95 investors have funded 24 Cybersecurity companies head-officed in Cambridge, across 153 rounds (Jun 1999 – Dec 2024). They are ranked by how many Cambridge companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Cambridge" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Insight Partners | New York City, United States | Series DSeries CSeries B | 3 | 7 | 4 | Jun 2022 | 762 |
| 2 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Redwood City, United States | SeedSeries DSeries E+ | 2 | 4 | — | Jun 2022 | 781 |
| 3 | Atlas Venture | Cambridge, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 2 | 4 | — | Feb 2015 | 302 |
| 4 | Invoke Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series CSeries DSeed | 2 | 4 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 6 |
| 5 | Rally Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series BSeedSeries C | 2 | 3 | — | Jun 2017 | 69 |
| 6 | Kibo Ventures | Madrid, Spain | Series CSeries ASeries B | 1 | 5 | 1 | Jun 2022 | 73 |
| 7 | Matrix | San Francisco, United States | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 4 | — | Jun 2017 | 320 |
| 8 | Nesta Impact Investments | London, United Kingdom | Series CSeedSeries A | 1 | 4 | — | Aug 2017 | 33 |
| 9 | KKR | New York City, United States | Series CSeries DSeries E+ | 1 | 3 | 1 | Sep 2018 | 326 |
| 10 | Summit Partners | Boston, United States | Series BSeries CSeries D | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jul 2017 | 295 |
| 11 | TTV Capital | Atlanta, United States | Series CSeries DSeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 97 |
| 12 | Georgian | Toronto, Canada | Series E+Series D | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jun 2022 | 76 |
| 13 | Ten Eleven Ventures | Boston, United States | Series DSeries E+Series C | 1 | 3 | — | Sep 2018 | 62 |
| 14 | Imperial Innovations | London, United Kingdom | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 2 | May 2016 | 56 |
| 15 | Partech Partners | Paris, France | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Apr 2019 | 351 |
| 16 | General Atlantic | New York City, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2022 | 353 |
| 17 | Digital Currency Group | Stamford, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Apr 2019 | 223 |
| 18 | TCV | Menlo Park, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2022 | 202 |
| 19 | Eurazeo | Paris, France | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2022 | 191 |
| 20 | Unusual Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2022 | 98 |
| 21 | Highland Europe | London, United Kingdom | Series CSeries D | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 76 |
| 22 | Afore Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 82 |
| 23 | Draper Esprit | London, United Kingdom | UnattributedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Mar 2005 | 55 |
| 24 | ForgePoint Capital | San Mateo, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2021 | 56 |
| 25 | Underscore VC | Boston, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 52 |
| 26 | Hyperplane | Boston, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2022 | 46 |
| 27 | Cambridge Angels | Cambridge, United Kingdom | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | May 2016 | 49 |
| 28 | Stage 1 Ventures | Waltham, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Aug 2015 | 49 |
| 29 | Cambridge Innovation Capital | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 36 |
| 30 | Fairhaven Capital | Cambridge, United States | Series AUnattributed | 1 | 2 | — | Nov 2014 | 27 |
| 31 | Cambridge Capital Group | Cambridge, United Kingdom | SeedSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | May 2016 | 28 |
| 32 | Investing Profit Wisely | Madrid, Spain | Series A | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jan 2017 | 7 |
| 33 | Griffon Ventures | Chicago, United States | Series ASeed | 1 | 2 | — | Aug 2015 | 2 |
| 34 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2012 | 5,648 |
| 35 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2019 | 3,580 |
| 36 | Sequoia Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 1,568 |
| 37 | Tiger Global Management | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 791 |
| 38 | Wellfound | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2021 | 397 |
| 39 | In-Q-Tel | Washington, DC, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2012 | 318 |
| 40 | Cisco Investments | San Jose, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1999 | 265 |
| 41 | Wavemaker Partners | Los Angeles, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2015 | 240 |
| 42 | Omidyar Network | Redwood City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2019 | 194 |
| 43 | Accomplice | Boston, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 153 |
| 44 | IP Group | London, United Kingdom | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2019 | 136 |
| 45 | Lakestar | Zurich, Switzerland | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2022 | 134 |
| 46 | .406 Ventures | Boston, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2012 | 89 |
| 47 | SoftBank Capital | San Carlos, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2016 | 142 |
| 48 | IQ Capital | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2019 | 99 |
| 49 | Galaxy | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2022 | 140 |
| 50 | Ascension | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2024 | 121 |
| 51 | Prelude Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2021 | 80 |
| 52 | Flourish | Redwood City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2019 | 85 |
| 53 | WestBridge Capital | Quatre Bornes, Mauritius | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2022 | 88 |
| 54 | Scottish Equity Partners | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2005 | 78 |
| 55 | Atlantic Bridge | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2017 | 78 |
| 56 | JPMorgan Chase | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2017 | 98 |
| 57 | ISAI Gestion | Paris | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2022 | 72 |
| 58 | Oxford Capital | Oxford, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2024 | 60 |
| 59 | Hoxton Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2015 | 62 |
| 60 | PayPal | San Jose, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2019 | 67 |
| 61 | Downing | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 68 |
| 62 | Vitruvian Partners | London, United Kingdom | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2018 | 62 |
| 63 | Talis Capital | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2015 | 52 |
| 64 | Syndicate Room | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2024 | 61 |
| 65 | HubSpot | Cambridge, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 56 |
| 66 | Engineering Capital | Mountain View, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 33 |
| 67 | MissionOG | Philadelphia, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 35 |
| 68 | CyLon | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | 51 | ||
| 69 | Cue Ball | Boston, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2014 | 31 |
| 70 | Guinness Global Investors | London, United Kingdom | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2019 | 36 |
| 71 | ClearSky | West Palm Beach, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2014 | 30 |
| 72 | TechOne Venture Capital | Istanbul, Turkey | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2022 | 31 |
| 73 | Harpoon | San Diego, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2021 | 33 |
| 74 | Future Perfect Ventures | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2019 | 30 |
| 75 | FinTech Innovation Lab | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2016 | 27 |
| 76 | Spring Lake Equity Partners | Boston, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 25 |
| 77 | Twin Path Ventures | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2024 | 22 |
| 78 | Touchstone Innovations | London, United Kingdom | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2017 | 15 |
| 79 | Crosspoint Capital Partners | Menlo Park, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2021 | 13 |
| 80 | Merian Global Investors | London, United Kingdom | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2020 | 10 |
| 81 | Apple | Cupertino, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1999 | 12 |
| 82 | EVERBLUE ESPORTS VENTURES | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2022 | 11 | |
| 83 | Keiretsu Forum | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2023 | 6 | |
| 84 | Cambridge Judge Business School | Cambridge, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2014 | 5 |
| 85 | HCM Capital | Shanghai, China | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2019 | 5 |
| 86 | Worldpay | London, United Kingdom | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2017 | 4 |
| 87 | The Whittemore Collection | Rye Brook, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2015 | 4 |
| 88 | MDC Partners | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2015 | 3 |
| 89 | Keyword Venture Capital | Madrid, Spain | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| 90 | Pacific & Orient London | London, United Kingdom | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2019 | 2 |
| 91 | Red Fort Capital | Delhi, India | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2016 | 2 |
| 92 | Stonehammer Capital | Minneapolis, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2017 | 1 |
| 93 | Alphanumeric | Raleigh, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2019 | 1 |
| 94 | Hack Secure | Boston, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2017 | 1 |
| 95 | The Mars Agency | Detroit, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2015 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Cybersecurity companies head-officed in Cambridge that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Featurespace featurespace.com |
13 | 24 | $431.3M | Series E+ May 2020 |
| Devo devo.com |
10 | 26 | $2.9B | Series E+ Jun 2022 |
| Darktrace darktrace.com |
9 | 16 | $815M | Series E+ Sep 2018 |
| Cambridge Blockchain cambridge-blockchain.com |
8 | 10 | $56.5M | Series A Apr 2019 |
| Ditto Labs dittolabs.io |
8 | 10 | $29.8M | Series C Dec 2016 |
| Goldcast goldcast.io |
6 | 9 | $103.9M | Series A Aug 2022 |
| ReversingLabs reversinglabs.com |
5 | 6 | $218M | Series B Aug 2021 |
| Sqrrl sqrrl.com |
5 | 11 | $84.6M | Series C Jun 2017 |
| FinCrime Dynamics fincrimedynamics.com |
5 | 5 | — | Seed Dec 2024 |
| Modulate modulate.ai |
4 | 5 | $122M | Series A Aug 2022 |
| Robust Intelligence robustintelligence.com |
4 | 4 | $120M | Series B Dec 2021 |
| Imagen imagen.io |
3 | 4 | $28.7M | Series B Jan 2019 |
| Dataswyft dataswyft.io |
3 | 3 | $7.4M | Seed Sep 2019 |
| WireOver wireover.com |
3 | 3 | $120K | Seed Aug 2012 |
| Akamai akamai.com |
2 | 2 | $61.5M | Series C Aug 1999 |
| Resilient Systems resilientsystems.com |
2 | 3 | $20M | Unattributed Nov 2014 |
| Zeus Technology zeus.com |
2 | 3 | $11.5M | Series A Mar 2005 |
| VisiTrend visitrend.com |
2 | 2 | $2.5M | Seed Nov 2013 |
| Komand komand.com |
2 | 2 | $2.5M | Seed Jan 2017 |
| Timus timusnetworks.com |
1 | 1 | $1M | Seed Aug 2022 |
| AppSecTest appsectest.com |
1 | 1 | $396.4K | |
| MyPico mypico.org |
1 | 1 | $296.6K | |
| Fortifyedge fortifyedge.com |
1 | 1 | $120K | Seed Feb 2019 |
| miniTLS minitls.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Sep 2014 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Oxford CapitalLED | FinCrime Dynamics | Seed | — |
| Dec 2024 | Syndicate Room | FinCrime Dynamics | Seed | — |
| Dec 2024 | Ascension | FinCrime Dynamics | Seed | — |
| Dec 2024 | Twin Path Ventures | FinCrime Dynamics | Seed | — |
| Sep 2023 | Keiretsu ForumLED | FinCrime Dynamics | Seed | — |
| Aug 2022 | WestBridge CapitalLED | Goldcast | Series A | $32M |
| Aug 2022 | Unusual Ventures | Goldcast | Series A | $32M |
| Aug 2022 | LakestarLED | Modulate | Series A | $30M |
| Aug 2022 | Galaxy | Modulate | Series A | $30M |
| Aug 2022 | Hyperplane | Modulate | Series A | $30M |
| Aug 2022 | EVERBLUE ESPORTS VENTURES | Modulate | Series A | $30M |
| Aug 2022 | TechOne Venture Capital | Timus | Seed | $1M |
| Jun 2022 | ISAI Gestion | Devo | Series E+ | $100M |
| Jun 2022 | Georgian | Devo | Series E+ | $100M |
| Jun 2022 | Insight Partners | Devo | Series E+ | $100M |
| Jun 2022 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Devo | Series E+ | $100M |
| Jun 2022 | General Atlantic | Devo | Series E+ | $100M |
| Jun 2022 | TCV | Devo | Series E+ | $100M |
| Jun 2022 | Kibo Ventures | Devo | Series E+ | $100M |
| Jun 2022 | EurazeoLED | Devo | Series E+ | $100M |
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