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Shape Security Funding Round

Norwest Venture Partners, Allegis Capital and GV joined a $40 million Series C venture round for Shape Security. The round was announced on 2/25/2014.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Shape Security
Announced On
2/25/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$40,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Norwest Venture Partners (Lead Investor) (Promod Haque)

Allegis Capital (Robert Ackerman)

GV (Karim Faris)

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Ted Schlein)

Sierra Ventures (Timothy Guleri)

TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt)

Venrock (Raymond Rothrock)

Proceeds Purpose
The company will use the new funds to continue to enhance the capabilities of its real-time polymorphic defense and to build a worldwide sales force.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
2755 Augustine Dr. 8th Floor
Santa Clara, CA 95054
USA
Phone
(650) 399-0400
Website
www.shapesecurity.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Shape alters the economics of web hacking. We shift costs from defenders to attackers, forcing hackers to spend much more to achieve much less. Our military-grade technology doesn't rely on past signatures, so it uniquely protects against zero-day and other advanced threats.
Profile
Shape Security LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Shape Security Company Twitter Account
Company News
Shape Security News
Facebook
Shape Security on Facebook
YouTube
Shape Security on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Derek Smith
  Derek Smith LinkedIn Profile  Derek Smith Twitter Account  Derek Smith News  Derek Smith on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Michael Plante
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Chief Operating Officer
Sumit Agarwal
  Sumit Agarwal LinkedIn Profile  Sumit Agarwal Twitter Account  Sumit Agarwal News  Sumit Agarwal on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Shuman Ghosemajumder
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Vice President
Daniel Woods
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VP - Engineering
Xinran Wang
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VP - General Counsel
Meg Kammerud
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VP - Human Resources
Tami MacDuff
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VP - R & D
Justin Call
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VP - Sales
Hasan Imam
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