Tech Company Financing Transactions

Wiz Funding Round

Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Thrive Capital participated in a $1 billion capital raise for Wiz. The financing round was announced on 5/7/2024.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/7/2024
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$1,000,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Proceeds Purpose
This funding round will help us continue to solve customers' complex cloud security challenges in an elegant, simple manner while supporting their broader vendor consolidation efforts.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
2345 Yale St.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
Email Address
Overview
Wiz was founded by the team who led Microsoft's Cloud Security Group and built the security stack in Azure. They have worked together for more than 15 years and previously founded Adallom (acquired by Microsoft), which is now the #1 Cloud Access Security Broker in the market.
Profile
Wiz LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Wiz Company Twitter Account
Company News
Wiz News
Facebook
Wiz on Facebook
YouTube
Wiz on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Assaf Rappaport
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Chief Technical Officer
Ami Luttwak
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VP - Marketing
Brandon Cook
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VP - Product Management
Yinon Costica
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VP - R & D
Roy Reznik
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VP - Sales
Colin Jones
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