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| 2011 || July || || Cloudflare raises $20 million in a Series B round from {{w|New Enterprise Associates}}, Pelion Venture Partners, Venrock.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20110712/web-security-startup-Cloudflare-lands-20-million-funding-round/|title=Web Security Start-Up Cloudflare Lands $20 Million Funding Round|last=Hesseldahl|first=Arik|date=July 12, 2011|website=|publisher={{w|AllThingsD}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-deals/2012-12-18-why-a-fast-growing-startup-tries-to-keep-its-venture-funding-secret/|title=Why a Fast-Growing Startup Tries to Keep Its Venture Funding Secret|last1=Milian|first1=Mark|date=December 18, 2012|work=Bloomblerg Technology|publisher={{w|Bloomberg News}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
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| 2011 || || || "In 2011, Cloudflare provided DoS protection for the hacker group LulzSec. This garnered significant positive media attention at the time, as Cloudflare was a young and relatively unknown company."<ref name="thewhir1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|title=Cloudflare Gets an Unusual Endorsement from Hacker Group LulzSec|last=Henderson|first=Nicole|date=June 17, 2011|work=Webhost Industry Review|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909050644/http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|archive-date=September 9, 2017|dead-url=yes|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name="allthingsd1">{{cite web |url=http://allthingsd.com/20110610/web-security-start-up-Cloudflare-gets-buzz-courtesy-of-lulzsec-hackers/ |title=Web Security Start-Up Cloudflare Gets Buzz, Courtesy of LulzSec Hackers |first=Arik |last=Hesseldahl |date=2011-06-10 |work=[[All Things Digital]] |publisher= |accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref>
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| 2011 || || || "Named the "Most Innovative Network & Internet Technology Company" by the ''Wall Street Journal'' in 2011 and 2012."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203633104576623261551755704|title=And the Rest of the Winners Are...|last=Wang|first=Shirley S.|date=October 17, 2011|work={{w|The Wall Street Journal}}|access-date=August 22, 2019|last2=Totty|first2=Michael|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/wsj-cloudflare-named-most-innovative-internet/|title=WSJ: CloudFlare Named Most Innovative Internet & Networking Company, Second Year in a Row|last=|first=|date=October 15, 2012|website=The Cloudflare Blog|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>
