BlackSpider Technologies Limited
BlackSpider Technologies Limited was a British software company founded in 2002 and subsequently acquired by SurfControl in July 2006.
The Company provided cloud computing services for filtering email spam and other malware.
History
BlackSpider was a start-up company founded in 2002 by John Cheney in Reading, Berkshire, UK.In January 2004 Casenove Private Equity invested £4.6m in the business, allowing the organisation to grow into the French and German markets.
In July 2006 SurfControl, a UK listed PLC, acquired BlackSpider for £19.5m in cash.
At the point of acquisition BlackSpider had £4m in historic revenues, an operating loss of £3.1m and over 1,200 customers.
In October 2007 Websense acquired SurfControl for approximately £204m.
Following the acquisition of SurfControl by Websense, the original BlackSpider Management Team, including John Cheney, left to found, a provider of web-based CRM software for small businesses.