Blackwall

Blackwall (formerly BotGuard) is a security and web infrastructure company founded in 2019 by Nikita Rozenberg (CEO) and Denis Prochko (CTO). The company provides AI-enabled web traffic management solutions by partnering with Hosting Services Providers (HSP’s), Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and eCommerce Platforms, who typically host thousands, to hundreds of thousands of websites.

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Blackwall

blackwall.com

HQEE

Team Size82

Open Jobs1

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Flagship product: GateKeeper — a high-availability reverse-proxy for real-time traffic inspection and mitigation

Threat coverage: Mitigates malicious bots, L7 DDoS, brute-force attacks while providing WAF, caching, rate limiting

Recent funding: €45M Series B (Mar 2025) led by Dawn Capital

Founders: Nikita Rozenberg (CEO) and Denis Prochko (CTO)

Rebrand: Rebranded from BotGuard (legal name Botguard OÜ) to Blackwall

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Automated web threats and malicious traffic targeting hosting providers, managed service providers and large multi-tenant web platforms.

Founded

2019

Industry

Cybersecurity / Web infrastructure

Tech Stack

GateKeeper (reverse-proxy)

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

HTTP/3 (QUIC)

TLS 1.3

Automated SSL certificate management

Caching

Rate limiting

REST JSON API (partner integrations)

Traffic inspection & bot mitigation

L7 DDoS mitigation

Funding Track Record

Series B- March 12, 2025

€45M

Company announced rebrand from BotGuard to Blackwall; existing investor MMC Ventures participated.

Series A- March 13, 2024

€12M

Investor Signal

“Series B led by Dawn Capital (MMC Ventures participated); third-party profiles list multiple investors (Crunchbase lists eight investors, including Tera Ventures).”

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Blackwall

blackwall.com

Blackwall

blackwall.com

HQEE

Team Size82

Open Jobs1

Total Funding-

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Flagship product: GateKeeper — a high-availability reverse-proxy for real-time traffic inspection and mitigation

Threat coverage: Mitigates malicious bots, L7 DDoS, brute-force attacks while providing WAF, caching, rate limiting

Recent funding: €45M Series B (Mar 2025) led by Dawn Capital

Founders: Nikita Rozenberg (CEO) and Denis Prochko (CTO)

Rebrand: Rebranded from BotGuard (legal name Botguard OÜ) to Blackwall

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