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Enterprise: Once targeted at individuals and SMBs, CloudFlare is now also the choice for many of the world's largest Internet properties and enterprises. "CloudFlare is a natural complement to Microsoft Azure, enabling enterprises of any size to help secure and enhance their applications running on Azure, including hybrid deployments," said Bob Kelly, CVP of business development, Microsoft Corp. "We look forward to working with CloudFlare to seamlessly extend its capabilities to the Azure ecosystem."

Network: To tackle problems at Internet scale, CloudFlare will expand its network and connectivity across the globe. "Google is a company we've always admired. We're excited to have Google's support as an investor, broadening our existing partnership," said Michelle Zatlyn, co-founder and head of user experience at CloudFlare. "Support from organizations that truly understand Internet scale, and operating massive networks, is essential as we achieve our goals as a company."

Launched in 2009, CloudFlare is transforming the way SMBs and enterprises deploy services at the edge of their networks, disrupting the traditional model of on-premise appliance deployments. Through CloudFlare's global network, any enterprise can rapidly and securely deploy cloud-based firewall, load balancing, WAN optimization, distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation, content delivery and DNS services without ever purchasing a single piece of hardware. CloudFlare customers include many of the world's largest Internet properties, financial institutions and national governments.

Scott Sandell, managing general partner at New Enterprise Associates said: "We view CloudFlare as a category-defining company that is fundamentally changing the way enterprises deploy applications on the Internet. The broad strategic participation in the round reflects the degree to which this proposition has entered the mainstream, and is recognized by forward-thinking companies as a massive opportunity."

CloudFlare turned profitable in 2014, and is currently running at a gross profit margin of 75 percent. In total, CloudFlare has raised $182 million in equity funding from investors including New Enterprise Associates, Pelion Venture Partners, Venrock, Union Square Ventures, and Greenspring. All existing investors participated in CloudFlare's latest round of funding.

About CloudFlare
CloudFlare, Inc. (www.cloudflare.com / @cloudflare) makes any Internet application lightning fast, protects them from attacks, ensures they are always online, and makes it simple to add web apps with a single click. Regardless of size or platform, CloudFlare supercharges Internet applications with no need to add hardware, install software, or change a line of code. The CloudFlare community gets stronger as it grows: every new application makes the network smarter. More than 5 percent of global Internet requests flow through CloudFlare's network; every month more than 2 billion people experience a faster, safer, better Internet. CloudFlare was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, named the Most Innovative Network & Internet Technology Company for two years running by the Wall Street Journal, and ranked among the world's 50 most innovative companies by Fast Company. CloudFlare has offices in San Francisco, Washington, DC, London, and Singapore.