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Aug 16, 2019
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The round was led by existing investor Softbank Group with contributions from CRV and Spark Capital. The company provides endpoint protection solution with EDR capability and managed monitoring services. The new funding is expected to be used to scale the organization globally and invest in their technology vision of Autonomous Security Customers (incl. tech. partners*): Connecticut Water, Beam Suntory, RTI Surgical, McBee Assoicates, Flowserve, Pinnacle Technology Partners, Motorola, Medtronic, AIG, Wells Fargo, AstraZeneca, Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: Nick Percoco (CSO @Kraken), Mike Gordon (Deputy CISO @Lockheed Martin), Richard Rushing (CISO @Motorola Mobility), Kugan Kulothungan (CISO @Virtusa), Herman Young (CISO @Investec), Mike Makowka (CISO @TUV Rheinland), Seth Mccallister (CISO @HUB International)
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 22, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The round was led by existing investor Rembrandt Venture Partners. The new investment will be used to enhance its product, drive sales and marketing initiatives, and accelerate hiring and growth across the US, Israel and other locations. The company’s platform is designed to help organizations protect their endpoints and prevent data breaches. It includes next-generation antivirus, application communication control, threat hunting, detection and response, and virtual patching capabilities. They had previously raised $34M from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Viola Ventures. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): DFW International Airport, Zuora, PT. Jaringan Intech, Zumtobel Group, Rome Memorial Hospital, National Hockey League Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 22, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The round was led by existing customer National Australia Bank's venture arm with contributions from existing investors including Octopus Ventures. The new investment will be used to expand their Asia Pacific team. They had previously raised $48M from investors including Storm Ventures, TenEleven Ventures, Trinity Ventures and Passion Capital. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): hundreds of customers including National Australia Bank, Soi Dog, ? Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 22, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
While the company has not announced this raise publicly, SEC filings from Jun 2017 suggest that there are atleast 9 investors. BigID has previously raised $46M from investors including Scale Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, ClearSky Security, Boldstart Ventures, SAP.iO Fund.  Customers (incl. tech. partners*): ? Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 11, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The round was led by Insight Partners valuing the company at $1.3 Billion. OneTrust’s privacy, security and third-party risk technology platform offers three primary offerings: OneTrust Privacy Management Software, OneTrust PreferenceChoice™ consent and preference management software, and OneTrust Vendorpedia™ third-party risk management software and vendor risk exchange.  The new funding should help OneTrust continue to expand its reach geographically and further the company’s technology: it already has 50 patents filed and another 50 applications in progress, securing its own IP in the area of privacy protection. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): 3000 customers including Aetna, Allianz, Akamai, Marketo, Oracle, Randstad, Steelcase, Vevo, 21st Century, Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 11, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The round was led by private equity firm, Bregal Sagemount with participation from existing investors Accel, Baseline Ventures, DAG Ventures, Icon Ventures and Industry Ventures. TurstArc provides privacy compliance and data protection solutions, addressing all phases of privacy program management. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): AT&T, Kellogg's, Yamaha, Forbes, Monster, Wine.com, Intuit, Credit Karma, Kabbage, Nascar, PGA, WWE, Electronic Arts, Supercell, The TradeDesk, Alexion, Merck, WebMD, SAP, Survey Monkey, Zoom, Cisco, IBM, Oracle Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 09, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The round was led by clients advised by JP Morgan Asset Management with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, Sutter Hill Ventures, Osage University Partners, American Express Ventures, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase and Engineering Capital. Menlo Security provides an Internet Isolation technology platform that separates an enterprise network from the public web, while still allowing employees to access the Internet. The solution removes the viewing of email attachments and web browsing from the desktop and moves it to the cloud. The company intends to use the funds to expand its global sales team. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): “hundreds” of companies (including Macy’s, Fujitsu, IIJ, First Community Bank). The world’s 10 largest banks, four of the five largest credit card issuers, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the U.S. Department of Defense’s IT combat support agency. Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 02, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding round was led by Ibex Investors with participation from existing investors BRM, Opus Capital, Intel Capital, Liberty Technology Venture Capital, and Strategic Cyber Ventures. TrapX's cyber deception technology detects, deceives, and defeats advanced cyber-attacks and human attackers in real-time. The new funding will be used to expand the company’s global footprint to additional countries and verticals. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): hundreds of customers Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 01, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding round was co-led by RRE Ventures and .406 Ventures with participation from existing investors Techstars Ventures, V1.VC, and Uncork Capital. GreatHorn safeguards cloud email from advanced threats such as individual and brand impersonations, credential theft attempts, malware, ransomware, and other advanced social engineering-based phishing attacks by protecting organizations before, during, and after an email attack.  Customers (incl. tech. partners*): ? Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 01, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding round was led by Forgepoint Capital with participation from existing investors Jump Capital, MATH Venture Partners and Baird Capital. Proceeds from the financing will be used for product development and to scale business operations. NowSecure Platform delivers fully automated 360-degree coverage of mobile app security testing through advanced static, dynamic, behavioral and interactive mobile app security testing on Android and iOS devices. NowSecure identifies security threats, compliance gaps and privacy issues in custom-developed, commercial, and business-critical mobile apps. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): CapitalOne, Carfax, Citi, Concur, EMC, Emerson, E&Y, FIS, HomeDepot, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Kellogg's, MEA Financial, Motorola Mobility, Shell, Synchrony Financial, Vaporstream Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jul 01, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding round was led by Ribbit Capital with participation from Greenoaks Capital and Hillhouse Capital. Coalition aims to solve cyber risk for all organizations by democratizing access to cybersecurity tools that prevent and mitigate loss, along with expert incident response and comprehensive insurance coverage should all else fail. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): Swiss Re*, Argo Pro*, ? Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jun 20, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding round was led by Insight Partners. Combined with previous investments from Tenaya Capital, Shasta Ventures, Bloomberg Beta, and Flybridge Capital Partners, Valimail has now raised a total of $84 million in funding since its founding in 2015. Valimail a provider of trust-based anti-phishing technologies designed to stop fake email will use the funding to accelerate the expansion of its product offering, partnerships, and global footprint.  Customers (incl. tech. partners*): Splunk, City National Bank, Yelp, Glu Mobile Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: Jonathan A. (Head of Information Security @WeWork), ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jun 20, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding round was led by Index Ventures with participation from Battery Ventures, Greycroft, NEA, Paladin Capital Group and Scale Venture Partners. Expel will use the Series C funding to expand its cloud monitoring capabilities, accelerate product innovation and fund additional sales and marketing programs. The company offers 24x7 monitoring through its security operations center-as-a-service, integrating the security tools customers already use into its proprietary technology. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): ? Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jun 20, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding was led by Energy Impact Partners (EIP), a utility-backed energy investment and innovation firm. Swimlane will leverage the investment to accelerate its rapid innovation of best-in-class SOAR capabilities, expand global alliances and continue to improve collaboration across organizations and sectors. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): US Government Agency, Scitum, CipherTechs, Campbell Soup Company, TSYS, Vanguard, Citrix, Honeywell, University of Phoenix [source] Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: Adam Ely (Deputy CISO @Walmart), ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jun 20, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The sizeable minority investment came from Sagemount, a growth equity firm. CRITICALSTART plans to use its first-ever outside investment to significantly expand its market presence for the company’s Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services as it expands nationally – including new field offices in Los Angeles and New York City – to serve enterprise customers and its network of channel partners. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): ? Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jun 20, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding was led by TCV, with participation from existing investors Accel and Khosla Ventures. Vectra will use the investment to accelerate global market expansion and R&D innovation, solidifying its Cognito platform as the market-leading solution for artificial intelligence (AI)-driven cloud security using network detection and response. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): Shop Direct, Cooper University Healthcare, Texas A&M, Ardagh Group, HBO Latin America, DZ Bank, University of Oklahoma, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Mediclinic International, DAQRI, Tri-State Generation & Transmission, Vetropack Group, Hydro Ottawa, CUNY, University of Texas, Prudential. Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: Gunter Ollmann (CSO at Microsoft), ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jun 20, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Partech, Salesforce Ventures, 24Haymarket and IQ Capital. Privitar will use the investment to accelerate the development of its privacy engineering products, providing a comprehensive set of capabilities that will enable its customers to publish and share valuable data-driven insights in an efficient, trustworthy, and compliant way. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS), HSBC, and BT Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jun 19, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding was led by Riverwood Capital,  bringing the company’s total funding to $110 million, to continue aggressively expanding its product suite and platform. Existing SecurityScorecard investors such as Evolution Equity, Intel Capital, Two Sigma, AXA Ventures, Accomplice, among others also participated in the round, which will accelerate SecurityScorecard’s explosive global expansion to help the company meet the spiking demand for its comprehensive security rating platform. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): TriNet, Children's Hospital of Minnesota, Liquidnet, Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Axcient, Cadence Bank, Gunderson Dettmer, Greenville Health System, Farm Credit Mid-America, Healthwise Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jun 18, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding was led by K1 Investment Management.  Customers (incl. tech. partners*): less than 1000 customers including Telit Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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Whiteboard VP
Jun 18, 2019
In VC/PE Funding
The funding was led by KKR, with significant participation from existing investors Elephant and TenEleven Ventures. This follows the $50M Series C funding announced in Mar 2019. Customers (incl. tech. partners*): more than 25000 customers including West Aurora School District, e+CancerCare, Insurica, UNICO Engineering, Birmingham-Southern College, Takeform, Celina Insurance Group, EMPR Group, Artesian Valley Health System, Suddath Companies, Limeade, Devry University, Proteus Digital Health. Active CISO/CSO on the Board of Advisors: ?
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