based VPN service for secure and anonymous browsing | - | 56/100 |
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Tailscale's Investments and acquisitions
Tailscale has acquired Border0. Tailscale has not made any investments as of now.Reports related to Tailscale
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News related to Tailscale
Filter this listMedia has covered Tailscale for a total of 4 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates and 2 about partnerships.
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HAT signs exclusive Tailscale distribution deal in OceaniaChannelLife•Apr 27, 2026•Tailscale, Hat Distribution
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Tailscale and RustDesk: Secure remote access to all your desktopsTailscale•Jul 10, 2025•Tailscale, RustDesk
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Zyxel Networks and Tailscale partnership simplifies secure remote connectivity for Small BusinessesCIO Influence•Jun 27, 2025•Tailscale, ZyXEL
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Cloudbrink HAaaS solution outperforms industry leadersChannelLife•Feb 01, 2024•Cloudbrink, Cisco, Zscaler, Ivanti and 2 others
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Tailscale, Mullvad partner to deliver secure, private web browsingNetwork World•Sep 26, 2023•Tailscale, Mullvad VPN
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Tailscale’s $100 Million Series B Financing RoundGlobal Legal Chronicle•May 18, 2022•Tailscale, Osler
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Tailscale Closes $128 Million Cad Series B To Scale Vpn Service, Amass More Developer EvangelistsBetaKit•May 04, 2022•Tailscale, Insight Partners, Accel, Heavybit and 4 others
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Tailscale raises $12 million for its WireGuard-based corporate VPNTechCrunch+•Nov 10, 2020•Tailscale, Heavybit, Uncork Capital, Accel
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