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Add This to the CrowdStrike timeline:
July 2015 100 Million Dollar Series C funding round
Accel
Google Capital
May 2017: 100 Million Series D funding round: Accel: a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, Calif. that also participated in two of CrowdStrike’s earlier funding rounds. Joining the latest round were new investors
March Capital Partners: a year-old VC firm based in Santa Monica, Calif.
Telstra: Australia’s biggest telecom company and an early CrowdStrike customer.
CapitalG (formerly Google Capital)
Warburg Pincus:
CrowdStrike, the provider of digital security that aided the D.N.C. in its response to what is believed to be interference by Russia, announced on Wednesday that it had raised $100 million in capital.
Much of that growth, Mr. Kurtz said, came from word of mouth as customers praised the company’s offerings. But the company’s role in helping the D.N.C. “certainly raised our profile and awareness,” he said.
Mr. Kurtz said that CrowdStrike had already raised $100 million in the summer of 2015. But even though it did not need the additional capital, it began seeking new funds about three months ago, he said. Mr. Kurtz said that the company was committed to increasing its market share, rather than going public or preparing itself for a sale.
October 2017: 25 Million Series D addon ( investor not specified )
In other words, it’s not a bad time for a security specialist to be raising money.