# eSentire funding: rounds and investors

> eSentire has raised $67M across 3 rounds since 2013. Investors include VentureLink LP, Cisco Investments and Edison Partners. Every round with its source.

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

Canada · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *eSentire*

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.

Cybersecurity

Valuation: $1.1B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$67M** raised across 3 rounds since 2013, from 3 sources

**$7.0M** Venture **$13M** Series C **$47M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $47M Mar 2019
- **Step-up i:** 3.7×
- **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.

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

**$7.0M** Venture

**$13M** Series C

**$47M** Round

- **First round:** Venture, $7.0M
- **Biggest round:** $47M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 4.5 years

## The rounds

- **Mar 2019** Round **$47M** *2 new* [Edison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edison) Warburg Pincus/ Georgian Reported by FinSMEs
- **Sept 2014** Series C **$13M** *4 new* *1 returning* [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) [Edison Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edison-partners) [Georgian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/georgian) [VentureLink LP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturelink-lp) [Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northleaf-venture-catalyst-fund) From a historical funding record
- **Jul 2013** Venture **$7.0M** *2 new* [Edison Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edison-ventures) [VentureLink LP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturelink-lp) Reported by finsmes.com

## Founders and team

From eSentire's own website: 12 on the team.

- **James C. Foster** Chief Executive Officer
- **Dani Averill** Chief of Staff
- **Dustin Rigg Hillard** Chief Product and Technology Officer
- **Ilan Mindel** Chief Cyber Officer
- **Leslie Marinaro** Chief Customer Officer
- **Mark Gillett** Chief Product Officer
- **Matt Neisler** Chief Financial Officer
- **Matt Vitale** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Tim O’Rourke** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Jack Fahel** Product Manager
- **James Tierney** Manager, SOC Operations
- **John Becker** Chairman

Advisers *Eldon Sprickerhoff* *J. Paul Haynes*

## 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.

**Venture** 2013 **Series C** 2014 **Round** 2019 [VentureLink LP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturelink-lp) [Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) [Edison Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edison-partners) [Georgian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/georgian) [Edison Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edison-ventures) [Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northleaf-venture-catalyst-fund) [Edison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edison) Warburg Pincus/ Georgian

## Everyone who backed them

[VentureLink LP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venturelink-lp) VC firm **2** rounds

[Cisco Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cisco-investments) Corporate VC **1** round

[Edison Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edison-partners) Private equity **1** round

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

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

[Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northleaf-venture-catalyst-fund) Growth equity **1** round

[Edison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edison) Hedge fund **1** round

Warburg Pincus/ Georgian 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=esentire).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists eSentire as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Bess Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bess-ventures) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about eSentire

### Who invested in eSentire?

eSentire's investors include VentureLink LP, Cisco Investments, Edison Partners, Georgian and Edison Ventures, and 3 more on record.

### How much has eSentire raised?

eSentire has raised $67M across 3 rounds since 2013.

### When did eSentire last raise?

eSentire's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $47M in Mar 2019.

### What was eSentire's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $47M in Mar 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed eSentire first?

eSentire's first round on record, in Jul 2013, was backed by Edison Ventures and VentureLink LP.

### What stage is eSentire at?

eSentire's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Mar 2019.

### Where is eSentire based?

eSentire is based in Canada.

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