When was WebShrinker founded?

WebShrinker was founded in 2012.

Where is WebShrinker located?

WebShrinker is headquartered in New York City, United States.

Where does WebShrinker rank among its competitors?

WebShrinker ranks 24th amongst 136 active competitors, of which 7 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Probely, which secured $8.86M in Nov, 2022.

Who are the top competitors of WebShrinker?

WebShrinker's top competitors include Feroot, Probely and Sucuri. Among them, Probely secured the most recent funding round in November, 2022.

WebShrinker - 2026 Company Profile, Team & Competitors

Company Details

WebShrinker provides internet filtering for school and home networks for Chromebooks. Users can create filtering policies from the centralized dashboard. Allows users to filter traffic by specific categories, per domain or per URL. Works on a Category API which updates in real-time providing up-to-date information on network usage. Allows users to allow sites permanently or for a limited time (15 minutes etc.). Has 40+ filter categories focused on K-12 organizations.

Website: webshrinker.com
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Founded Year

2012

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Acquired

Ranked

24^th among 136 active competitors

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Exit Details

Acquired by DNSFilter (Apr 18, 2018)

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WebShrinker got acquired by DNSFilter on Apr 18, 2018.

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WebShrinker has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of WebShrinker is Adam Spotton.

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

Adam Spotton: Founder of WebShrinker and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Top competitors of WebShrinker include Feroot, Probely and Sucuri. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of WebShrinker, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Feroot 2017, Toronto (Canada), Seed	Provider of cloud based web application security solutions	$13.5M	True Ventures, Y Combinator & 14 others	58/100
2nd	Probely 2016, Lisbon (Portugal), Acquired	Automated web application vulnerability scanning solution	$9.48M	Novabase, TIIN Capital & 16 others	45/100
3rd	Sucuri 2010, Menifee (United States), Acquired	Complete website security, protection, and monitoring products and services	-	Turn/River Capital	43/100
4th	Defiant 1997, Seattle (United States), Unfunded	Global leader in WordPress security, protecting websites from emerging threats	-	-	41/100
5th	SPI Dynamics 2000, Atlanta (United States), Acqui-Hired	Web application security & vulnerability assessment	$10.5M	Southeastern Technology Fund, Visa & 5 others	40/100
6th	OGO Security 2016, Paris (France), Seed	AI-based security solution for website	$1.1M	Elaia, IONIS 361 & 1 others	40/100
7th	Entersoft 2012, Bengaluru (India), Funding Raised	Web and mobile app security provider.	-	FinTech SuperCharger & 2 others	39/100
8th	Tinfoil Security 2011, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Provider of web vulnerability assessment solutions	$1M	BoxGroup, Ridge Ventures & 9 others	37/100
9th	Acunetix 2005, London (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Cloud based security testing platform	-	-	36/100
10th	Crashtest Security 2015, Munich (Germany), Acquired	Provider of web application security testing	-	BayStartUP, MassChallenge & 17 others	33/100
24th	WebShrinker 2012, New York City (United States), Acquired	Internet filerting platform for chromebooks	-	-	26/100