FinovateEurope 2019 / Tala Security
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: Tala has reimagined security and trust for the modern web. Tala’s breakthrough technology blocks advanced attacks against enterprise websites and web apps right at the browser. Tala protects against third-party javascript attacks, user PII data theft, cross-site scripting, ad injection, and others. Our solution is automated, and installs in minutes without any user downloads or code changes.
Based in silicon valley, Tala is led by industry veterans and successful entrepreneurs, and is backed by leading venture capital firms, angels and the National Science Foundation.
How they describe their product/innovation: Tala has reimagined security and trust for the modern web.
Cybercriminal groups have unleashed a wave of attacks against enterprise websites and web applications in 2018 (e.g., Magecart). These attacks have caused large-scale breaches of sensitive/PII data, lower conversion rates on retail sites, and a fundamental erosion of trust.
Tala’s breakthrough technology blocks advanced attacks against enterprise websites and web apps right at the browser. Tala protects against third-party javascript attacks (e.g., Magecart), user PII data theft, cross-site scripting, ad injection, and others. Our solution is automated, and installs in minutes without any user downloads or code changes.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B)
Contacts
Sales: Paul McGowan, Head of Sales, Paul McGowan, paul@talasecurity.io
Website: talasecurity.io
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/talasecurity
HQ: Fremont, CA, USA
Founded: July 2016
Product Demoed: Tala
Metrics: $3.7M raised from VCs, security industry executives and angels and the National Science Foundation. We have 7 employees. Tala has customers across finance, tech and e-Commerce. We work with the largest enterprises to start-ups and everything in between.
Presenters: Aanand Krishnan (CEO), Deepika Gajaria (Senior Director, Product Management)
- Key Executives
Aanand Krishnan (CEO), Brad Burkle (VP Sales), Sanjay Sawhney (VP Engineering), Swapnil Bhalode (CTO)
Key Stats
- Key Board Members
Steve Bennett (fmr CEO, Symantec & Intuit), Ken Pelowski (Managing Partner, Pinnacle Ventures), Aanand Krishnan (CEO), Sanjay Sawhney (VP Engineering)
- Key Investors
Pinnacle Ventures, Inspovation Ventures, Steve Bennett (fmr CEO, Symantec), Mike Brown (fmr CEO, Symantec), Ron Gula (CEO & Founder, Tenable Security), Amit Mital (fmr CTO, Symantec), Sean Doherty (fmr Enterprise CTO, Symantec), Ray Rothrock (CEO, RedSeal Networks), Venture / Science.
- Key Advisory Board Members
Steve Bennett (fmr CEO of Symantec & Intuit), Haseeb Budhani (CEO, Rafay Systems), General Wesley Clark (fmr Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO), Sean Doherty (fmr Enterprise CTO, Symantec)
- Key Customers
Tala has customers across financial, fintech, non-profit and e-commerce.