Company:StackPath

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Short description: American information technology company
StackPath
TypePrivate company
IndustryEdge computing
Founded2015
HeadquartersDallas, Texas , USA
Products
Number of employees
250
Websitestackpath.com

StackPath is an American edge computing platform provider headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Its founding team was led by Lance Crosby, who also co-founded SoftLayer Technologies, acquired by IBM in 2013.[1]

Acquisitions

Subsidiaries

MaxCDN

NetDNA, LLC was founded in 2009 as a content delivery network (CDN) with a focus on enterprise customers.[5] The company was founded by David Henzel and Christopher Ueland in Los Angeles .[6]

In 2010, NetDNA partnered with Wowza to launch the HDDN.com brand, a CDN for streaming video.[7][8]

By 2010, the MaxCDN brand was created as a simpler CDN for both small and large businesses. MaxCDN, LLC operated as a division of NetDNA, LLC.[9]

In 2011, Ben Neumann was CEO of NetDNA.[10] In 2011, NetDNA completed a funding round with Chelsea Management in Los Angeles.[10]

In 2013, NetDNA rebranded the company and its services as MaxCDN, conslidating other services such as HDDN.com under the same name, with the original NetDNA enterprise service rebranded as MaxCDN Enterprise.[11][12][13]

MaxCDN was acquired by StackPath in 2016.[14][2]

Divestitures

In 2019, StackPath sold its VPN lines of business, including IPVanish (acquired as part of the Highwinds Network Group) and Encrypt.me (the new brand of Cloak), to J2 Global.[15]

In August 2023, Stackpath sold its CDN line of business (primarily approximately 100 select enterprise customer contracts as well as other assets) to Akamai following its decision to cease its content delivery network operations. The transaction did not include the acquisition of StackPath personnel or technology.[16]

Investors

StackPath has received funding from investors including Abry Partners, Juniper Networks, and Cox Communications.[17]

Founders

StackPath was founded May 5, 2015, by Lance Crosby, Greg Bock, Steven Canale, Ryan Carter, Paul Drew, Kenji Fukasawa, Jason Gulledge, Andrew Higginbotham,[18] James Leaverton, Andrew Maten, Dawn Mumm, Nick Nelson, and Josh Reese.

References

  1. ↑ Upbin, Bruce. "IBM Buys Privately Held Softlayer For $2 Billion" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2013/06/04/ibm-buys-privately-held-softlayer-for-2-billion/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "StackPath Acquires MaxCDN, Fireblade, Staminus & Cloak". GlobalDots. 2016-08-02. http://www.globaldots.com/stackpath-acquires-maxcdn-fireblade-staminus-cloak-year-bloodbath-weeks-news/. Retrieved 2018-07-11. 
  3. ↑ Relations, Highwire Public (2017-02-06). "StackPath Acquires Highwinds to Accelerate the Delivery of a Global Enterprise Security Platform". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release). Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  4. ↑ "StackPath and Server Density Merge" (Press release). GlobeNewsWire. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  5. ↑ "Coffee with David Henzel" (in en-US). 2018-08-21. https://blog.salesflare.com/david-henzel-of-maxcdn-e2d4011e3f70. 
  6. ↑ "Interview with David Henzel". 2013-05-21. http://blog.templatemonster.com/2013/05/21/david-henzel-interview/. 
  7. ↑ "NetDNA.com Chooses Wowza as its Premiere Media Server Partner for HDDN.com Video CDN" (in en-US). 2010-07-16. https://www.wowza.com/news. 
  8. ↑ "HDDN | High Definition Distribution Network | Video Delivery Solution". 2010-10-06. http://www.hddn.com/. 
  9. ↑ "Terms of Service - MaxCDN Content Delivery Network". 2011-05-29. http://www.maxcdn.com/terms-of-service/. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "NetDNA® CDN Completes Latest Funding Round Led by Investment Firm Chelsea Management, Inc.". https://www.prweb.com/releases/netdna/cdn/prweb8635891.htm. 
  11. ↑ "NetDNA rebrands as MaxCDN Enterprise" (in en). 2013-12-18. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20131218005723/en/NetDNA-Rebrands-as-MaxCDN-Enterprise-Focusing-on-Maximum-Reliability-with-Minimum-Prices. 
  12. ↑ Lema, Chris (2013-11-18). "Things to Consider Before Changing Your Company's Name" (in en-US). https://torquemag.io/2013/11/things-to-consider-before-changing-your-companys-name/. 
  13. ↑ "CDN Provider NetDNA Rebrands as MaxCDN Enterprise" (in en-US). 2013-12-20. https://www.streamingmediablog.com/2013/12/cdn-provider-netdna-rebrands-maxcdn-enterprise.html. 
  14. ↑ Ueland, Chris (24 July 2016). "MaxCDN Joins StackPath". https://www.maxcdn.com/blog/maxcdn-joins-stackpath/. 
  15. ↑ VPN, Desire Athow 2019-05-07T15:08:22Z (7 May 2019). "IGN owner J2 Global snaps up major VPN brands" (in en). https://www.techradar.com/news/ign-owner-j2-global-snaps-up-major-vpn-brands. 
  16. ↑ "Akamai Technologies Acquires Select Enterprise Customer Contracts from StackPath" (in en-US). 2020-08-24. https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/akamai-acquires-stackpath-cdn-customers. 
  17. ↑ "Juniper, Cox Pump $216M Into StackPath Coffers - SDxCentral" (in en-US). SDxCentral. 2020-03-18. https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/juniper-cox-pump-216m-into-stackpath-coffers/2020/03/. 
  18. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (2016-07-25). "Security-as-a-service startup StackPath nabs $180M, 4 acquisitions including MaxCDN" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/25/security-as-a-service-startup-stackpath-nabs-180m-4-acquisitions-including-maxcdn/. 



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