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AnchorFree

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AnchorFree believes in placing consumers in control of their personal information online. The company’s mission is to enable secure access to the world’s information for an addressable market of 5 billion people who access the Web through computers or mobile devices. AnchorFree does this through Hotspot Shield, the world’s most popular app for safe browsing. Hotspot Shield secures all Internet communications, protects the user’s identity online, and provides universal access to all Internet content. Hotspot Shield is available for PC, Mac, Apple iOS, and Android platforms at www.AnchorFree.com and www.HotspotShield.com. AnchorFree is a privately held, venture-backed company based in Mountain View, California.

Recent Milestones

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  AnchorFree — Forbes names David Gorodyansky one of America's Most Promising CEOs Under 35 (2/6/13)
  Posted 3/8/13 at 10:50am via forbes.com
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  AnchorFree — Quantcast: AnchorFree ranked the 38th most trafficked service on the Web (12/1/12)
  Posted 12/7/12 at 9:09am via quantcast.com
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  AnchorFree — With 100 Million Hotspot Shield PC and Mac Downloads and Three Million Mobile Downloads, AnchorFree Celebrates One Year of Explosive Growth With $1 Million in Mobile Giveaways (11/15/12)
  Posted 11/29/12 at 11:15am via anchorfree.com
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  AnchorFree — How To Thwart Hackers And Dictators With One Free Download (8/29/12)
  Posted 12/5/12 at 10:29pm via forbes.com
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  AnchorFree — Viewers find ways around Olympic broadcast restrictions (8/13/12)
  Posted 12/5/12 at 10:29pm via ft.com
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  AnchorFree — 30 Under 30 Alumni: Where Are They Now? (7/2/12)
  Posted 12/5/12 at 10:29pm via inc.com
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  AnchorFree — AnchorFree Brings Their Hotspot Shield Mobile Security App To Android (5/31/12)
  Posted 12/5/12 at 10:29pm via techcrunch.com
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  AnchorFree — AnchorFree Extends Hotspot Shield to Android Users (5/31/12)
  Posted 10/9/12 at 1:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  AnchorFree received $52M in Series C funding. (5/21/12)
  Posted 11/29/12 at 12:26pm via techcrunch.com
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  AnchorFree — With Its Hotspot Shield Hitting 60M Downloads, AnchorFree Lands A Whopping $52M From Goldman Sachs (5/21/12)
  Posted 12/5/12 at 10:22pm via techcrunch.com
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  AnchorFree — AnchorFree Appoints Tech Executive Doug Maine to Advisory Board (4/10/12)
  Posted 10/9/12 at 1:16pm
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  AnchorFree — AnchorFree: A road warrior's friend, a censor's foe (3/30/12)
  Posted 12/5/12 at 10:22pm via cnn.com
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  AnchorFree — AnchorFree Launches Malware Protection Across All Devices (1/19/12)
  Posted 10/9/12 at 1:16pm via thenextweb.com
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  AnchorFree — AnchorFree Launches Money-Saving Mobile Security Solution for iOS Devices (11/10/11)
  Posted 10/9/12 at 1:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  AnchorFree — AnchorFree Launches Ad-Free, Turbo-Charged Version of Hotspot Shield (9/28/11)
  Posted 10/9/12 at 1:16pm via cnet.com
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  AnchorFree — AnchorFree Releases New Version of Hotspot Shield to Keep Facebook Information Private and Secure (5/18/10)
  Posted 6/23/10 at 3:15pm via anchorfree.com

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3. With Its Hotspot Shield Hitting 60M Downloads, AnchorFree Lands A Whopping $52M From Goldman Sachs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
AnchorFree Launches Advertising Network for Reaching Consumers at Hotspot Locations (anchorfree.com) [edit]
Bay Area Developments Create Free Wireless HotSpots Using AnchorFree Solution (anchorfree.com) [edit]
AnchorFree Expands Leadership Team With New Senior Vice President of Advertising Solutions (anchorfree.com) [edit]
New Software Gives Web Users Secure Public Wireless Access (anchorfree.com) [edit]
AnchorFree Partners with WebAds UK to Bring World's First Broadband Media Network to EMEA (anchorfree.com) [edit]
Access an Un-Censored Internet during the Olympics in China with AnchorFree's Hotspot Shield (anchorfree.com) [edit]
Hotspot Shield Is a Free, Simple Solution to Online Privacy Infringements (anchorfree.com) [edit]
iPhone Users Can Now Go Online Securely and Privately with New App (anchorfree.com) [edit]
AnchorFree Named "Cool Vendor" by Leading Analyst Firm (anchorfree.com) [edit]
AnchorFree's Online Privacy Tool Continues Explosive Growth in Wake of Increased Online Censorship (anchorfree.com) [edit]
Mochila Partners With AnchorFree to Launch Innovative Content Portal (anchorfree.com) [edit]
AnchorFree Extends Reach of Hotspot Shield -- Introduces New Local Language Feature and Updated Mac Version (anchorfree.com) [edit]
Webroot and AnchorFree Join Forces to Protect Millions of Internet Users (anchorfree.com) [edit]
AnchorFree's Hotspot Shield Eclipses 1 Billion Monthly Page Views For First Time (anchorfree.com) [edit]
AnchorFree Comments on Google's Move to End Censored Searches in China (anchorfree.com) [edit]
AnchorFree Releases New Version of Hotspot Shield to Keep Facebook Information Private and Secure (anchorfree.com) [edit]
Hotspot now shields you ad-free (news.cnet.com) [edit]
Hotspot Shield VPN Has Your Back For Mobile Browsing (techcrunch.com) [edit]
VPN service Hotspot Shield adds malware protection to its arsenal of tools (thenextweb.com) [edit]
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AnchorFree Brings Their Hotspot Shield Mobile Security App To Android (techcrunch.com) [edit]
With 100 Million Hotspot Shield PC and Mac Downloads and Three Million Mobile Downloads, AnchorFree Celebrates One Year of Explosive Growth With $1 Million in Mobile Giveaways (anchorfree.com) [edit]
AnchorFree: A road warrior's friend, a censor's foe (tech.fortune.cnn.com) [edit]
With Its Hotspot Shield Hitting 60M Downloads, AnchorFree Lands A Whopping $52M From Goldman Sachs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
AnchorFree Brings Their Hotspot Shield Mobile Security App To Android (techcrunch.com) [edit]
30 Under 30 Alumni: Where Are They Now? (inc.com) [edit]
Viewers find ways around Olympic broadcast restrictions (blogs.ft.com) [edit]
How To Thwart Hackers And Dictators With One Free Download (forbes.com) [edit]
Quantcast: AnchorFree ranked the 38th most trafficked service on the Web (quantcast.com) [edit]
America's Most Promising CEOs Under 35 (forbes.com) [edit]