Impermium was acyber-security startup company based inRedwood City, California, which provided anti-spam and account protection services for Internet websites. In 2014, the company was acquired byGoogle.
The company was founded in 2010 by Mark Risher, Vishwanath Ramarao, and Naveen Jamal, who met while managing theanti-spam systems forYahoo! Mail.[1]
The company protected more than 1.5 million sites worldwide, includingDisqus,Livefyre,Pinterest,Squarespace, andTumblr from attacks including fraudulent registrations, login andaccount hijacking, malicioususer-generated content, and other forms ofSocial spam.[2] Impermium receivedventure capital financing from funds includingAccel Partners,Greylock Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Morado Ventures, and theSocial+Capital Partnership.[3]
In January 2014,Google announced the acquisition of the company,[4] merging its team and technology into its own anti-spam group.[5]
