# Averon funding: rounds and investors

> Averon has raised $22M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include 500 Global, Digital Currency Group and Avalon Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/averon (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series A startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Averon*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Cybersecurity

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$22M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

**$8.3M** Series A **$13M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $13M Mar 2018
- **Step-up i:** 1.6×
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2018

**$8.3M** Series A

**$13M** Series A

- **First round:** Series A, $8.3M
- **Biggest round:** $13M
- **Between rounds:** 5 months

## The rounds

- **Mar 2018** Series A **$13M** *3 new* [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) [Marc Benioff](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-benioff) Reported by FinSMEs and 1 other SEC filing: $2.3M sold, first sale Jan 2018
- **Oct 2017** Series A **$8.3M** *1 new* [Avalon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon-ventures) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $8.4M sold, first sale Aug 2017

## Founders and team

From Averon's own website: 9 on the team.

- **Lea Tarnowski** COO & President
- **Wendell Brown** Chief Executive Officer
- **Mark Herschberg** Chief Technology Officer
- **Mark Klein** Chief Data Scientist
- **Shoshana Weissman** Executive Coordinator
- **Taro Gold** Chief Creative Officer
- **Tom Green** Chief Product Officer
- **Emily Ward** Fmr VP, eBay & PayPal
- **Karolina Kocalevski** VP of Marketing

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2017 **Series A** 2018 [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) [Avalon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon-ventures) [Marc Benioff](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-benioff)

## Everyone who backed them

[500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) Angel **1** round

[Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group) VC firm **1** round

[Avalon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalon-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Marc Benioff](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-benioff) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Averon as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[The Cambria Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cambria-group-llc) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Averon

### Who invested in Averon?

Averon's investors include 500 Global, Digital Currency Group, Avalon Ventures and Marc Benioff.

### How much has Averon raised?

Averon has raised $22M across 2 rounds since 2017.

### When did Averon last raise?

Averon's most recent round was a Series A of $13M in Mar 2018.

### What was Averon's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $13M in Mar 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Averon first?

Averon's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Avalon Ventures.

### What stage is Averon at?

Averon's latest named round is a Series A, in Mar 2018.

### Where is Averon based?

Averon is based in the United States.

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