DNSFilter
dnsfilter.com
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Network Security
DNS Services
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$31.3M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$15M
Venture round · Aug 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
103
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Hiring now
6
+4 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Long since its last round
37 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
27/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jun 22
New executive DNSFilter Names Serial Scale-Up Marketer Conor Coughlan as Chief Marketing Officer as it Doubles Down on Hyper-Growth · morningstar.com
Oct 4, 2023
Recognition DNSFilter Named Web Filtering and Control Solution of the Year in the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards for Second Consecutive Year · businesswire.com
Aug 8, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $15M · SEC Form D
Aug 10, 2022
Acquisition DNSFilter Acquires iOS Firewall App Guardian · tech.slashdot.org
Aug 8, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $10.8M · SEC Form D
Nov 27, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $5.5M · SEC Form D
2015
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
4.2 ★
10 ratings
Hacker News stories
6
best: 133 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Aug 2023 | $15M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Aug 2022 | $10.8M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Nov 2019 | $5.5M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | DNSFilter, Inc. | its site |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Kenneth Carnesi Jr.Executive OfficerSEC Form D
Kenneth CarnesiExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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News
DNSFilter Launches New MSP Partner Program Turning Security Squeeze Into a Growth Opportunity for its Partners
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DNSFilter Names Serial Scale-Up Marketer Conor Coughlan as Chief Marketing Officer as it Doubles Down on Hyper-Growth
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Beyond DNS: DNSFilter Launches CyberSight to Bring Behavioral Analytics and Intelligence to Modern Security Teams
/PRNewswire/ -- Today DNSFilter announced the launch of CyberSight, a new behavioral analytics and intelligence capability within the DNSFilter platform...
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DNSFilter Buying Zorus To Improve End User Protection
DNSFilter - a cybersecurity leader in content and threat filtering at the DNS layer - announced its acquisition of Zorus, an innovative provider of endpoint-based web filtering and user behavior analytics. This strategic deal extends DNSFilter's filtering
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DNSFilter Helps MSP Drive Stronger Security Outcomes in the Education Space
/PRNewswire/ -- DNSFilter announced today that anykey, Switzerland
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at DNSFilter over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
4
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
79/100AI adopter
AI & ML
Claude
Practices & domains
AI Agents
DNS
VPN
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$155k
Typical range
$90k – $350k
Open positions
5
5
Jobs
Junior
20%
Middle
40%
Staff
20%
Architect
20%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $90k | $90k |
| Middle | 2 | $143k | $130k – $155k |
| Staff | 1 | $185k | $185k |
| Architect | 1 | $350k | $350k |
Highest paying role
Chief Financial Officer
$350k
Normalized to USD per year
People
Kenneth Carnesi Jr.
Executive Officer
Kenneth Carnesi
Executive Officer
Michael Schroll
Director
Ryan Kruizenga
Director
Dmitri Alperovitch
Director
Thomas Krane
Director
Ryant Kruizenga
Director
Jon Oberheide
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
40/100
Stable
Open positions
6
1 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
146 days
faster than 13% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
40% ▲
Product
20% ▲
Administrative
20% ▲
Finance
20% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added VPN to stack
Sep 2026
Added DNS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Jira to stack
Sep 2026
Added Confluence to stack
Sep 2026
Added Claude to stack
Sep 2026
Added AI Agents to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Tampa
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Washington
United States
HQ
Tampa
United States
Sales office
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $90k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Sales
Jobs
$175k – $185k per year • Remote (United States, Bahamas, UTC-6 – UTC-5 hours) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • PhD
Claude
AI Agents
Management
Confluence
Jira
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