Who founded Cloudflare?

Cloudflare was founded by Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn, Lee Holloway in 2009.

Who are Cloudflare's investors?

Cloudflare's investors include Apposite Capital, CapitalG, EQT Ventures, Flagship Pioneering, Icon Ventures, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, LSP (Life Sciences Partners) and 13 more.

Where is Cloudflare headquartered?

Cloudflare is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

Cloudflare

San Francisco, US · Founded 2009 · Public · 21 known investors

Find your way into Cloudflare

188 people in our graph share verified history with the Cloudflare team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Martin Tobiasunlockedknows Dane Knecht · together at Tippr (overlapped)

×2knows the team · via Tippr

×5knows the team · via MessageOne (acquired by Dell)

×4knows the team · via Frog Design

Cloudflare provides a global cloud network platform delivering security, performance, and development services through sixty-plus integrated services including SASE, application security, and full-stack development infrastructure.

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Founders & leadership

Cloudflare was founded in 2009 by Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn, and Lee Holloway.

Matthew PrinceCEO & Co-FounderFounder at Cloudflare Turnstile

Michelle ZatlynCo-founder and President

Lee HollowayCo-founderuntil 2015

Dane Knecht CTOChief Technology Officer at Cloudflare, responsible for technology strategy and product development across the company's security and infrastructure services.

Thomas SeifertChief Financial OfficerDirector at Crusoe Energy

Alissa StarzakChief Legal Officer and Secretary

Investors · 21

Apposite Capitallisted by Apposite CapitalLondon

CapitalGlisted by CapitalGSan Francisco · $75M – $100M

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EQT Ventureslisted by EQT VenturesLuxembourg · $2M – $50M

Flagship Pioneeringlisted by Flagship PioneeringCambridge · $500K – $10M

Icon Ventureslisted by Icon VenturesPalo Alto · $6M – $12M

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Khosla Ventureslisted by Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M

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LocalGlobelisted by LocalGlobeLondon

LSP (Life Sciences Partners)listed by LSP (Life Sciences Partners)Amsterdam · $11M – $66M

Mastrylisted by MastrySan Francisco

Mid Europa Partnerslisted by Mid Europa PartnersWarsaw · $55M – $330M

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New Enterprise Associates (NEA)listed by New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M

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Ossian Capitallisted by Ossian CapitalMiami

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Oxxlisted by OxxStockholm · $5M – $25M

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Qualcomm Ventureslisted by Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M

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Quest Ventureslisted by Quest VenturesSingapore · $50K – $10M

Runa Capitallisted by Runa CapitalSofia · $500K – $5M

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Silver Lake Partnerslisted by Silver Lake PartnersMenlo Park

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SJF Ventureslisted by SJF VenturesDurham · $1M – $10M

Taurus Ventureslisted by Taurus VenturesBangkokvia Hemant Bhardwaj · inferred

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Union Square Ventures (USV)listed by Union Square Ventures (USV)New York · $1M – $8M

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Venrocklisted by VenrockPalo Alto · $500K – $10M

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Competitors · 8

by search overlap

Cisco20037 shared keywordsCisco Systems designs and sells networking hardware, software, and services—including routers, switches, and cloud-based applications—to enterprise, service provider, and consumer markets globally.

Firefox,12832 shared keywordsMozilla is a global community organization that develops and maintains open-source internet infrastructure, including the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email client, while advocating for internet openness, privacy, and user control. The organization also invests in responsible technology startups and creates open-source AI tools for developers.

Instart12176 shared keywordsInstart was a Palo Alto-based web content delivery and application performance company whose assets Akamai acquired in 2020.

Palo Alto Networks12145 shared keywordsPalo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity platforms and services to protect organizations' digital infrastructure across cloud, network, and security operations. The company serves enterprise organizations, governments, financial institutions, utilities, and healthcare providers globally.

Spiceworks11828 shared keywordsSocial business network for IT that is transforming how $1 trillion worth of technology products and services is marketed and sold each year to small and mid-sized businesses worldwide.

Check Point Software11113 shared keywordsCheck Point Software Technologies is a cybersecurity company providing security products and solutions. This page is its investor relations section, containing annual reports, SEC filings, financial results, and corporate governance information.

Oracle10300 shared keywordsOracle sells enterprise database software, applications and cloud infrastructure, and has grown through large acquisitions including PeopleSoft, Siebel and Sun Microsystems.

GoDaddy10028 shared keywordsGoDaddy provides domain registration, website building, e-commerce, hosting, and business management tools primarily for small business owners, web designers, and domain investors, bundling domain identity services with marketing and commerce capabilities.

Companies competing with Cloudflare for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Acquisitions · 2

Early investors' stakes continue via these deals

Area 1 Security

Area 1 Security, now part of Cloudflare as Cloudflare Email Security, provides AI-powered email and collaboration security that detects and blocks phishing, business email compromise, malware, and multi-channel link-based attacks. It serves organizations seeking to protect their workforces, offering inline, API, and hybrid deployment options.

Zaraz

Zaraz built a third-party tool manager that loaded analytics, marketing, and other scripts server-side or in the cloud to improve website speed, privacy, and security. Acquired by Cloudflare in 2021.

Frequently asked questions

What does Cloudflare do?: Cloudflare provides a global cloud network platform delivering security, performance, and development services through sixty-plus integrated services including SASE, application security, and full-stack development infrastructure.
Who founded Cloudflare?: Cloudflare was founded by Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn, Lee Holloway in 2009.
Who are Cloudflare's investors?: Cloudflare's investors include Apposite Capital, CapitalG, EQT Ventures, Flagship Pioneering, Icon Ventures, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, LSP (Life Sciences Partners) and 13 more.
Where is Cloudflare headquartered?: Cloudflare is headquartered in San Francisco, US.