Illumio, a 2-year-old cybersecurity startup, last week announced it had raised $100 million in a Series C round of financing, bringing its total funding over the past 27 months to more than $142 million. New investors Accel Partners and BlackRock Funds joined Investors Formation 8, Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst in the round. Other investors include Microsoft Chairman John W. Thompson, who is an Illumio board member, as well as Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang.
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VCs Cough Up $100M for Cybersecurity Startup Illumio
Posted by: Richard Adhikari April 23, 2015 05:00 AMIllumio, a 2-year-old cybersecurity startup, last week announced it had raised $100 million in a Series C round of financing, bringing its total funding over the past 27 months to more than $142 million. New investors Accel Partners and BlackRock Funds joined Investors Formation 8, Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst in the round. Other investors include Microsoft Chairman John W. Thompson, who is an Illumio board member, as well as Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang.