Red Balloon Security, co-founded by Ang Cui and Salvatore Stolfo, is the developer and exclusive licenser of Software Symbiote technology, the world's first effective host defense for embedded systems. Under the sponsorship of DARPA’s Cyber Fast Track program, this company has developed FRAK (Firmware Reverse Analysis Konsole). FRAK is a system that provides the core capability to automatically unpack, modify and repack embedded system firmware to install Symbiote defenses without requiring a faster processor, extra hardware, or any code changes from the vendor.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $21.9M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Bain Capit... | baincapita... |
| - | Pritzker G... | pritzkergr... |
| - | Greycroft | greycroft.... |
| - | American F... | amfamventu... |
| - | In-Q-Tel | iqt.org |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 04.04.2018 | Series A | $21.9M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
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| 05.06.2024 | Securing embedded devices with the "Defend from Within" approach to firmware security, Red Balloon Security with support from DARPA brings OFRAK to the Commercial market | Red Balloon Security, the market leader in the "Defend from Within" approach to embedded firmware security, announced today the commercialization of OFRAK with support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), wh... |
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| 04.04.2018 | Red Balloon Security Raises $21.9M in Series A | NEW YORK, NY, Leader in embedded device security, today announced it has secured $21.9 million in Series A funding. >> Click here for more funding data on Red Balloon Security >> To export Red Balloon Security funding data t... |
| 03.04.2018 | Red Balloon Security Raises $21.9M in Series A Funding | Red Balloon Security, a NYC-based developer of an embedded device security solution, secured $21.9m in Series A funding. The round – which brings total financing to $23.5m – was led by Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Greycrof... |
| 03.04.2018 | Red Balloon Security Raises $21.9 Million in Series A Investment for Embedded Device Cybersecurity | NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 3, 2018– Red Balloon Security, a world leader in embedded device security, today announced it has secured $21.9 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with additional investment from... |
| 03.04.2018 | Red Balloon Security Raises $21.9 Million in Series A Investment | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Balloon Security, a world leader in embedded device security, today announced it has secured $21.9 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with additional investment from Greycroft, A... |
| 03.04.2018 | Red Balloon Security Raises $21.9 Million in Series A Investment | NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Balloon Security, a world leader in embedded device security, today announced it has secured $21.9 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with additional investment from Greycroft, A... |
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