Tech Company Financing Transactions

Socket Funding Round

Socket, based in Stanford, scored $20 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Abstract Ventures and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
8/1/2023
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$20,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Andreessen Horowitz (Lead Investor)

Abstract Ventures

private investors (Aaron Levie)

private investors (Arash Ferdowsi)

private investors (DYLAN FIELD)

private investors (Elad Gil)

private investors (Freddy Kerrest)

private investors (Guillermo Rauch)

private investors (Jawed Karim)

private investors (Julia Hartz)

private investors (Kevin Hartz)

private investors (Michael Ovitz)

private investors (Nat Friedman)

Unusual Ventures

WndrCo

Proceeds Purpose
The company is also announcing 3 new products, including: Organization-wide Dependency Search. Support for Go ecosystem, in addition to JavaScript and Python. Socket Chrome Extension to verify that the open source package users are about to install is secure and trustworthy. It's currently available for Chrome, Edge, Brave, and any other Chromium-based browser, as well as Firefox.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
Post Office Box 19678
Stanford, CA 94309
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Secure your JavaScript supply chain; Depend on Socket to protect your app from malicious dependencies lurking in your open source supply chain.
Profile
Socket LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Socket Company Twitter Account
Company News
Socket News
Facebook
Socket on Facebook
YouTube
Socket on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Feross Aboukhadijeh
  Feross Aboukhadijeh LinkedIn Profile  Feross Aboukhadijeh Twitter Account  Feross Aboukhadijeh News  Feross Aboukhadijeh on Facebook


 

 

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