# Criticalstart funding: rounds and investors

> Criticalstart has raised $255M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Vista Equity Partners and Sagemount. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Criticalstart*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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

**$255M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$40M** Round **$215M** Growth

- **Latest round:** Growth, $215M Apr 2022
- **Step-up i:** 5.4×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2020 2021 2022

**$40M** Round

**$215M** Growth

- **First round:** Round, $40M
- **Biggest round:** $215M
- **Between rounds:** 2.8 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2022** Growth **$215M** *1 new* [Vista Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vista-equity-partners) Source recorded
- **Jun 2019** Round **$40M** *1 new* Sagemount Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Criticalstart's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 16 on the team.

**Randy Watkins** Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

- **Francine Geist** Chief Executive Officer
- **Dwayne Myers** Senior Vice President, Sales & Channel
- **Kristen Ouellette** Vice President, Marketing
- **Marc Fanning** Senior Vice President, Finance Operations
- **Umair Masud** Vice President, Product
- **Wyatt Quintero** Vice President, Security Operations
- **Yogesh Patil** Vice President, Engineering & India Site Leader
- **George Jones** Chief Information Security Officer
- **John Schilsky** Chief Financial Officer
- **Kimberly Graham** Chief Product Officer
- **Stuti Bhargava** Chief Operating Officer
- **Jennifer McAnneny** Senior Director, Customer Success
- **Jon Seaman** Senior Director, Operations
- **Seth Thompson** Senior Manager, Security Operations
- **Robert Davis** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Tera Davis** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Jordan Mauriello* *Michael Kosty*

## 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.

**Round** 2019 **Growth** 2022 [Vista Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vista-equity-partners) Sagemount

## Everyone who backed them

[Vista Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vista-equity-partners) Private equity **1** round

Sagemount no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about Criticalstart

### Who invested in Criticalstart?

Criticalstart's investors include Vista Equity Partners and Sagemount.

### How much has Criticalstart raised?

Criticalstart has raised $255M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Criticalstart last raise?

Criticalstart's most recent round was a Growth of $215M in Apr 2022.

### What was Criticalstart's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $215M in Apr 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Criticalstart first?

Criticalstart's first round on record, in Jun 2019, was backed by Sagemount.

### What stage is Criticalstart at?

Criticalstart's latest named round is a Growth, in Apr 2022.

### Where is Criticalstart based?

Criticalstart is based in the United States.

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