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Lookout

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Lookout provides award-winning security to protect your mobile phone from viruses, malware and spyware, the ability to backup and restore your data, and tools to help locate lost or stolen phones. Lookout’s unique cross-platform, cloud-connected applications are designed to be lightweight and efficient while delivering the best protection possible. Our Mobile Threat Network scans applications worldwide, allowing us to find and stop threats before they ever become a risk to you so you can rest assured that you’re protected from the threats that can get between you and your phone, automatically. All in a friendly, easy to use app. Lookout products are available on the Android and iOS phones and tablets.

Lookout was founded by John Hering, James Burgess and Kevin Mahaffey, three mobile security researchers who met at the University of Southern California. The trio’s early security research led them to conclude that threats to mobile users would grow rapidly and that in order to protect users, a new approach to security will be required. Based on their research, the three founders formed a new kind of security company focused on smartphone protection.

Today Lookout is a rapidly growing company based in San Francisco, California. Lookout is funded by leading investors including Khosla Ventures, Trilogy Equity Partners, Accel Partners and Index Ventures, as well as prominent angel investors such as Joseph Ansanelli, Chris Sacca, Kevin Hartz and Philip Paul.

Milestones

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  Lookout added David Richardson as Senior Software Engineer. (4/1/09)
  Posted 9/24/11 at 2:55am
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  Lookout added David Golombek as Principal Software Engineer. (3/1/09)
  Posted 9/24/11 at 2:55am
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  Lookout added Chris Jones as VP of Product.
  Posted 9/24/11 at 2:55am
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  Lookout added Thomson Nguyen as Data Scientist. (9/1/11)
  Posted 9/24/11 at 2:55am
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  Lookout added Sean Ellis as Marketing Advisor. (2/1/09)
  Posted 4/27/11 at 4:10pm
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  Lookout added Joseph Ansanelli as Chairman of the Board. (10/1/09)
  Posted 8/9/10 at 5:45pm
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  Lookout added John Hering as CEO.
  Posted 5/31/10 at 2:58am
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  Lookout added Kevin Mahaffey as CTO.
  Posted 5/31/10 at 2:58am
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  Lookout added Ping Li as Board of Directors.
  Posted 5/20/10 at 11:20am
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  Lookout added Jonathan Grubb as Head of Product. (5/1/09)
  Posted 2/21/10 at 9:34pm
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  Lookout added Kevin Hartz as Board of Directors.
  Posted 10/16/09 at 5:16am
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  Lookout added Chris Sacca as Advisor/Investor.
  Posted 11/10/08 at 9:49pm
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  Lookout received $40M in Unattributed funding. (9/21/11)
  Posted 9/21/11 at 8:21pm via techcrunch.com
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  Lookout received $19.5M in Series C funding. (12/23/10)
  Posted 12/23/10 at 6:43pm via finsmes.com
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  Lookout received $11M in Series B funding. (5/18/10)
  Posted 5/19/10 at 2:46pm via mylookout.com
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  Lookout received $5.5M in Series A funding. (12/22/09)
  Posted 12/22/09 at 7:32pm via dowjones.com

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Screenshots

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Above: Lookout Application
Uploaded: 12/28/10

Above: Lookout Web Application
Uploaded: 12/28/10

Above: Lookout for iPhone
Uploaded: 10/23/11

Sources

1. Security App Maker Lookout Raises $5.5M From Khosla, Trilogy (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
2. Lookout Closes $11 Million in Funding Led by Accel Partners (blog.mylookout.com) [edit]
3. Lookout Mobile Security Raises $19.5M in Series C Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Andreessen Horowitz Leads $40M Round In Smartphone Security Company Lookout (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Smartphone Security Startup Lookout Tops One Million Users (techcrunch.com) [edit]