Company:Jscrambler

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Jscrambler
TypePrivate
GenreWeb Security, Cybersecurity, IT, Application Security, Client-side Protection, JavaScript Security
Founded2014 (2014)
Founders
  • Rui Ribeiro, CEO
  • Pedro Fortuna, CTO
Number of locations
  • San Francisco, USA
  • Porto, Portugal
  • Lisbon, Portugal
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Rui Ribeiro, Co-Founder and CEO
  • Pedro Fortuna, Co-Founder and CTO
Number of employees
50-100
Websitejscrambler.com

Jscrambler is a technology company mainly known for its JavaScript obfuscator and eponymous monitoring framework. The obfuscator makes it harder to reverse engineer a web application's client-side code and tamper with its integrity.[1] For real-time detection of web skimming, DOM tampering and user interface changes, the monitoring framework can be used.[2] Jscrambler's products are used in a number of sectors including finance, broadcasting and online gaming.[3][4][5]

History

Early days and founding

Jscrambler started as AuditMark, which was founded in 2009 by Pedro Fortuna and Rui Ribeiro. The company's initial focus was developing a solution to fight click-fraud in advertising campaigns, since the traffic audit mechanism was JavaScript dependent.[6] The name of the flagship product - Jscrambler - also became the name of the company, which was officially founded in 2014.[citation needed]

Investment

As of September 2021, Jscrambler had raised a total of US$18.1 million in funding over 3 rounds:

  • Seed — In 2014, Jscrambler raised US$800,000 from Portugal Ventures, a public VC and PE firm.[7]
  • Seed Extension — In March 2018, Jscrambler raised US$2.3 million in a round led by Sonae IM with the co-investment of Portugal Ventures.[8]
  • Series A — In September 2021, Jscrambler raised US$15 million in a round led by Ace Capital Partners, with participation from Sonae IM and Portugal Ventures.[9]

Industry recognition

In 2019, Jscrambler was recognized by Deloitte in the Technology Fast 500 ranking as one of EMEA's fastest-growing tech companies.[10] Jscrambler was also recognized in Gartner’s 2019 Market Guide for In-App Protection,[11] 2020 Market Guide for Online Fraud Detection,[12] 2020 Hype Cycle for Endpoint Security,[13] and 2021 Hype Cycle for Application Security.[14]

Media and awards

  • 2013 Eurocloud Best Cloud Startup Award[15]
  • Best solutions for keeping JavaScript clean and secure by Tech Wire Asia[16]
  • Staying Safe While Accessing Online Banking by Infosecurity Magazine[17]

References

  1. "The integrity of your JavaScript Applications is being compromised and you (don’t) know it". The Huffington Post, Retrieved on October 25, 2016.
  2. "Jscrambler 5.0: The Web Security Company that Protects your JavaScript Applications". 2017-06-11. http://www.fintech.finance/01-news/jscrambler-5-0-the-web-security-company-that-protects-your-javascript-applications/. Retrieved 2017-08-01. 
  3. "Using the web to access online banking? Who is protecting the browser side?" (in en-gb). FinTech Futures. http://www.bankingtech.com/2017/12/using-the-web-to-access-online-banking-who-is-protecting-the-browser-side/. 
  4. "Protecting assets from creation to consumption" (in en). IBC. https://www.ibc.org/content-management/protecting-assets-from-creation-to-consumption/2651.article. 
  5. "Give your HTML5 game a new level of protection thanks to JScrambler 5.1" (in en-US). Emanuele Feronato. http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2017/11/29/give-your-html5-game-a-new-level-of-protection-thanks-to-jscrambler-5-1/. 
  6. Mariotti, Steve (2017-12-15). "Portugal Tech Startup Fights Cyber Crime And Protects Consumers" (in en-US). https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/portugal-tech-startup-helps-consumers-fight-cyber-crime_us_5a33ac92e4b0e1b4472ae565. 
  7. Coleman, Alison. "The Portuguese Entrepreneurs Who Are Protecting Your Javascript" (in en). Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisoncoleman/2017/02/13/the-portuguese-entrepreneurs-who-are-protecting-your-javascript/#f6bc2ae5880f. 
  8. "Jscrambler Raises US$2.3 Million Dollars in Seed Extension Round" (in en). Jscrambler Blog. https://blog.jscrambler.com/jscrambler-raises-million-dollars-in-seed-extension-round/. 
  9. "Jscrambler raises $15M Series A to help defend against website attacks" (in en-US). 23 September 2021. https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/23/jscrambler-raises-15m-series-a-to-help-defend-websites/. 
  10. "Jscrambler Named in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500" (in en). 2020-08-11. https://blog.jscrambler.com/jscrambler-named-in-deloittes-technology-fast-500. 
  11. Code, Jscrambler. "Jscrambler Recognized in Gartner's 2019 Market Guide for In-App Protection | Jscrambler Blog" (in en). https://blog.jscrambler.com/jscrambler-recognized-in-gartners-2019-market-guide-for-in-app-protection. 
  12. "Jscrambler Recognized in Gartner's 2020 Market Guide for Online Fraud Detection" (in en). 2020-05-27. https://blog.jscrambler.com/jscrambler-recognized-in-gartners-2020-market-guide-for-online-fraud-detection. 
  13. "Jscrambler Recognized In Gartner's Hype Cycle for Application Security, 2020 and Hype Cycle for Endpoint Security, 2020" (in en). 2020-09-25. https://blog.jscrambler.com/jscrambler-recognized-in-gartners-hype-cycle-for-application-security-2020-and-hype-cycle-for-endpoint-security-2020. 
  14. "Jscrambler Recognized In Gartner's Hype Cycle for Application Security 2021" (in en). https://blog.jscrambler.com/jscrambler-recognized-in-gartners-hype-cycle-for-application-security-2021. 
  15. "JScrambler: IT security technologies Made in Porto | ScaleUp Porto." (in en-GB). ScaleUp Porto.. 2016-05-06. http://scaleupporto.pt/jscrambler-security-technologies-made-porto/. 
  16. "Best solutions for keeping JavaScript clean and secure" (in en-US). Tech Wire Asia. 2017-08-09. http://techwireasia.com/2017/08/best-solutions-keeping-javascript-clean-secure/. 
  17. Fortuna, Pedro (2017-12-15). "Staying Safe While Accessing Online Banking". Infosecurity Magazine. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/opinions/staying-safe-accessing-online/.