# ZIMPERIUM funding: rounds and investors

> ZIMPERIUM has raised $37M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Sierra Ventures, Telstra Ventures and Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund.

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

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

# Who invested in *ZIMPERIUM*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 10 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$37M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources

**$12M** Series B **$25M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $25M Jun 2016
- **Led by:** Warburg Pincus
- **Step-up i:** 2.1×
- **Investors:** 10 (1 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.

2016

**$12M** Series B

**$25M** Series C

- **First round:** Series B, $12M
- **Biggest round:** $25M
- **Between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2016** Series C **$25M** *6 new* *3 returning* [Warburg Pincus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/warburg-pincus) Lead [Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures) [Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) [Samsung Electronics](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-electronics) [Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lazarus-israel-opportunities-fund) [Olive Tree Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/olive-tree-ventures) [TOYO Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyo-corporation) David Eun Stephen Northcutt Reported by Prnewswire and 1 other SEC filing: $25M sold, first sale May 2016
- **Feb 2015** Series B **$12M** *4 new* [Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures) [Samsung Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-ventures) [Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) [Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lazarus-israel-opportunities-fund) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $11M sold, first sale Feb 2015

## Founders and team

From ZIMPERIUM's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 10 on the team.

- **Shridhar Mittal** Chief Executive Officer
- **Akhil Bhutani** Chief Business Development Officer
- **Alistaire Davidson** Chief Financial Officer
- **Annette Wolf** Chief People Officer
- **Jon Paterson** Chief Technology Officer
- **Michael Williams** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Nitin Bhatia** Chief Strategy Officer
- **Praveen Kumar** Chief Engineering Officer
- **Tracey Dry** Chief Legal
- **Itzhak Avraham** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Ashutosh Somani* *Cary Davis* *Mark Fernandes* *Mark Sherman*

## 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 B** 2015 **Series C** 2016 [Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures) [Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) [Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lazarus-israel-opportunities-fund) [Warburg Pincus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/warburg-pincus) L [Samsung Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-ventures) [Samsung Electronics](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-electronics) [Olive Tree Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/olive-tree-ventures) [TOYO Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyo-corporation) David Eun Stephen Northcutt

## Everyone who backed them

[Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Telstra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/telstra-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lazarus-israel-opportunities-fund) Growth equity **2** rounds

[Warburg Pincus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/warburg-pincus) Private equity **1** round, led 1

[Samsung Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Samsung Electronics](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-electronics) Growth equity **1** round

[Olive Tree Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/olive-tree-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[TOYO Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyo-corporation) Corporate VC **1** round

David Eun no record of our own yet **1** round

Stephen Northcutt 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=zimperium).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list ZIMPERIUM 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.

[Titanium Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/titanium-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[HighGear Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highgear-ventures) Private credit Per its own site

## Quick answers about ZIMPERIUM

### Who invested in ZIMPERIUM?

ZIMPERIUM's investors include Sierra Ventures, Telstra Ventures, Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund, Warburg Pincus and Samsung Ventures, and 5 more on record. Warburg Pincus led its latest round.

### How much has ZIMPERIUM raised?

ZIMPERIUM has raised $37M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did ZIMPERIUM last raise?

ZIMPERIUM's most recent round was a Series C of $25M in Jun 2016, led by Warburg Pincus.

### What was ZIMPERIUM's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $25M in Jun 2016, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed ZIMPERIUM first?

ZIMPERIUM's first round on record, in Feb 2015, was backed by Sierra Ventures, Samsung Ventures and Telstra Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is ZIMPERIUM at?

ZIMPERIUM's latest named round is a Series C, in Jun 2016.

### Where is ZIMPERIUM based?

ZIMPERIUM is based in the United States.

### Who led ZIMPERIUM's rounds?

Warburg Pincus led the Series C in 2016.

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