Hunter2
Hunter2 teaches modern secure coding practices through interactive web apps that developers exploit and patch.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
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| investor | €0.0 Valuation: €0.0 | round | |
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| Total Funding | 000k | ||
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Hunter2 provides a security training platform tailored for engineering and development teams. Founded by Fletcher Heisler, the company was a participant in the Y Combinator accelerator program, which also served as an early investor, contributing to its initial $120K in funding. The firm was later acquired by Veracode on January 1, 2020, and now operates as a subsidiary of the application security company.
The company's core business revolves around a subscription-based educational software platform. It targets engineering teams, offering them hands-on, interactive labs to practice and improve their application security skills. The platform's primary function is to educate developers on how to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities within web applications. This is accomplished by providing practical exercises where developers can exploit and then patch real-world code examples written in various tech stacks. The training is designed to be engaging and continuous, enabling engineers to write more secure code from the start.
The platform serves as an online learning environment focused on secure coding practices. Its key feature is the use of interactive labs that simulate real security breaches, allowing developers to gain practical experience in a controlled setting. This hands-on approach is a central selling point, moving beyond theoretical knowledge to the application of skills. The curriculum is designed to be customized to a developer's experience level, ensuring the content is relevant and challenging. By focusing on practical application, Hunter2 aims to systematically enhance the security posture of its clients' software development lifecycle.
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