Tech Company Financing Transactions

Contrast Security Funding Round

General Catalyst Partners, Acero Capital and private investors participated in a $16 million Series B funding round for Contrast Security. This venture round was announced on 9/29/2016.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/29/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$16,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

General Catalyst Partners (Lead Investor) (Steve Herrod)

Acero Capital

private investors (John Thompson)

private investors (Paul Sagan)

private investors (Ron Gula)

Proceeds Purpose
The additional capital will be used to expand operations across the company, accelerating Contrast's capacity to develop, market, sell and deploy the most advanced application security technology available.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
240 3rd St. 2nd Floor
Los Altos, CA 94022
USA
Email Address
Overview
Intelligent Contrast agents are injected into the code, instrumenting applications with thousands of smart, agile sensors that detect and correct vulnerabilities before deployment, and protect the software applications in operation. No legacy security tool can protect every application. But a tenacious army of intelligent Contrast sensors can.
Profile
Contrast Security LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Contrast Security Company Twitter Account
Company News
Contrast Security News
Facebook
Contrast Security on Facebook
YouTube
Contrast Security on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Alan Naumann
  Alan Naumann LinkedIn Profile  Alan Naumann Twitter Account  Alan Naumann News  Alan Naumann on Facebook
Chief Scientific Officer
Arshan Dabirsiaghi
  Arshan Dabirsiaghi LinkedIn Profile  Arshan Dabirsiaghi Twitter Account  Arshan Dabirsiaghi News  Arshan Dabirsiaghi on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Jeffrey Williams
  Jeffrey Williams LinkedIn Profile  Jeffrey Williams Twitter Account  Jeffrey Williams News  Jeffrey Williams on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Surag Patel
  Surag Patel LinkedIn Profile  Surag Patel Twitter Account  Surag Patel News  Surag Patel on Facebook
VP - Customer Service
Scott Chaykin
  Scott Chaykin LinkedIn Profile  Scott Chaykin Twitter Account  Scott Chaykin News  Scott Chaykin on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Steve Feldman
  Steve Feldman LinkedIn Profile  Steve Feldman Twitter Account  Steve Feldman News  Steve Feldman on Facebook
VP - Finance
Ann Germany
  Ann Germany LinkedIn Profile  Ann Germany Twitter Account  Ann Germany News  Ann Germany on Facebook
VP - Sales
Michael Keating
  Michael Keating LinkedIn Profile  Michael Keating Twitter Account  Michael Keating News  Michael Keating on Facebook


 

 

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