Defunct American computer technology corporation
Instart was an American multinational computer technology corporation, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The company specialized primarily in improving online content delivery speeds. The company also offered software designed to increase online advertising by accelerating the rate at which ads loaded and preventing blockers or filters from blocking ads.
The company had offices in New York, London, Bangalore and Sydney. As of September 2017[ [update]], the company claimed that it processed 60 billion transactions per day.
On February 27, 2020, Akamai announced that it had acquired Instart's customers and select intellectual property.
History.
In 2010, the company was founded in an attempt to improve the speed of downloading and updating video games.
In the fall of 2014, the company started a US$100 million contract buyout program for Akamai customers.
In February 2016, Instart acquired Kwicr, a mobile app accelerator.
In June 2018, the company shortened its name to Instart from Instart Logic. Instart was a shortened form of "Instant Start".
Notable clients included Neiman Marcus, Cafe Media, Edmunds, Bonnier, Ziff Davis, CBS, Tronc, TUI Group, Telstra and Kate Spade.
Financing.
Instart had received $140 million in 6 rounds of funding from 10 investors:
Products.
Instart products included: 
Reception.
The company was named to the visionary category of the Web Application Firewall magic quadrant by Gartner Group in September 2017.
Instart was ranked by Business Insider as No. 1 among the 17 best startups to work for in America.
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