# ProtectWise funding: rounds and investors

> ProtectWise has raised $65M across 5 rounds since 2013. Investors include Trinity Ventures, Crosslink Capital and Paladin Capital Group.

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

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

# Who invested in *ProtectWise*

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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$65M** raised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources

**$3.0M** Seed **$3.0M** Series A **$14M** Series A **$20M** Series B **$25M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $25M Jan 2017
- **Step-up i:** 1.3×
- **Investors:** 7

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

**$3.0M** Seed

**$3.0M** Series A

**$14M** Series A

**$20M** Series B

**$25M** Series B

- **First round:** Seed, $3.0M
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 14 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2017** Series B **$25M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Tola Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tola-capital) [Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners) Arsenal Venture Partners Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $50M sold, first sale Nov 2015
- **Nov 2015** Series B **$20M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Trinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-ventures) [Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) [Tola Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tola-capital) [Arsenal Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-venture-partners) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Nov 2015
- **Jun 2014** Series A **$14M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Trinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-ventures) [Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) [Arsenal Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-venture-partners) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $14M sold, first sale May 2014
- **May 2013** Seed **$3.0M** *2 new* [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Trinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.0M sold, first sale Apr 2013
- **May 2013** Series A **$3.0M** *1 returning* [Trinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.0M sold, first sale Apr 2013

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Adam Cecil** Executive Officer i
- **Eugene Stevens** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Scott Chasin** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Eric Chin* *Jay Leek* *Larry Orr* *Matthew Bigge* *Sheila Gulati*

## 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.

**Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Series B** 2017 [Trinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-ventures) [Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) [Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) [Tola Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tola-capital) [Arsenal Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-venture-partners) [Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners) Arsenal Venture Partners

## Everyone who backed them

[Trinity Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity-ventures) VC firm **4** rounds

[Crosslink Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crosslink-capital) VC firm **3** rounds

[Paladin Capital Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paladin-capital-group) VC firm **2** rounds

[Tola Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tola-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Arsenal Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Top Tier Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/top-tier-capital-partners) Fund of funds **1** round

Arsenal Venture Partners no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists ProtectWise 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.

[Sunlake Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sunlake-capital) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about ProtectWise

### Who invested in ProtectWise?

ProtectWise's investors include Trinity Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Paladin Capital Group, Tola Capital and Arsenal Venture Partners, and 2 more on record.

### How much has ProtectWise raised?

ProtectWise has raised $65M across 5 rounds since 2013.

### When did ProtectWise last raise?

ProtectWise's most recent round was a Series B of $25M in Jan 2017.

### What was ProtectWise's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $25M in Jan 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed ProtectWise first?

ProtectWise's first round on record, in May 2013, was backed by Crosslink Capital and Trinity Ventures.

### What stage is ProtectWise at?

ProtectWise's latest named round is a Series B, in Jan 2017.

### Where is ProtectWise based?

ProtectWise is based in the United States.

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