Blackwall

About Blackwall

Blackwall, formerly BotGuard, is a company focused on providing high-performance web security and traffic management solutions for service and hosting providers. Their mission is to safeguard cloud-based assets, data centers, and web clusters by mitigating malicious bots, crawlers, and scrapers, while optimizing traffic flow and reducing operational costs for their clients.

Products & Services

GateKeeper:A scalable, high-availability security solution for web hosting providers. It performs deep traffic inspection and filtering to neutralize threats like L7 DDoS attacks, brute-force attempts, and automated bot traffic. Features include Web Application Firewall (WAF), HTTP/3 and TLS 1.3 support, automated SSL provisioning, content caching, and rate limiting.

Specialties

Web Application Firewall (WAF) Bot Traffic Management L7 DDoS Mitigation Anti-Scraping Mechanisms Traffic Optimization Cloud and On-Prem Hosting Security

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Series B T: - FT: Series B	A: 45000000 MR: - FA: €45 million FAN: 45000000	D: 2025-03-13 FD: 2025-03-13	2 investors

Series B Latest

2025-03-13

$45.0M

2 investors (Pro only)

Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

N

Nik Rozenberg

CEO & Founder

D

Denis Prochko

CTO & Founder

M

Martin Pawliczek

COO

R

Robin Sharpe

CFSO

M

Makoto Nishizawa

VP APAC

M

Maria Markopolou

Chief People Officer

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Recent News

Blackwall Announces New Product Launch

2 days ago

Company unveils innovative solution to transform the industry, expanding market reach and capabilities...

Leadership Team Expands with Industry Veteran

1 week ago

New executive brings 20+ years of experience to accelerate growth and strategic initiatives...

Company Recognized as Industry Leader

2 weeks ago

Receives prestigious award for innovation and customer satisfaction in competitive market...

Key Competitors

C1

Competitor Alpha

Series B · $50M raised

C2

Competitor Beta

Series C · $120M raised

C3

Competitor Gamma

Series A · $25M raised

C4

Competitor Delta

Seed · $10M raised