Tech Company Financing Transactions

Shape Security Funding Round

Shape Security, based in Santa Clara, secured $20 million in investment from Venrock, Allegis Capital and GV.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
1/7/2013
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Venrock (Lead Investor) (Raymond Rothrock)

Allegis Capital (Robert Ackerman)

GV (Karim Faris)

private investors (Enrique Salem)

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Ted Schlein)

TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
2755 Augustine Dr. 8th Floor
Santa Clara, CA 95054
USA
Email Address
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
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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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