aid: bluebox
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bluebox.png
name: Bluebox
description: Bluebox (Bluebox Security) was an enterprise mobile and application security
  startup founded around 2012 that let organizations secure corporate data on employee-owned
  smartphones and tablets without managing the whole device. It raised roughly $27.5M, with
  Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) leading its Series A and returning for the Series B alongside
  Tenaya Capital, Andreas Bechtolsheim, and SV Angel. Its technology assets were acquired by
  Lookout on April 8, 2016, after which Bluebox ceased operating as an independent company.
  It was a packaged security product vendor, not a public API provider, and it maintains no
  live developer portal, documentation, or API surface today.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bluebox/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: Lookout
x-acquired-year: 2016
x-defunct: true
x-not-api-provider: true
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Security
- Mobile Security
- Application Security
- Enterprise Security
- Acquired
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence