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Salt Security Funding Round

Salt Security, based in Palo Alto, raised $140 million from CapitalG, Advent International and Alkeon Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
2/23/2022
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$140,000,000
Round
Series D
Investors

CapitalG (Lead Investor) (James Luo)

Advent International (Bryan Taylor)

Alkeon Capital (Abhi Arun)

DFJ Growth (Sam Fort)

S Capital (Haim Sadger)

Sequoia Capital

Tenaya Capital (Thomas Banahan)

Y Combinator

Proceeds Purpose
Salt Security will use the additional capital to expand R&D investment, fuel sales and marketing, and more rapidly grow its international operations to address the growing number of cyber threats targeting APIs.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
3921 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
USA
Email Address
Overview
At Salt, our sole mission is to protect the APIs that are the core of every SaaS, web, mobile, microservices and IoT application. With the next generation of API attacks hitting the headlines, we created the first patented solution to prevent these imminent threats using behavioral protection.
Profile
Salt Security LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Salt Security Company Twitter Account
Company News
Salt Security News
Facebook
Salt Security on Facebook
YouTube
Salt Security on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Roey Eliyahu
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Chief Operating Officer
Michael Nicosia
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VP - Marketing
Michelle McLean
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VP - Product Management
Elad Koren
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VP - R & D
Yaron Hagai
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VP - Sales
Anton Granic
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