Tailscale

Tailscale

Secure VPN for remote resource access

About Tailscale

Simplify's Rating
Why Tailscale is rated
A-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated A on Growth Potential
Rated A on Rating Differentiation

Industries

Enterprise Software

Cybersecurity

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$111.9M

Headquarters

Canada

Founded

2019

Overview

Tailscale offers a secure networking solution through a WireGuard-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) that allows users to access remote resources like virtual machines and databases from anywhere. Its service is designed for businesses and individuals, providing a freemium model that attracts a wide user base while offering premium features for a fee. Tailscale stands out for its simplicity, requiring minimal setup, and supports over 100 integrations, making it adaptable to various tech environments. The company's goal is to ensure secure and easy remote access to private resources.

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Tailscale's zero-trust solution is easy to deploy in existing infrastructures.
  • Partnership with Mullvad expands Tailscale's global VPN server network.
  • Viral adoption among developers indicates strong product-market fit.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from other zero-trust startups could impact market share.
  • A critical vulnerability in the Windows client poses a security risk.
  • Cooling venture funding may limit Tailscale's expansion capital.

What makes Tailscale unique

  • Tailscale uses WireGuard's Noise protocol for trusted encryption.
  • It integrates with existing identity providers like GSuite and Office365.
  • Tailscale offers over 100 integrations, fitting into diverse tech stacks.

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Funding

Total Funding

$111.9M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

3 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series B funding is typically for startups that have proven their business model and need more funding to expand rapidly—often by entering new markets or adding more products. Investors are usually venture capital firms that specialize in later-stage investments.
Series B Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$35M
$45M
Linktree
$65M
Substack
$100M
ClickUp
$100M
Tailscale

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Professional Development Budget

Home Office Stipend

Phone/Internet Stipend

Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

1%
BetaKit
Jan 14th, 2025
Tailscale Hits 10,000 Paid Business Clients After Doubling Customer Base In 10 Months

Corporate VPN startup has seen rapid growth amid strong demand from AI companies

Arun Blog
Sep 3rd, 2024
SSH setup of the future

About two weeks, Tailscale announced a fantastic SSH experience as well: Tailscale SSH that allows one to establish SSH connections with devices on my tailnet without having to generate and distribute keys.

Tailscale
Sep 7th, 2023
Mullvad on Tailscale: Privately browse the web

Tailscale has partnered with Mullvad to make its global network of VPN servers available for our customers.

Tailscale
Jun 27th, 2023
Prerequisites

Tailscale recently introduced Tailscale SSH, which allows you to use Tailscale to authenticate to your devices over SSH instead of having to rely on passwords, key rotation, copying over authorized keys and more.

Benzinga
Jun 6th, 2023
Despite Quantitative Tightening, Vcs Are Investing In Devops And Ai Security

DevOps shifts security left. “Architecture and development shifts create new opportunities for security,” says James Green, General Partner at CRV and a Forbes’ 30 under 30 honoree in 2022. The startups best positioned to land funding are those with defensible moats that usually go in hand with solving tough problems others haven’t addressed. One example is integrating security with DevOps, which empowers developers to prioritize security issues and expedite remediation. “Existing Source Code Analysis solutions are not sufficient,” Green notes. CRV’s investments in Project Discovery and Tailscale put security in the hands of developers, reducing silos and remediation time.The result of this cloudification of work is a diverse landscape of cybersecurity offerings extending protection from on-premises basics to newer terrain - developer and firmware environments, and even AI algorithms

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