Bugcrowd
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cybersecurity |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founders | Casey Ellis, Chris Raethke, Sergei Belokamen |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Key people | Ashish Gupta (CEO), Casey Ellis (Chairman, CTO), Nick McKenzie (CI&SO) |
| Website | bugcrowd |
Bugcrowd is a crowdsourced security platform.[1][2][3] It was one of the first companies to embrace and utilize crowd-sourced security and cybersecurity researchers as linchpins of its business model. It was founded in 2011 and in 2019 it was one of the largest bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure companies on the internet.[4] In March 2018 it secured $26 million in a Series C funding round led by Triangle Peak Partners.[5]Bugcrowd announced Series D funding in April 2020 of $30 million led by previous investor Rally Ventures.[6]In total, Bugcrowd has raised nearly $80 million in venture funding since 2011.[7]
Publications
In 2020 Bugcrowd published "Inside the Mind of a Hacker," an extensive study of global hackers and the economics of security research.[8]
References
- ^ "Hackers Receive $500,000 in One Week via Bugcrowd". SecurityWeek.Com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "HackerOne connects hackers with companies and hopes for a win-win". The New York Times. June 7, 2015. Archived from the original on June 11, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- ^ "Here's the Netflix account compromise Bugcrowd doesn't want you to know about". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "TechCrunch is now a part of Verizon Media". techcrunch.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "Bugcrowd Raises $26 Million to Expand Vulnerability Hunting Business". SecurityWeek.Com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "Bugcrowd raises $30M in Series D to expand its bug bounty platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- ^ "Bugcrowd - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- ^ "2020 Inside the Mind of a Hacker Report | Bugcrowd". 2020 Inside the Mind of a Hacker Report | Bugcrowd. Retrieved 2021-07-08.