StackPath was 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]
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
- Bruce Upbin. IBM Buys Privately Held Softlayer For $2 Billion Forbes, retrieved 2020-10-29^
- StackPath Acquires MaxCDN, Fireblade, Staminus & Cloak GlobalDots, 2016-08-02, retrieved 2018-07-11^
- Highwire Public Relations. StackPath Acquires Highwinds to Accelerate the Delivery of a Global Enterprise Security Platform GlobeNewswire News Room, 2017-02-06, retrieved 2020-10-29^
- StackPath and Server Density Merge GlobeNewsWire, 2018-05-14, retrieved 2020-06-07^
- Coffee with David Henzel Salesflare, 2018-08-21, retrieved 2021-08-29^
- Interview with David Henzel Template Monster Blog, 2013-05-21, retrieved 2013-06-09^
- NetDNA.com Chooses Wowza as its Premiere Media Server Partner for HDDN.com Video CDN Wowza Media Systems, 2010-07-16, retrieved 2021-11-03^
- HDDN 2010-10-06, retrieved 2021-11-03^
- Terms of Service - MaxCDN Content Delivery Network 2011-05-29, retrieved 2021-11-03^
- NetDNA® CDN Completes Latest Funding Round Led by Investment Firm Chelsea Management, Inc. PRWeb, retrieved 2021-11-03^
- NetDNA rebrands as MaxCDN Enterprise Business Wire, 2013-12-18, retrieved 2021-11-03^
- Chris Lema. Things to Consider Before Changing Your Company's Name Torque, 2013-11-18, retrieved 2021-11-03^
- CDN Provider NetDNA Rebrands as MaxCDN Enterprise Streaming Media Blog, 2013-12-20, retrieved 2021-11-03^
- Chris Ueland. MaxCDN Joins StackPath MaxCDN Blog, 24 July 2016, retrieved 2021-11-03^
- Desire Athow 2019-05-07T15:08:22Z VPN. IGN owner J2 Global snaps up major VPN brands TechRadar, 7 May 2019, retrieved 2019-09-06^
- Akamai Technologies Acquires Select Enterprise Customer Contracts from StackPath 2020-08-24^
- Juniper, Cox Pump $216M Into StackPath Coffers - SDxCentral SDxCentral, 2020-03-18, retrieved 2020-10-29^
- Ingrid Lunden. Security-as-a-service startup StackPath nabs $180M, 4 acquisitions including MaxCDN TechCrunch, 2016-07-25, retrieved 2022-12-08^