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title: "Black Duck Software: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Black Duck Software is a private company that develops and markets software and services for application security. Founded in 2002 by Doug Levin, it is headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-black-duck-software
type: Organization
wikidata: Q136123906
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Duck_Software
website: https://www.blackduck.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Black Duck Software

> Black Duck Software is a private company that develops and markets software and services for application security. Founded in 2002 by Doug Levin, it is headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts.

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## Facts

- Category: Security and defense
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2002-01-01
- Headquarters: Massachusetts
- Status: private
- Website: https://www.blackduck.com/
- Industries: application security

## Funding rounds

From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation.

- 2014-09-12: Form D, USD 20 million sold of a USD 20 million offering, 12 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1300477/000089706914000392/))
- 2011-10-12: Form D, USD 12 million sold of a USD 12 million offering, 13 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1300477/000130047711000001/))

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Black Duck Software, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-black-duck-software#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136123906, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Duck_Software
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001300477

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