# Cylance funding: rounds and investors > Cylance has raised $397M across 6 rounds since 2013. Investors include Khosla Ventures, Blackstone Group and DFJ. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/cylance (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Cylance* 6 rounds we have observed, with the 19 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 **$397M** raised across 6 rounds since 2013, from 6 sources **$15M** Series A **$20M** Series B **$42M** Series C **$100M** Round **$100M** Series D **$120M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $120M Jun 2018 - **Step-up i:** 1.2× - **Investors:** 19 (2 led) 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. 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 **$15M** Series A **$20M** Series B **$42M** Series C **$100M** Round **$100M** Series D **$120M** Round - **First round:** Series A, $15M - **Biggest round:** $120M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 12 months ## The rounds - **Jun 2018** Round **$120M** *1 new* [Blackstone Tactical Opportunities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone-tactical-opportunities) Reported by FinSMEs - **Jun 2016** Series D **$100M** *1 new* The Blackstone Group & Insight Ventures Reported by VentureBeat SEC filing: $100M sold, first sale Jun 2016 - **Jan 2016** Round **$100M** *8 new* *6 returning* [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) Lead [Blackstone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone-group) Lead [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Ten Eleven Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ten-eleven-ventures) [Thomvest Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomvest) [Citi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi-ventures) [KKR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kkr) [Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell) [Capital One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-one) [Draper Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-nexus) [Founders Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-equity-partners) Fairhaven Capital Partners Source recorded - **Jul 2015** Series C **$42M** *6 new* [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) [Ten Eleven Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ten-eleven-ventures) [Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell) [Draper Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-nexus-venture-partners) [Capital One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-one) [KKR & Co. (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kkr-and-co-kohlberg-kravis-roberts-and-co) From a historical funding record - **Feb 2014** Series B **$20M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Blackstone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone-group) [Fairhaven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Feb 2014 - **Feb 2013** Series A **$15M** *2 new* [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Fairhaven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital) Reported by techcrunch.com ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team. - **Braden Berg** Executive Officer i - **Jeffrey Ishmael** Executive Officer i - **Ryan Permeh** Executive Officer i - **Stuart McClure** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Alexander P. Doll* *Alexander P. Weiss* *Arthur P. Coviello* *Bruce P. Armstrong* *David W. Johnson* *Mark W. Bailey* *Patrick P. Heim* ## 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** 2013 **Series B** 2014 **Series C** 2015 **Round** 2016 **Series D** 2016 **Round** 2018 [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Blackstone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone-group) L [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) [Ten Eleven Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ten-eleven-ventures) [Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell) [Fairhaven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital) [Capital One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-one) [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) L [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) [Thomvest Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomvest) ## Everyone who backed them [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds [Blackstone Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone-group) Private equity **2** rounds, led 1 [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) VC firm **2** rounds [Ten Eleven Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ten-eleven-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Dell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell) Growth equity **2** rounds [Fairhaven Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fairhaven-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Capital One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-one) VC firm **2** rounds [Insight Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [In-Q-Tel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iqt) Accelerator **1** round [Thomvest Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thomvest) VC firm **1** round [Citi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round [KKR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kkr) VC firm **1** round [Draper Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-nexus-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [KKR & Co. (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kkr-and-co-kohlberg-kravis-roberts-and-co) VC firm **1** round [Draper Nexus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-nexus) VC firm **1** round [Blackstone Tactical Opportunities](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackstone-tactical-opportunities) VC firm **1** round [Founders Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-equity-partners) Private equity **1** round Fairhaven Capital Partners no record of our own yet **1** round The Blackstone Group & Insight Ventures 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=cylance). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Cylance 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. [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Rembrandt Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rembrandt-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Omega Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Cylance ### Who invested in Cylance? Cylance's investors include Khosla Ventures, Blackstone Group, DFJ, Ten Eleven Ventures and Dell, and 14 more on record. ### How much has Cylance raised? Cylance has raised $397M across 6 rounds since 2013. ### When did Cylance last raise? Cylance's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $120M in Jun 2018. ### What was Cylance's biggest round? Its most recent round, $120M in Jun 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Cylance first? Cylance's first round on record, in Feb 2013, was backed by Khosla Ventures and Fairhaven Capital. ### What stage is Cylance at? Cylance's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jun 2018. ### Where is Cylance based? Cylance is based in the United States. ### Who led Cylance's rounds? Insight Partners led the funding round in 2016. ## Companies like Cylance In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**FORT Robotics** $39M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fort-robotics)[**Opsin** $21M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/opsin)[**Harmonic Security** $68M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmonic-security)[**Reach Security** $60M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/reach-security)[**Persona** $210M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/persona)[**Hilt** $4.7M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hilt) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app