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THE HISTORY OF LOOKOUT
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THE HISTORY OFLOOKOUT
John Hering, Kevin Mahaffey and James Burgess, three security researchers from USC, discovered a Bluetooth vulnerability in the Nokia 3610.
The researchers tried to work with Nokia to patch the vulnerability.
But the vulnerability would be too complex to fix, and Nokia believed that the range of Bluetooth was only 10 — 100 meters.
2004
The Nokia 6310 The first mobile phone with Bluetooth capabilities
To demonstrate the Bluetooth vulnerability, the founders built the BlueSniper, which set a new world record by retrieving information on a device from over
1 mile away using the Bluetooth connections in mobile phones.
Living in LA at the time, the three researchers walked around the red carpet of the Academy Awards with a high-powered Bluetooth antenna, collecting evidence of the vulnerability from hundreds of celebrities’ phones.
2007
Realizing that people would need protection from mobile-based threats…
John Hering, Kevin Mahaffey & James Burgess officially founded Lookout, then known as Flexilis, in 2007.
The first security app for Windows mobile launched
2008
Lookout Mobile Security launched on Android.
Lookout received a $5.5M Series A round of funding from Khosla Ventures & Trilogy Partners.
The same year, the company made the move to San Francisco, left the name Flexilis behind and became Lookout.
2010
A BIG YEAR FOR LOOKOUT
Steven Mileham, 2011, Flickr
That was just the beginning…
2010
BusinessWeek names John Hering Best Young Tech Entrepreneur
of 2010
Lookout tops 1 million usersIntroduced Lookout Premium
for Android
Lookout joins leading tech companies as an Accel Partners’ and Index Ventures’ portfolio company
Lookout partners with Sprint to help keep Sprint customers safe Lookout increases its user base by 9 million in one year, protecting 10 million devices Andreessen Horowitz invests in Lookout and joins the board Lookout Mobile Security launches on iPhone
2011
LOOKOUT MAKES BIG STRIDES
2011
Lookout goes global, expanding its product offering to Canada, Australia & the UK,
and is localized in German
2012
Lookout moves to new digs in the heart of SF’s Financial District
2012
A monumental year for key partnerships with mobile
operators
2013
Lookout was named a 2013 Technology Pioneer by the World
Economic Forum
2012
In October 2012, Lookout debuted its redesigned consumer offering with a
sleek new design, intelligent dashboard and Signal Flare
LOOKOUT TODAY
2013
SINCE THE BEGINNINGThe resounding theme has been growth
Partnered with 5 major mobile operators
Supports 3 platforms (Android, iOS & Kindle)
Localized in 11 languages
OCT 2008 JULY 2013OCT 2010
1M
3M
23M
45M
11M
45 MILLION USERS WORLDWIDE
“The greatest product I’ll ever create is my company.”— John Hering, Lookout CEO
THE LOOKOUT TEAM CONTINUES TO GROW
The Lookout Platform provides organizations with threat intelligence and
attribution data to help protect their customers, products, devices and networks
from constantly evolving threats.
More and more employees are bringing their devices to work and company data is ending
up on them. Lookout for Business aims to help businesses keep confidential
information secure.
THE ROAD AHEAD
LOOKOUT For Business
THE LOOKOUT
PLATFORM
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