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California-based FireEye Inc works alongside traditional security defenses in preventing a new breed of cyber attacks, such as advanced malware, from affecting enterprise networks

Zheng Bu and Ashar Aziz founded FireEye in 2004. The company, a leader in the network security space, enhances traditional security defenses and prevents a new breed of cyber attacks such as advanced malware from affecting enterprise networks. FireEye’s solution identifies and blocks attacks on web, email and latent malware resident on file shares.

FireEye’s clients include companies such as Vodafone, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Bank of Thailand and Alpine Woods Capital Investors, to name a few. On the funding front, the company has raised over US $840 million in funding across seven rounds from notable investors.

Snapshot 

Category: Network Security 

Founded: 2004 

Founders: Zheng Bu and Ashar Aziz

Investors: DAG Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Juniper Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Icon Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Goldman Sachs, Wing Venture Capital, Villicus Capital & more

Headquarters: California, United States