Tech Company Financing Transactions

Synack Funding Round

Synack, based in Redwood City, secured $25 million from GGV Capital, Rally Ventures and Allegis Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Synack
Announced On
2/20/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

GGV Capital (Lead Investor) (Glenn Solomon)

Rally Ventures (Lead Investor) (Thomas Mawhinney)

Allegis Capital

Greylock Partners

GV (Karim Faris)

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Ted Schlein)

Proceeds Purpose
The new funds will be used to continue Synack's fast growth by expanding its exceptional internal security engineering team, as well as recruiting and certifying additional researchers who represent the best, brightest and most experienced security talent from across the globe -- the Synack Red Team. The company will also utilize the funds to expand their R&D efforts and to further develop Synack's state-of-the-art security platform that, when combined with their researchers' human expertise, protects the enterprise against the rapidly-evolving security threat landscape.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Security
Mailing Address
1600 Seaport Blvd. 170
Redwood City, CA 94063
USA
Phone
(855) 796-2251
Website
www.synack.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
At the enterprise level, the critical issue of cybersecurity was being addressed in a variety of ways, none of them ideal. Internal teams could be effective, but costly to maintain and difficult to keep vibrant and evolving.
Profile
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Social Media
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Company News
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Facebook
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YouTube
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Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jay Kaplan
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Chief Marketing Officer
Aisling MacRunnels
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Chief Operating Officer
James Hyman
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Chief Technical Officer
Mark Kuhr
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VP - Finance
Amit Sirdeshpandey
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VP - General Counsel
Steve Soper
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VP - Operations
Nick Harrahill
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VP - Product Management
Peter Blanks
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