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Recorded Future

363 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA, 02144, United States

Overview

Recorded Future offers a SaaS threat-intelligence platform that delivers automated, contextual, and relevant intelligence for security teams. The platform collects applicable threat intelligence from open, technical, and dark-web sources in real time and delivers targeted analytics and alerts. Its solution is designed to improve business decisions, boost operational efficiency, and strengthen network defense. Led by CEO and co-founder Christopher Ahlberg, the company emphasizes machine learning–based threat intelligence and research. Recorded Future raised $25M in a Series E round and plans to use the funds for geographic expansion and continued investment in ML-driven threat intelligence and research. Recorded Future provides a real-time threat intelligence analytics platform powered by a patented Web Intelligence Engine that continuously analyzes the open Web and indexes billions of events. The platform delivers insight into emerging threats to help users proactively defend against cyber attacks. Customers include financial institutions, technology companies, cyber security companies, MSSPs and government agencies. The company is based in Somerville, MA. Recorded Future raised $12M in a Series D round and intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations. Kevin Brown of Reed Elsevier Ventures will join the company’s board in conjunction with the funding. Recorded Future continuously scans tens of thousands of high-quality online sources—news publications, blogs, trade outlets, government sites, and financial databases—to analyze and visualize data about future events. Its platform answers forward-looking queries such as travel plans of world leaders, upcoming events in cities, and which sources best predict product releases. The company markets its product to financial services, competitive intelligence, and defense and intelligence customers. Recorded Future has already attracted customers including the Defense Department. The company says it is coming out of "semi-stealth mode," indicating plans for greater visibility and activity. Financially, Recorded Future has raised capital to support growth, having now raised a total of $20 million.

Total raised
$49M
Funding rounds
3
Latest round
Series E
Latest activity
Oct 2017

Industries

  • Analytics
  • Cyber Security
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Real Time
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Recent funding

  1. Series E

    Oct 2017

    $25M

  2. Series D

    Apr 2015

    $12M

  3. Series C

    May 2012

    $12M

Team

  • Christopher Ahlberg

    Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

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  • Jan Sparud

    Chief Architect and Co-Founder

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  • Staffan Truve

    Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

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  • Erik Wistrand

    Co-Founder

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