• Lastline

  Participated · Series C · Jul 2017

  Lastline offers an advanced malware defense platform that inspects network traffic, attachments and URLs in an elastic, cloud-centric sandbox analysis environment. Its next-generation sandbox uses full system emulation and cloud-based threat analysis to detect zero-day threats, advanced persistent threats (APTs), advanced targeted attacks (ATAs) and advanced malware that evade signature-based antivirus and first-generation sandboxing. The platform is deployed with Global 2000 enterprises and managed security service providers across North America, Europe and Asia. Lastline emphasizes protection against threats entering networks via web, file and email channels without relying on traditional signature-based approaches. The company plans to continue serving a rapidly growing global enterprise customer base and to advance partnerships to improve information security and threat intelligence worldwide, including expanded reach into Japan and the broader Asia‑Pacific market. Financially, the company has raised capital across prior rounds and announced additional funding to support growth. Lastline develops advanced malware protection and breach-detection solutions, with its flagship product Lastline Enterprise positioned as an industry-leading automated malware analysis platform. The product is used directly by Global 5000 customers, through managed security service providers, and integrated into other vendors' solutions. Independent tests cited in the article (NSS Labs 2016 and The Forrester Wave™) recognize Lastline for high detection effectiveness and strong market standing. The company reports 100% annual growth since Lastline Enterprise was introduced in 2013 and expanded its distribution in 2016 to include direct enterprise sales. Lastline says it will use new capital to accelerate go-to-market efforts, expand sales and marketing, and bolster its development organization to advance its breach-detection vision. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. Lastline is a malware protection service offering solutions to protect businesses from persistent threats (APTs), targeted attacks, and zero-day threats in real time. The company uses a "correlation engine" that correlates, aggregates, and prioritizes security events to provide situational awareness and actionable threat intelligence. Founded in 2012 by computer science professors from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Northeastern University, Lastline positions itself as a direct competitor to FireEye. The company announced a $10 million funding round led by Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures and said Redpoint partner John Welecka will join its board. Lastline plans to use the new capital to focus on its sales strategy and to further develop the malware and threat-detection technology at the core of its products. In its announcement the company argued that malware authors are becoming increasingly sophisticated at evading automated analysis and signature-based tools, and that its technology is designed to address those evasion techniques.

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