# Cequence Security funding: rounds and investors

> Cequence Security has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Menlo Ventures, Shasta Ventures and TA Ventures. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Cequence Security*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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 Developer Tools

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$17M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Round May 2023
- **Biggest round:** $17M Series B · Feb 2019
- **Investors:** 8

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.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

**$17M** Series B

**?** Round

- **First round:** Series B, $17M
- **Biggest round:** $17M
- **Between rounds:** 4.3 years

## The rounds

- **May 2023** Round **Amount undisclosed** *7 new* [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) [TA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ta-ventures) [M Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-ventures) [HarbourVest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harbourvest-partners) [Titanium Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/titanium-ventures) [Prosperity7 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosperity7-ventures) Reported by Prosperity7 Ventures
- **Feb 2019** Series B **$17M** *1 new* Dell Technologies Capital/ Shasta Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Feb 2019

## Founders and team

From Cequence Security's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 12 on the team.

**Ameya Talwalkar** President, CEO, & Co-Founder *Named on its 2019 Form D*

**Shreyans Mehta** Chief Technology Officer and Founder *Named on its 2019 Form D*

- **Anil Pochiraju** Vice President, Customer Engineering
- **Arun Gowda** Vice President, Business Development
- **Chandra Rentachintala** Vice President, Engineering
- **Gus Siefker** Vice President of Sales, Americas & APAC
- **Hari Nair** Vice President, Product Management
- **John Dasher** Vice President, Marketing
- **Mohammad Ismail** Vice President of Sales, EMEA
- **Randolph Barr** Chief Information Security Officer
- **Wei Wang** Chief Financial Officer
- **Shailesh Mishra** Head of Customer Success
- **Lawrence Link** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Michael J. Danaher** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Deepak Jeevankumar* *Jayaram Bhat* *John De Santis* *Nitin Chopra*

## 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 B** 2019 **Round** 2023 [Menlo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/menlo-ventures) [Shasta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shasta-ventures) [TA Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ta-ventures) [M Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-ventures) [HarbourVest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harbourvest-partners) [Titanium Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/titanium-ventures) [Prosperity7 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosperity7-ventures) Dell Technologies Capital/ Shasta

## Everyone who backed them

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

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

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

[M Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[HarbourVest Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harbourvest-partners) Fund of funds **1** round

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

[Prosperity7 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosperity7-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

Dell Technologies Capital/ Shasta no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 6 firms list Cequence Security as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Icon Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Dell Technologies Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell-technologies-capital) Corporate VC Per its own site

[Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Dnipro VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dnipro-vc) VC firm Per its own site

[Security Leadership Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/security-leadership-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Touchdown Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/touchdown-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Cequence Security

### Who invested in Cequence Security?

Cequence Security's investors include Menlo Ventures, Shasta Ventures, TA Ventures, M Ventures and HarbourVest Partners, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Cequence Security raised?

Cequence Security has raised $17M across 2 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Cequence Security last raise?

Cequence Security's most recent round was in May 2023.

### What was Cequence Security's biggest round?

Cequence Security's largest round on record is $17M (Series B), in Feb 2019.

### Who backed Cequence Security first?

Cequence Security's first round on record, in Feb 2019, was backed by Dell Technologies Capital/ Shasta.

### What stage is Cequence Security at?

Cequence Security's latest named round is a Series B, in Feb 2019.

### Where is Cequence Security based?

Cequence Security is based in the United States.

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