On November 12, 2009, Michelle Zatlyn announced that Cloudflare secured Series A financing from Venrock and UV Partners (now Pelion Ventures). The funds will be used to hire more engineers and launch the private beta. Members of Project Honey Pot will be invited in phases to test the service. To request a beta invitation code, visit https://www.cloudflare.com/request-invite.html. A photo taken during the finance closing day from Carmel, CA shows Zatlyn, Matthew, and Lee discussing product planning over lunch.