Who invested in Kobalt

5 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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 summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$131Mraised across 5 rounds since 2008, from 5 sources

$16MSeries B$40MSeries B$60MSeries C$14MSeries D$923KSeed

Latest round: Seed, $923KOct 2020
Biggest round: $60MSeries C · Feb 2015
Investors: 7

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2008201020122014201620182020

$16MSeries B$40MSeries B$60MSeries C$14MSeries D$923KSeed

First round: Series B, $16M
Biggest round: $60M
Usual gap between rounds: 3 years

The rounds

Oct 2020
Seed$923K1 new
- Version One Ventures
Source recorded
Oct 2017
Series D$14M1 new
- Section 32
Reported by TechCrunch
Feb 2015
Series C$60M2 new
- Google Ventures
- Michael Dell
From a historical funding record
Oct 2013
Series B$40M1 new2 returning
From a historical funding record
Feb 2008
Series B$16M2 new
- Balderton Capital
- Spark Ventures
Reported by balderton.com

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 B2008Series B2013Series C2015Series D2017Seed2020

DFO Management, LLCMichael Dell

Everyone who backed them

Balderton CapitalVC firm2rounds

Spark VenturesVC firm2rounds

Google VenturesCorporate VC1round

Version One VenturesVC firm1round

Section 32VC firm1round

DFO Management, LLCFamily office1round

Michael DellAngel1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Kobalt 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.