¶ Recorded Future
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Recorded Future is an American cybersecurity company based in Somerville, Massachusetts. It is a subsidiary of Mastercard.[1]
¶ History
Recorded Future was founded in 2009.[2]
On May 30, 2019, Insight Partners announced it had acquired Recorded Future for $780 million.[2:1] It was subsequently acquired by Mastercard on September 12, 2024.[1:1]
On December 18, 2024, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation announced that Recorded Future had been declared an “undesirable” organization, effectively banning all activity within Russia.[3] The Prosecutor General cited Recorded Future's alleged cooperation with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other foreign intelligence agencies, collection and analysis of data on the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and alleged assistance to Ukraine in conducting offensive information operations against Russia.[4]
¶ Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Ahlberg | Chief Executive Officer[5] | Hult International Business School, Spotfire |
| Niloofar Razi Howe | Independent Director[6] | Capitol Meridian Partners, CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Morgan Stanley, International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) |
| Teresa Shea | Independent Director[6:1] | National Security Agency (NSA), Raytheon, In-Q-Tel, Mitre Corporation, Intelligence and National Security Foundation (INSF) |
¶ Funding
Prior to its ultimate acquisition by Mastercard, Recorded Future received investment funding from:[7]
- Accomplice
- Balderton Capital
- Employee Stock Option Fund (ESO Fund)
- Google Ventures (GV)
- IA Ventures
- In-Q-Tel[8]
- Insight Partners
- MassMutual Ventures
- REV Venture Partners
¶ Publications
- June 1, 2022: “The Recorded Future Intelligence Graph,” published on YouTube
¶ External links
Staniar, J., & Eisen, S. (2024, September 12). Mastercard invests in continued defense of global digital economy with acquisition of Recorded Future. Mastercard. https://newsroom.mastercard.com/news/press/2024/september/mastercard-invests-in-continued-defense-of-global-digital-economy-with-acquisition-of-recorded-future/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Miller, R. (2019, May 30). Insight Partners acquires threat intel company Recorded Future for $780M. TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/30/insight-partners-bags-threat-intel-company-recorded-future-for-780m/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Gatlan, S. (2024, December 18). Recorded Future CEO applauds “undesirable” designation by Russia. BleepingComputer. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/recorded-future-ceo-applauds-undesirable-designation-by-russia/ ↩︎
Организация Recorded Future из США признана нежелательной на территории России. (2024, December 18). Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20241218191024/https://epp.genproc.gov.ru/web/gprf/mass-media/news?item=99765742 ↩︎
Gatlan, S. (2024, December 18). Recorded Future CEO applauds “undesirable” designation by Russia. BleepingComputer. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/recorded-future-ceo-applauds-undesirable-designation-by-russia/ ↩︎
Ahlberg, C. (2019, February 27). A Conversation With Niloofar Howe and Teresa Shea. Recorded Future. https://www.recordedfuture.com/blog/niloofar-howe-teresa-shea-conversation ↩︎ ↩︎
Recorded Future - Financials. Crunchbase. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/recorded-future/company_financials ↩︎
Portfolio. IQT. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.iqt.org/portfolio?company-name=Recorded+Future ↩︎