Zscaler

Zscaler, Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Network Security, Computer security, Internet security
Founded	2008
Headquarters	San Jose, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jay Chaudhry, CEO Remo Canessa, CFO William Welch, CRO Atri Chatterjee, CMO Amit Sinha, CTO Kailash, founder Michael Sutton, CISO
Number of employees	more than 500
Website	www.zscaler.com

Zscaler is a global cloud-based information security company that provides Internet security, web security, next generation firewalls, sandboxing, SSL inspection, antivirus, vulnerability management and granular control of user activity in cloud computing, mobile and Internet of things environments. As of 2015, Zscaler provides automated threat forensics and dynamic malware protection against advanced cyber threats, such as advanced persistent threats and spear phishing for more than 6,000 corporate, government and military organizations with more than 15 million paying users. It provides a cloud-based approach to security as a service.

The company was founded in 2008 by Jay Chaudhry, a serial security entrepreneur that previously founded and later sold AirDefense, CipherTrust, CoreHarbor and SecureIT and Kailash, the former chief architect of NetScaler. The company is unique among the private technology company "unicorns" in being almost entirely self-funded, has significant recurring revenue, is cash-flow positive, and is more than doubling its business year over year. In 2012, Zscaler raised $5 million in venture capital from Lightspeed Venture Partners plus received a strategic investment from EMC Corporation as part of a $38 million expansion round. Zscaler has a reported company valuation of "well north of $1 billion." On August 3, 2015, Zscaler announced a $100 million pre-IPO fundraising led by TPG Capital Growth. On September 23, 2015, Zscaler announced that the $100MM round had been oversubscribed and has been raised to $110 million including a $25 million investment from Google Capital.