Recorded Future

Somerville, MA, USA Cybersecurity Acquired

Recorded Future is a cybersecurity company providing AI-driven threat intelligence to enterprises and governments. Its Intelligence Cloud platform analyzes data from open, dark, and technical sources to identify cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and adversaries. The company serves more than 1,900 clients across 75 countries, including the governments of 45 countries and over 50% of the Fortune 100. Recorded Future was acquired by Mastercard in December 2024 for $2.65 billion.

Acquired

Recorded Future has been acquired

Acquired by Insight Partners May 30, 2019 $780M

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2009

Employees

~1,000

Total Funding

$51.2M

5 rounds

Funding

Total raised $51.2M across 5 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series E

Date

November 8, 2017

Amount

$25M

Valuation

Lead Investors

Insight Venture Partners
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
November 8, 2017 Series E $25M Insight Venture Partners
2014 Series D $12M Not disclosed
May 24, 2012 Series C $12M Balderton Capital

Leadership

  • Christopher Ahlberg

    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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  • Staffan Truve

    Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

  • Stu Solomon

    Chief Operating Officer & Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer

  • Scott Almeida

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Craig Adams

    Chief Product & Engineering Officer

  • Todd Chronert

    Chief Revenue Officer

  • Levi Gundert

    Chief Security & Intelligence Officer

  • Tom Wentworth

    Chief Marketing Officer

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • CrowdStrike

    Endpoint security and threat intelligence leader; Falcon Intelligence competes directly with Recorded Future in cyber threat intelligence.

  • Mandiant (Google Cloud)

    Threat intelligence and incident response provider, owned by Google Cloud, offering finished human-validated intelligence on threat actors.

  • Flashpoint

    Threat intelligence vendor specializing in deep/dark web, criminal communities, and illicit marketplace coverage.

  • ZeroFox

    External digital threat protection focused on social media, brand, and dark web monitoring.

  • Anomali

    Threat intelligence platform offering threat detection, integration, and analytics for enterprise security teams.

  • ReliaQuest

    Security operations platform identified by Forrester as a Strong Performer in threat intelligence.

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