Axonius raises $100 million at a $1.2 billion valuation

U.S.-based Stripes led the round together with existing Israeli and American backers

 

Israeli cyber company Axonius Inc. confirmed on Monday Calcalist’s report that it had successfully raised $100 million at a valuation of $1.2 billion, making it the country’s latest company to attain unicorn status. The latest round was led by U.S.-based growth equity firm Stripes with participation from existing backers. The company, which was founded in 2017, has raised a total of $195 million to date.

 

Additional investors in the company include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, YL Ventures, Western Technology Investment, OpenView Venture Partners, Vertex Ventures, and Emerge. The company’s founders are Dean Sysman (CEO), Ofri Shur (CTO), and Avidor Bartov (Chief Architect).

 

Axonius co-founders Avidor Bartov (left), Dean Sysman, and Ofri Shur. Photo: Axoniusצילום: אקסוניוס

By integrating with over 200 information security and management solutions, Axonius' platform can be deployed in minutes, giving customers a reliable and comprehensive picture of their assets and devices, discovering information security gaps, and automatically validating and enforcing the organization's information security policies.