BLACK DUCK SOFTWARE INC

Burlington, MA · CIK 0001300477 · Cybersecurity · Private

Application security scanning and software composition analysis platform using SAST, SCA, DAST, and AI to detect vulnerabilities and manage open source risk

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Grants: —; No SBIR or STTR on record; Sector median: 0
Raised: $32M; 2 Form D · Sep 2014; 145 months since last filing
Contracts: —; No federal contracts on record
Patents: 15; 7 granted · 8 pending; Sector median: 0

Capital Timeline

Federal above the line · equity below · node area scaled to amount

Federal ↑Equity ↓

20112012201320142015

Capital and federal award history
Date	Event	Source	Amount
12 Oct 2011	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$12,000,000
12 Sept 2014	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$20,000,042

Form D · SEC

Peer position

Cybersecurity · 603 companies · ranked on federal contract value

Cybersecurity companies ranked by federal contract value
#	Company	Contracts	Disclosed equity
266	SAGUARO INNOVATION LLC	—	—
267	Smart Security Systems LLC	—	$351K
268	USENCRYPTION INC.	—	—
269	BLACK DUCK SOFTWARE INC	—	$32M
270	NodePlus, Inc.	—	$200K
271	Expel, Inc.	—	$285M
272	Cobalt Iron, Inc.	—	$1.5M

Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.

Founders & Team

From Form D filings · 16 related persons

Thomas BoganDirector
Larry BohnDirector
Lawrence BohnDirector
Leo DeLunaDirector
Andrew FlasterDirector
Mark FuscoDirector
Kenneth GoldmanExecutive Officer
Philip GranofExecutive Officer
Stephen GregorioExecutive Officer
Robert KettersonDirector
William LedinghamExecutive Officer
Douglas LevinDirector
Jim MathesonDirector
Robert ReardonDirector
Norman ShipleyDirector · Executive Officer
Timothy YeatonDirector · Executive Officer

Patents

USPTO · 7 granted of 15

14 Jul 2026Static Analysis Of Source Code For Improved Web Crawlinggranted
12 May 2026Protecting Intellectual Property Using Digital Signaturesgranted
30 Apr 2026Test Code Generation Using Artificial Intelligenceapplication
28 Apr 2026Detection Of Shadow Application Programming Interfaces Within A Software Applicationgranted
30 Sept 2025Iterative Generation Of Hypertext Transfer Protocol Trafficgranted
02 Sept 2025Correlating Open Source Component Matching Results Using Different Scanning Techniquesgranted
18 Mar 2025Verification Of Serverless Applications Using Fuzzing Techniquesgranted
24 Sept 2024Semantic Analysis Of Source Code Using Stubs For External Referencesgranted
—Systems And Methods For Resolving License Dependencies And For Authenticating Licensesapplication
—Protecting Intellectual Property Using Digital Signaturesapplication
—Software Algorithm Identification And Export Complianceapplication
—Methods And Systems For Reporting Regions Of Interest In Content Filesapplication