CloudFlare, Inc.
Global network platform providing DNS, DDoS protection, WAF, caching, and content delivery services
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- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Founded
- 2009
- Latest Form D
- $2M offered, Nov 2009
- Total capital
- $2M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $2M
- 1 Form D · last Nov 2009
- 203 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 29
- 11 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#6 of 2705
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2M
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Standing among 2705 peers
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- Granted patents#6 · top 1%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Carl LedbetterDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Matthew PrinceExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michelle ZatlynDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ray RothrockDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 29 granted of 40- New patentMulti-party Split-key AuthenticationUSPTOUS 12,763,974
- New patentControlling Access To Internet Resources For Certain User Agents Based On One Or More Conditions Being SatisfiedUSPTOUS 12,750,373
- GrantedDetecting Application Programming Interface (API) Sequences And Mitigating API Sequence Abuse At The Edge Of A Distributed Cloud Computing NetworkUSPTOUS 12,717,641
Show all 40 patent records
- Multi-party Split-key AuthenticationOct 13, 2026 · US 12,763,974Granted
- Controlling Access To Internet Resources For Certain User Agents Based On One Or More Conditions Being SatisfiedSep 29, 2026 · US 12,750,373Granted
- Detecting Application Programming Interface (API) Sequences And Mitigating API Sequence Abuse At The Edge Of A Distributed Cloud Computing NetworkAug 25, 2026 · US 12,717,641Granted
- Geographically Split Connection Pooling For DatabasesAug 6, 2026 · Application 19042942Pending
- Implementing A Queuing System With An Artificial Queue For Suspected Bot TrafficJul 2, 2026 · Application 19003770Pending
- Enforcing Application Access Policies For a Private Self-Hosted Application at a Secure Web GatewayJun 25, 2026 · Application 18988715Pending
- Sequential Consistency Across a Distributed Cloud Computing NetworkMay 19, 2026 · US 12,632,469Granted
- Determining and Enforcing Data Location of Internet Traffic Routing Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) Server Name Indication (SNI)Apr 9, 2026 · Application 18907378Pending
- Automatic Speculation Configuration ManagementMar 26, 2026 · Application 19345675Pending
- System for Cross-Domain Identity Management (SCIM) Proxy ServiceFeb 19, 2026 · Application 19061492Pending
- Managing Artificial Intelligence Inference Requests That Are Directed to An AI Model External To A Distributed Cloud Computing NetworkJan 29, 2026 · Application 19345779Pending
- Dynamic Allocation of Partitions in a Distributed Data Processing SystemJan 13, 2026 · US 12,524,442Granted
- Serving an Online Advertisement AsynchronouslyJan 6, 2026 · US 12,518,300Granted
- Inspecting Requests For Secrets Used For Authentications With Resources By An Intermediary ServerJan 1, 2026 · Application 18757127Pending
- Artificial Intelligence Service(s) in a Distributed Cloud Computing Network Including Function CallingJan 1, 2026 · Application 19251619Pending
- Access Control Of External Capabilities Exposed By A Resource Server For Artificial Intelligence ModelsDec 30, 2025 · US 12,513,139Granted
- Dynamically Modifying HTTP ConnectionsDec 30, 2025 · US 12,513,214Granted
- Identity Provider (idp) Agnostic Authentication EnforcementDec 23, 2025 · US 12,505,186Granted
- Identity-Based Policy Enforcement for SIM DevicesDec 23, 2025 · US 12,507,060Granted
- Identifying Malicious Client Network Applications Based On Network Request CharacteristicsDec 18, 2025 · Application 19316981Pending
- IT Infrastructure Resource Discovery and Management For Distributed NetworkingNov 27, 2025 · Application 19289960Pending
- Zero Trust AuthenticationOct 28, 2025 · US 12,457,097Granted
- Application Remoting Across A Network Using Draw CommandsOct 28, 2025 · US 12,455,936Granted
- Secure Private Traffic Exchange In A Unified Network ServiceOct 28, 2025 · US 12,457,196Granted
- Theft Prevention For Sensitive InformationOct 28, 2025 · US 12,455,937Granted
- Inspecting Requests And Responses To Identify Application VulnerabilitiesOct 21, 2025 · US 12,452,292Granted
- Automatic Speculation Configuration ManagementOct 21, 2025 · US 12,452,193Granted
- Managing Artificial Intelligence Inference Requests That Are Directed to An AI Model External To A Distributed Cloud Computing NetworkOct 21, 2025 · US 12,452,345Granted
- Phishing Email Campaign IdentificationOct 21, 2025 · US 12,452,303Granted
- Authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) Server Responding to DNS Requests With IP Addresses Selected from a Larger Pool Of IP AddressesOct 14, 2025 · US 12,445,483Granted
- Business Email Compromise Detection SystemSep 30, 2025 · US 12,430,617Granted
- Establishing And Using A Tunnel From An Origin Server In A Distributed Edge Compute And Routing ServiceSep 23, 2025 · US 12,425,366Granted
- IT Infrastructure Resource Discovery and Management For Distributed NetworkingSep 2, 2025 · US 12,407,625Granted
- Distributed Key Management SystemAug 26, 2025 · US 12,401,500Granted
- State Management and Storage With Policy Enforcement in a Distributed Cloud Computing NetworkAug 19, 2025 · US 12,395,556Granted
- Traffic Load Balancing Between A Plurality Of Points Of Presence Of A Cloud Computing InfrastructureAug 19, 2025 · US 12,395,377Granted
- Inter-process Serving Of Machine Learning Features From Mapped Memory For Machine Learning ModelsJul 29, 2025 · US 12,373,211Granted
- Decoupling Of Ip Address Bindings And Use In A Distributed Cloud Computing NetworkJul 29, 2025 · US 12,375,442Granted
- Cache Purging In A Distributed Networked SystemJul 15, 2025 · US 12,360,911Granted
- Cloud-based Security Service That Includes External Evaluation For Accessing A Third-party ApplicationJul 15, 2025 · US 12,363,174Granted
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Sources
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