Impermium

Impermium was a cyber-security startup company based in Redwood City, California , which provided anti-spam and account protection services for Internet websites. In 2014, the company was acquired by Google .

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The company was founded in 2010 by Mark Risher, Vishwanath Ramarao, and Naveen Jamal, who met while managing the anti-spam systems for Yahoo! Mail .

The company protected more than 1.5 million sites worldwide, including Disqus , Livefyre , Pinterest , Squarespace , and Tumblr from attacks including fraudulent registrations, login and account hijacking , malicious user-generated content , and other forms of Social spam . ^[1] Impermium received venture capital financing from funds including Accel Partners , Greylock Partners , Highland Capital Partners, Morado Ventures, and the Social+Capital Partnership . ^[2]

In January 2014, Google announced the acquisition of the company, ^[3] merging its team and technology into its own anti-spam group. ^[4]

References [ edit ]

^ "Impermium Legacy Homepage" . Archived from the original on 31 March 2014 . Retrieved 15 January 2014 .
^ Raice, Shayndi (17 November 2011). "Social Spam Start-Up Gets $8 Million In Wake of Facebook Attack" . Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 22 April 2014 .
^ "Impermium Post-Acquisition Homepage" . Retrieved 15 January 2014 .
^ "Spam-Fighting Startup Impermium Joins Google, Discontinues Third-Party Services" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 22 April 2014 .

External links [ edit ]

Official website

[1] "Impermium Legacy Homepage" . Archived from the original on 31 March 2014 . Retrieved 15 January 2014 .

[2] Raice, Shayndi (17 November 2011). "Social Spam Start-Up Gets $8 Million In Wake of Facebook Attack" . Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 22 April 2014 .

[3] "Impermium Post-Acquisition Homepage" . Retrieved 15 January 2014 .

[4] "Spam-Fighting Startup Impermium Joins Google, Discontinues Third-Party Services" . TechCrunch . Retrieved 22 April 2014 .

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