UpGuard
upguard.com
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Threat Intelligence
Security Compliance
Vulnerability Management
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$94M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$75M
Series C · Feb 2026 · 7 mo ago
Team
79
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
2
500 Global, Springcoast Partners
The money's age
Fresh money
7 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
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
Feb 26
Raised a round Series C $75M · PRNewswire
May 28, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $19M · SEC Form D
Apr 3, 2019
On the Hacker News front page Two More Cases of Third-Party Facebook App Data Exposure · 157 points
Mar 26, 2018
On the Hacker News front page How a Political Engineering Firm Exposed Their Code Base · 187 points
Dec 2, 2017
On the Hacker News front page Detailed Financial Histories Exposed for Thousands · 299 points
Aug 18, 2017
On the Hacker News front page An Electronic Voting Firm Exposes 1.8M Chicagoans · 173 points
Jun 19, 2017
On the Hacker News front page Inside the Largest US Voter Data Leak · 423 points
2012
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.01%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
64
best: 423 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | Feb 2026 | $75M | — | PRNewswire |
| Venture round | May 2021 | $19M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | UpGuard, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Alan Sharp-PaulExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Michael BaukesExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Overview
UpGuard is a cybersecurity company that provides third-party risk management and attack surface management software. Its platform scans external assets for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, rates the security posture of vendors, automates security questionnaires and monitors for data leaks and exposed credentials. The company was founded in 2012, runs large engineering teams in Hobart and Sydney, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.
News
UpGuard Now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace to Accelerate Cyber Risk Operations
UpGuard, a leader in cybersecurity and risk management, today announced that UpGuard is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. Customers can now use their existing Google Cloud commitments to purchase UpGuard
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OnlyFans Models Are Accidentally Making Hacked Government Websites Disappear
Scammers are hijacking government websites to upload ads for
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UpGuard links pirate football streams to offshore betting
Exposed logs show viewers of pirate football streams were steered towards offshore betting sites, raising privacy and fraud risks ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
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A security lapse at prison pay phone service Pay Tel publicly exposed over 300K callers' driver's licenses
Pay Tel secured the publicly exposed data after security researchers discovered the leak containing callers' sensitive ID documents and inmate communications.
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ASX 200 firms hit by infostealer infections: report
UpGuard says exposed credentials and supplier risk leave Australia's biggest listed firms vulnerable, despite a modest rise in security scores.
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Shadow AI and agents like OpenClaw are hijacking corporate data too easily
Is your security team ignoring the biggest threat?
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Shadow AI: Silicon Valley's New Productivity Secret Is Also a Massive Liability April 19, 2026
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War comes for the cloud.
Cloud data centers come under fire in wartime. A massive dark web intelligence database is exposed. Chinese hackers exploit a video conferencing zero-day. The intelligence community rolls out cyber modernization plans. React2Shell attacks spread at scale.
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Shared Enemy: Inside a Chinese Dark Web Monitoring Database UpGuard
An exposed database of dark web threat intel reveals how China responds to the common threat of the cyber-criminal underground.
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Shadow IT in the light
We've all been there: the company's system is once again moving at a glacial pace and a project needs to be completed urgently. Unfortunately, deadlines don
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at UpGuard over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
7
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
82/100
Languages
Go
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
React.js
Databases
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
GCP
Kubernetes
Practices & domains
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$279k
Typical range
$279k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Architect
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architect | 1 | $279k | $279k |
Highest paying role
Director, Global Solutions Engineering
$279k
Normalized to USD per year
People
Alan Sharp-Paul
Executive Officer, Director
Michael Baukes
Executive Officer, Director
Vivek Mehra
Director
Scott Petry
Director
Chris Cooper
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
43/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 23% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
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.
Backend
50% ▼
Solutions
50% ▼
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
1
Countries
2
Busiest office
Los Angeles
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Mountain View
United States
HQ
Postal address
650 Castro St, Suite 120-387, Mountain View CA 94041
Los Angeles
United States
Regional office
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% remote 50-200 est. staff $279k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
Sydney
Australia
Regional office
Sydney office
1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
Suite 21.02, Level 21
Hobart
Australia
Regional office
Hobart office
Level 9, 45 Murray Street
Jobs
$250k – $279k per year • Remote (likely United States) • Full-Time • Los Angeles
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