Tech Company Financing Transactions

Capsule8 Funding Round

Capsule8, based in Brooklyn, raised $15 million from ClearSky Security Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners and Rain Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
8/9/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$15,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

ClearSky Security Fund (Lead Investor) (Jay Leek)

Bessemer Venture Partners (Bob Goodman)

Rain Capital

Proceeds Purpose
The funding round will be used to scale Capsule8's engineering organization and fuel sales efforts of the Capsule8 platform.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
195 Montague St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Despite massive adoption of Linux in the enterprise, there has been no world-class security offering for Linux infrastructure -- until now.
Profile
Capsule8 LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Capsule8 Company Twitter Account
Company News
Capsule8 News
Facebook
Capsule8 on Facebook
YouTube
Capsule8 on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
John Viega
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Chief Financial Officer
Scott Kenerly
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Chief Marketing Officer
Meg O'Leary
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Chief Operating Officer
James Bandanza
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Chief Scientific Officer
Brandon Edwards
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Co-Founder
Dino Zovi
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VP - Engineering
Peter Markowsky
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VP - Product Management
Eric O'Brien
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VP - Product Management
Kelly Shortridge
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