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ShieldSquare Acquired

Kaalbi Technologies Private Limited Bengaluru, Karnataka Founded 2014 shieldsquare.com ↗
Pavan Thatha · Co-founder & CEO Rakesh Thatha · Co-founder Vasanth Kumar Gopalakrishnan · Co-founder Srikanth Konijeti · Co-founder Jyoti Kakatkar · Co-founder
$308.5KTotal funding (tracked)
4Funding rounds
26 Oct 2017Last round

ShieldSquare: Business Model Canvas

The nine-block Business Model Canvas, filled in only where a public source states it — empty blocks mean we haven't found a citable fact yet, not that the answer is zero.

Value Propositions

Real-time bot identification with zero false positives

Core differentiator: a per-bot UUID fingerprint (rather than IP-based blocking) used to tell humans, good bots and bad bots apart.

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Real-time scraper detection and blocking

Original 2014 framing of the product's core value.

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Differentiate human vs non-human traffic across web, mobile and API

As framed by acquirer Radware in the Jan 2019 acquisition announcement.

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Customer Segments

Fortune 500, e-commerce and Alexa top-500 clients across 60,000+ Internet properties60,000+ properties, 70 countries

As of the Series A round (Oct 2017), CEO Pavan Thatha said the client list includes Fortune 500 companies, e-commerce businesses and Alexa top 500 sites; the platform protected over 60,000 Internet properties across 70 countries.

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Social networks, e-commerce, content and classifieds sites

Earliest (2014) description of ShieldSquare's customer base.

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Named enterprise clients: Seloger.com, Navent, Magicbricks

Specific named clients as of mid-2016.

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Customer Relationships

No cited public information yet.

Channels

Self-serve REST API + JavaScript integration

Cloud service deployed by inserting an API call and JS snippet into the customer's web application.

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Frictionless self-integration (no sales handhold needed)

By 2016 the product had moved from a handheld/managed onboarding to a fully self-serve integration.

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Key Activities

Bot-detection R&D: fingerprinting, Turing tests, behavioural analysis

Core technical activity underpinning the product.

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Key Resources

50-member team spanning 68+ country client base

Team size as of mid-2016.

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Key Partnerships

Microsoft Ventures Accelerator, Bangalore

Startup was incubated at the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in Bangalore.

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Revenue Streams

Usage-based subscription pricing

Cloud service priced on a subscription basis tied to usage volume.

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Cost Structure

No cited public information yet.

FAQs on ShieldSquare

What is ShieldSquare's business model?

ShieldSquare's core value proposition centers on Real-time bot identification with zero false positives, Real-time scraper detection and blocking, Differentiate human vs non-human traffic across web, mobile and API.

How does ShieldSquare make money?

ShieldSquare's cited revenue streams include Usage-based subscription pricing.

Sources & corrections. Every fact on this page is compiled from cited public sources — follow the "source" links beside each entry. Profile sources: www.sec.gov · Last verified 26 Aug 2026. · Report a correction