# Corelight funding: rounds and investors > Corelight has raised $209M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Accel, General Catalyst and Gaingels. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/corelight (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series E startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Corelight* 3 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. Big Data & Analytics Cybersecurity Valuation: $900M, Oct 2024 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$209M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources **$9.2M** Series A **$50M** Series C **$150M** Series E - **Latest round:** Series E, $150M Apr 2024 - **Step-up i:** 3× - **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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 **$9.2M** Series A **$50M** Series C **$150M** Series E - **First round:** Series A, $9.2M - **Biggest round:** $150M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.4 years ## The rounds - **Apr 2024** Series E **$150M** *4 new* *1 returning* [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Source recorded - **Oct 2019** Series C **$50M** *2 new* [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-partners) Reported by VentureBeat - **Jul 2017** Series A **$9.2M** *2 new* Accel Partners/ Osage University Steve McCanne Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From Corelight's own website: 2 founders, 15 on the team. **Gregory Bell** Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer **Vern Paxson** Co-Founder & Chief Scientist - **Brian Dye** Chief Executive Officer - **Freddy Dezeure** Chief Executive Officer Freddy Dezeure BV - **Ali Islam** Vice President, Corelight Labs - **Vijit Nair** Senior Vice President, Product - **Amanda Berger** Chief Customer Officer - **Bernard Brantley** Chief Information Security Officer - **Jean Schaffer** Federal Chief Technology Officer - **Julie Parrish** Chief Marketing Officer - **Kevin Williams** Chief Revenue Officer - **Loree Farrar** Chief People Officer - **Rajiv Taneja** Chief Development Officer - **Russ Keefe** Chief Financial Officer - **Steve Smoot** Chief Technology Officer - **Close Modal** Board of directors - **Rebecca Hazard** General Counsel Advisers *Robin Sommer* *Seth Hall* ## 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 C** 2019 **Series E** 2024 [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-partners) Accel Partners/ Osage University Steve McCanne ## Everyone who backed them [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) VC firm **2** rounds [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) VC firm **1** round [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Corporate VC **1** round [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-partners) Company **1** round Accel Partners/ Osage University no record of our own yet **1** round Steve McCanne no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=corelight). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list Corelight 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. [SixThirty](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sixthirty) Accelerator Per its own site [Energy Impact Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-impact-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Flucas Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flucas-ventures) Angel network Per its own site [Ossian Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ossian-capital) VC firm Per its own site [RM Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rm-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Corelight ### Who invested in Corelight? Corelight's investors include Accel, General Catalyst, Gaingels, Insight Partners and Cisco Investments, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Corelight raised? Corelight has raised $209M across 3 rounds since 2017. ### When did Corelight last raise? Corelight's most recent round was a Series E of $150M in Apr 2024. ### What was Corelight's biggest round? Its most recent round, $150M in Apr 2024, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Corelight first? Corelight's first round on record, in Jul 2017, was backed by Accel Partners/ Osage University and Steve McCanne. ### What stage is Corelight at? Corelight's latest named round is a Series E, in Apr 2024. ### Where is Corelight based? Corelight is based in the United States. ## Companies like Corelight In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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