Mobile security startup Mobilisafe acquired by Rapid7

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Seattle startup Mobilisafe has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed size by Boston-based Rapid7, a heavily-funded security company that raised $50 million last year. The deal comes just four months after former T-Mobile USA engineers Giri Sreenivas and Dirk Sigurdson launched Mobilisafe, which was bankrolled by Madrona Venture Group and Trilogy. Sreenivas tells us that they weren’t looking… Read More…

Mobilisafe promises mobile device security (without spying on employees)

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It’s been just over a year since stealthy Mobilisafe came on to the scene with backing from Madrona Venture Group and John Stanton’s Trilogy Equity Partnership. But the Seattle startup, led by former T-Mobile software architects Giri Sreenivas and Dirk Sigurdson, is finally taking the wraps off its new mobile security service today. And what have the engineers been… Read More…

Mobilisafe study: 39 percent of mobile devices at small businesses are ‘stale’

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Mobilisafe, a stealthy Seattle mobile security startup bankrolled by Madrona Venture Group and Trilogy Equity Partners, still isn’t sharing many details about its new product. But the company – led by former T-Mobile software architects Giri Sreenivas and Dirk Sigurdson – just released some detailed information about the lack of security around mobile devices at small and mid-sized businesses. Mobilisafe… Read More…

Tech Moves: Mobilisafe adds marketing VP; Theraclone names CEO; BigDoor; etc.

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Sajal Sahay has joined Seattle mobile security upstart Mobilisafe as vice president of marketing with the goal of helping to bring the company’s first products to market. “Device security is one of the key megatrends in the mobile industry, and Mobilisafe is poised to transform the category with a simple yet effective solution that is… Read More…