31 investors have funded 8 Cybersecurity companies head-officed in Irvine, across 42 rounds (Jun 1998 – Nov 2023). They are ranked by how many Irvine companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Irvine" 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 C | 2 | 3 | 1 | Jun 2016 | 762 |
| 2 | Blackstone | New York City, United States | Series BSeries CSeries D | 1 | 4 | 2 | Jun 2018 | 259 |
| 3 | Khosla Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jul 2015 | 680 |
| 4 | Fairhaven Capital | Cambridge, United States | Series ASeries BSeries C | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jul 2015 | 27 |
| 5 | Toba Capital | Newport Beach, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 2 | Aug 2014 | 68 |
| 6 | Israel Seed Partners | Jerusalem, Israel | Series AUnattributed | 1 | 2 | — | Oct 1999 | 20 |
| 7 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Redwood City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2004 | 781 |
| 8 | The Carlyle Group | Washington, DC, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2000 | 341 |
| 9 | KKR | New York City, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 326 |
| 10 | M12 | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2012 | 230 |
| 11 | Horizons Ventures | Hong Kong, China | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2010 | 195 |
| 12 | DNX Ventures | San Mateo, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 150 |
| 13 | Citi Ventures | New York City, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2016 | 160 |
| 14 | Tech Coast Angels | Los Angeles, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2012 | 160 |
| 15 | Dell Technologies Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 102 |
| 16 | OpenView | Boston, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2002 | 74 |
| 17 | DFJ Growth | Menlo Park, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jul 2015 | 83 |
| 18 | Thomvest Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 70 |
| 19 | Ten Eleven Ventures | Boston, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 62 |
| 20 | Updata Partners | Washington, DC, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2017 | 68 |
| 21 | Capital One Ventures | Mclean, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 66 |
| 22 | ATX Venture Partners | Austin, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 39 |
| 23 | RevTech Labs Capital | Charlotte, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2023 | 38 |
| 24 | Ambient Sound Investments | Tallinn, Estonia | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2010 | 32 |
| 25 | Gold Hill Capital | San Jose, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2012 | 22 |
| 26 | Centerbridge Partners | New York City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | May 2023 | 12 |
| 27 | Skype | Luxembourg | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2007 | 4 |
| 28 | Entertainment Media Ventures | Los Angeles, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 1999 | 2 |
| 29 | Irvine Company Office | Irvine | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | May 2015 | 1 |
| 30 | CORTEC | Houma, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2021 | 1 |
| 31 | FITOne | Japan | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jan 2010 | 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 Irvine that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cylance cylance.com |
12 | 19 | $930M | Series E+ Jun 2018 |
| Guardtime guardtime.com |
6 | 6 | $24.7M | Series B May 2015 |
| eEye eeye.com |
3 | 4 | $48M | Series D Jun 2004 |
| Alchemedia alchemedia.com |
3 | 4 | $34.5M | Series B Aug 2000 |
| Cyvatar cyvatar.ai |
3 | 3 | $18M | Series A Nov 2023 |
| mSIGNIA msignia.com |
2 | 2 | — | Seed Nov 2012 |
| Netwrix netwrix.com |
2 | 2 | — | Series B May 2023 |
| SecureAuth secureauth.com |
1 | 2 | $14.5M | Series B Aug 2014 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2023 | RevTech Labs CapitalLED | Cyvatar | Series A | — |
| May 2023 | Centerbridge Partners | Netwrix | Series B | — |
| Jun 2021 | CORTEC | Cyvatar | Series A | $9M |
| Jun 2021 | ATX Venture PartnersLED | Cyvatar | Series A | $9M |
| Jun 2018 | BlackstoneLED | Cylance | Series E+ | $120M |
| Feb 2017 | Updata PartnersLED | Netwrix | Series A | — |
| Jun 2016 | Insight PartnersLED | Cylance | Series D | $100M |
| Jun 2016 | BlackstoneLED | Cylance | Series D | $100M |
| Jun 2016 | Citi Ventures | Cylance | Series D | $100M |
| Jul 2015 | KKR | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| Jul 2015 | DFJ GrowthLED | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| Jul 2015 | Dell Technologies Capital | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| Jul 2015 | Khosla Ventures | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| Jul 2015 | Blackstone | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| Jul 2015 | Fairhaven Capital | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| Jul 2015 | Thomvest Ventures | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| Jul 2015 | Ten Eleven Ventures | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| Jul 2015 | Capital One Ventures | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| Jul 2015 | DNX Ventures | Cylance | Series C | $42M |
| May 2015 | Irvine Company Office | Guardtime | Series B | — |
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