# DefenseStorm funding: rounds and investors

> DefenseStorm has raised $15M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Georgian, TTV Capital and Curql. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *DefenseStorm*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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 Financial Services

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$15M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture May 2024
- **Biggest round:** $15M Series A · Jul 2019
- **Investors:** 3

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 2023 2024

**$15M** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Series A, $15M
- **Biggest round:** $15M
- **Between rounds:** 4.8 years

## The rounds

- **May 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* *1 returning* [TTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ttv-capital) [Georgian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/georgian) [Curql](https://millionrounds.com/fund/curql) Source recorded SEC filing: $5.6M sold, first sale Apr 2024
- **Jul 2019** Series A **$15M** *1 new* [Georgian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/georgian) Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From DefenseStorm's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 11 on the team.

**Edgardo Nazario** Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder *Named on its 2024 Form D*

**Jeff Lunsford** Chairman of the Board & Co‑Founder

- **Steve Soukup** Chief Executive Officer
- **Jessica Caballero** Vice President, Banking Strategy
- **Gina Hortatsos** Chief Growth Officer
- **Wes Muschara** Chief Product Officer
- **William Wetherill** Chief Information Security Officer
- **Mike Shah** Chief Financial Officer
- **Doug Lindroth** Member, Board of Directors
- **Jim Brockett** Member, Board of Directors
- **Justin LaFayette** Member, Board of Directors
- **Mark Johnson** Member, Board of Directors
- **Stephen Soukup** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Jeffrey Lunsford* *Neil Underwood*

Advisers *Harold Brewer*

## 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** 2019 **Venture** 2024 [Georgian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/georgian) [TTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ttv-capital) [Curql](https://millionrounds.com/fund/curql)

## Everyone who backed them

[Georgian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/georgian) VC firm **2** rounds

[TTV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ttv-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Curql](https://millionrounds.com/fund/curql) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list DefenseStorm 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.

[Next Level Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-level-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Strandview Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/strandview-capital) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about DefenseStorm

### Who invested in DefenseStorm?

DefenseStorm's investors include Georgian, TTV Capital and Curql.

### How much has DefenseStorm raised?

DefenseStorm has raised $15M across 2 rounds since 2019. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did DefenseStorm last raise?

DefenseStorm's most recent round was a Venture in May 2024.

### What was DefenseStorm's biggest round?

DefenseStorm's largest round on record is $15M (Series A), in Jul 2019.

### Who backed DefenseStorm first?

DefenseStorm's first round on record, in Jul 2019, was backed by Georgian.

### What stage is DefenseStorm at?

DefenseStorm's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2024.

### Where is DefenseStorm based?

DefenseStorm is based in the United States.

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