---
title: "PROOFPOINT INC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bba09a99-c6dc-5e67-aff4-c05846ad03cd
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bba09a99-c6dc-5e67-aff4-c05846ad03cd
identifier: sec:0001212458
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PROOFPOINT INC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001212458`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bba09a99-c6dc-5e67-aff4-c05846ad03cd  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bba09a99-c6dc-5e67-aff4-c05846ad03cd  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **MERITECH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES II L.L.C.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a63fe552-1f2b-5cee-a024-ae4ace518068
- **BENCHMARK FOUNDERS FUND IV-B LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d4014d15-c460-5056-acff-c5e076cee462
- **HARVEY KEVIN** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f21e5ff3-99fa-5422-b373-cd1befc11bbc
- **MERITECH CAPITAL AFFILIATES II LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/29661289-4cf0-5003-9b1b-8683aa97ec75
- **MDV VII LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6a416bfd-8194-5043-b609-bec675581eee
- **DUNLEVIE BRUCE** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a2b199ce-c83d-50ab-a5cd-28220d1be398
- **FEIBER JONATHAN D** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8e832980-1753-5130-9cc6-f7d9dc3b879b
- **BENCHMARK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO IV LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/67aea6f1-28bb-5cd8-a60e-4adaf4c4a16f
- **MCP ENTREPRENEUR PARTNERS II LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/316120f7-6824-5d85-8d68-4e7f14212287
- **SEVENTH MDV PARTNERS, L.L.C.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f0369908-92f5-5721-a2ce-17c9db3ce0de
- **BENCHMARK FOUNDERS FUND IV A LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6269f213-5e2b-523d-b8ff-ed7b8fe60ad6
- **GORDON MICHAEL B** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/23303396-3ca0-57c3-8826-d590c76cd96e
- **BENCHMARK CAPITAL PARTNERS IV LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a54badba-f1b8-5607-9548-e5ee6e7dcd30
- **MERITECH CAPITAL ASSOCIATES II L.L.C.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec38b0d7-580a-53cf-805b-937d9311e2f9
- **SPURLOCK STEVEN M** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4d3c24a8-995c-542e-a3b8-21503243030d
- **MADERA PAUL S** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7920cdcf-ae15-5fd1-b09b-fa694171a704
- **MERITECH CAPITAL PARTNERS II LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d763a8ce-8ab2-57d8-a5b4-57cee2dcd48c
- **KAGLE ROBERT** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffbb2745-8fd8-536b-ab72-1e9748cca5cb
- **GURLEY J WILLIAM** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f62c05da-5b2d-5c64-926e-2b39a772c55e
- **BENCHMARK FOUNDERS FUND IV LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a3430926-375f-5152-8d4c-1e026768de0b
- **SCHOENDORF NANCY J** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2fc72b92-98aa-564b-bc08-c22d110ade7e
- **BALKANSKI ALEXANDRE** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/108b6b9c-dcf6-531c-b893-e8d77c619427

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **58-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **PROOFPOINT INC** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bba09a99-c6dc-5e67-aff4-c05846ad03cd · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PROOFPOINT INC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/bba09a99-c6dc-5e67-aff4-c05846ad03cd · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/bba09a99-c6dc-5e67-aff4-c05846ad03cd._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._