Tech Company Financing Transactions

GitGuardian Funding Round

GitGuardian closed a $12 million Series A funding round on 12/5/2019. Investors included Balderton Capital and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
12/5/2019
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$12,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Balderton Capital (Lead Investor)

private investors (Scott Chacon)

private investors (Solomon Hykes)

Proceeds Purpose
The startup plans to use the investment from Balderton Capital to expand its customer base, predominantly in the U.S. Around 75% of its clients are currently based in the U.S., with the remainder being based in Europe, and the funding will continue to drive this expansion.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
10 Rue La Boétie
Paris, 75008
France
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
GitGuardian is a cybersecurity start-up embarked on a mission to take credentials out of source code. Did you know that hacking your company can be as easy as a GitHub search? We are the first and only Data Loss Prevention solution to scan GitHub public activity in real-time for API secret tokens, passwords, database connection strings, etc.
Profile
GitGuardian LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
GitGuardian Company Twitter Account
Company News
GitGuardian News
Facebook
GitGuardian on Facebook
YouTube
GitGuardian on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jérémy Thomas
  Jérémy Thomas LinkedIn Profile  Jérémy Thomas Twitter Account  Jérémy Thomas News  Jérémy Thomas on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Eric Fourrier
  Eric Fourrier LinkedIn Profile  Eric Fourrier Twitter Account  Eric Fourrier News  Eric Fourrier on Facebook
VP - Operations
Elin Larsen
  Elin Larsen LinkedIn Profile  Elin Larsen Twitter Account  Elin Larsen News  Elin Larsen on Facebook


 

 

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