JumpCloud is an American enterprise software company headquartered in

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. The company was formally launched in 2013 at

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Disrupt Battlefield with its announcement of an automated server management tool. JumpCloud offers a

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directory platform for

identity management Identity and access management (IAM or IdAM) or Identity management (IdM), is a framework of policies and technologies to ensure that the right users (that are part of the ecosystem connected to or within an enterprise) have the appropriate acce ...

History

JumpCloud received a seed round of funding of $1.2 million in December 2012, and a $3 million Series A round in January 2014. The company completed Series B funding in August 2015 with a $4.3 million investment. In November 2017, JumpCloud raised an additional $20 million series C round. In May 2019, JumpCloud raised a series D round of financing of $50 million. In November 2020 it closed a $75 million Series E funding. In January 2021, the company added $25 million to its Series E financing, closing the round at $100 million. In September 2021, JumpCloud announced a $159 million Series F investment, at a valuation of $2.56 billion. In early 2020, the company moved to a new office in

. During the

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, the company became fully remote, with staff in multiple states. On February 24, 2022, JumpCloud acquired competitor Myki, and by April 10, 2022, all Myki services were shut down. In July 2023, JumpCloud experienced a network intrusion, allowing hackers to conduct downstream attacks to other organizations. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne first attributed the attack to North Korean state-sponsored hackers, which JumpCloud CISO Bob Phan later confirmed. In May 2025, Jumpcloud announced the acquisition of VaultOne, a developer of privileged access management (PAM) solutions headquartered in

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, Brazil to augment the company's existing

identity and access management Identity and access management (IAM or IdAM) or Identity management (IdM), is a framework of policies and technologies to ensure that the right users (that are part of the ecosystem connected to or within an enterprise) have the appropriate acce ...

(IAM),

mobile device management Mobile device management (MDM) is the administration of mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and laptops. MDM is usually implemented with the use of a third-party product that has management features for particular vendors of ...

(MDM), and single sign-on (SSO) offerings; terms were not disclosed.

Product history

In July 2015, JumpCloud added support for

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to its cloud-based directory service. In May 2020, JumpCloud added availability of its use through

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Mobile Device Management Mobile device management (MDM) is the administration of mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and laptops. MDM is usually implemented with the use of a third-party product that has management features for particular vendors of ...

(MDM), enabling managing of Apple

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devices via the MDM protocol and support for deployment through Apple’s Device Enrollment Plan (DEP). JumpCloud introduced

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policies to its directory platform in December 2020, enabling IT admins to adopt

Zero Trust security Zero trust architecture (ZTA) or perimeterless security is a design and implementation strategy of IT systems. The principle is that users and devices should not be trusted by default, even if they are connected to a privileged network such as a ...

. In August 2021, JumpCloud introduced a new iOS and Android application to help enterprise IT departments with

multi-factor authentication Multi-factor authentication (MFA; two-factor authentication, or 2FA) is an electronic authentication method in which a user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more distinct types of evidence ...

References

{{reflist Information technology companies of the United States Companies based in Boulder County, Colorado