ZeroFox
a cyber security company based in Baltimore, Maryland
ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. is an American external cybersecurity company based in Baltimore, Maryland. It provides cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) for organizations to expose and disrupt phishing and fraud campaigns, botnet exposures, credential theft, impersonations, data breaches, and physical threats that target brands, domains, people, and assets.
History
ZeroFox was created in 2013 under the name Riskive, but changed to its current name months later. The company began as a startup inside Betamore, a startup incubator in Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood.
In 2015, ZeroFox raised $27 million in Series B funding. By 2016, the company moved to s former Pabst Brewing facility in South Baltimore. In 2017, ZeroFox raised $40 million in funding led by Redline Capital Management, a European venture firm, and Silver Lake Waterman, a fund that focuses on pre-IPO companies. Prior investors New Enterprise Associates, Highland Capital Partners and Core Capital also contributed. The investment helped bring ZeroFox's total funding to $88 million.
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