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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Multiple issues Шаблон:Infobox website Instart was an American multinational computer technology corporation, headquartered in Palo Alto, California.[1] The company specialized primarily in improving online content delivery speeds.[2][3] The company also offered software designed to increase online advertising by accelerating the rate at which ads loaded and preventing blockers or filters from blocking ads.[4][5][6]

The company had offices in New York, London, Bangalore and Sydney.[7] Шаблон:As of, the company claimed that it processed 60 billion transactions per day.[8]

On February 27, 2020, Akamai announced that it had acquired Instart's customers and select intellectual property.[9][10][11]

History

In 2010, the company was founded in an attempt to improve the speed of downloading and updating video games.[12]

In the fall of 2014, the company started a US$100 million contract buyout program for Akamai customers.[13]

In February 2016, Instart acquired Kwicr, a mobile app accelerator.[14]

In June 2018, the company shortened its name to Instart from Instart Logic. Instart was a shortened form of "Instant Start".

Notable clients included Neiman Marcus,[15] Cafe Media, Edmunds, Bonnier, Ziff Davis, CBS, Tronc, TUI Group, Telstra and Kate Spade.[16][17]

Financing

Instart had received $140 million in 6 rounds of funding from 10 investors:

  • Series A: In February 2012 Instart Logic received $9 million as first round of funding
  • Series B: In April 2013 Instart Logic received $17 million
  • Series C: In May 2014 Instart Logic received $26 million
  • Series C2: In May 2015, Instart Logic closed a $13 million[18] expansion funding led by new investors Four Rivers Group and Hermes Growth Partners, in addition to existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Tenaya Capital
  • Series D: In January 2016 Instart Logic received $45 million[19][20] funding from Geodesic Capital, Telstra Ventures,[21][22] Stanford-StartX Fund, Harris Barton Asset Management and participation from existing investors
  • Series E: In November 2017 Instart Logic closed $30 million of equity funding led by ST Telemedia with all other prior investors participating[1]

Products

Instart products included:

  • Instart Digital Experience Cloud
  • Cloud and Web Application Performance Optimization
  • Mobile Application Performance Optimization
  • Image Optimization
  • Tag Analytics and Control
  • Advertising Acceleration and Viewability Optimization
  • Digital Advertising and Marketing Recovery
  • Web Application Firewall
  • DDOS Attack Protection
  • Bot Management and Security
  • Instart Content Delivery Network
  • Nanovisor

Reception

The company was named to the visionary category of the Web Application Firewall magic quadrant by Gartner Group in September 2017.[8]

Instart was ranked by Business Insider as No. 1 among the 17 best startups to work for in America.[23]

References

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