Censys – a leading Internet Intelligence Platform for Threat Hunting and Exposure Management – recently announced it secured $75 million in new funding. The funding consisted of a $50 million Series C led by Decibel Partners, GV, Greylock, and Intel Capital – and included new investors Ascension Ventures, Four Rivers, and accounts managed by Hamilton Lane. Additionally, the $25M in debt funding was led by SVB Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First Citizens Bank.
The digital world is essential to global society, and the public and private sectors are faced with the monumental task of securing an ever-growing, complex, and fragmented technology landscape. Plus, the sophistication of today’s threat actors continues to accelerate rapidly, posing a significant threat globally and making cybersecurity an essential cornerstone to the future of our economy.
Censys built the most complete and accurate collection of global internet infrastructure data, enriched with critical context to empower security and intelligence teams globally.
As a leading threat intelligence provider across national governments and intelligence agencies, top-tier financial institutions, high-growth tech companies and global manufacturers, Censys plans to utilize this funding to accelerate product innovation and development to solidify its position as the leader in Threat Intelligence Data. Plus, the company also plans to scale revenue growth globally and expand its focus into the urgent and growing needs of healthcare security and privacy protection with the help of Ascension Ventures.
Along with furthering the company’s goal as the premier provider of security data and critical insights across the internet, Censys welcomes Andy Boyd as the newest independent board advisor. Boyd has extensive experience leading worldwide intelligence operations and brings in-depth knowledge of geopolitics, cyber operations and policy, security practices, and risk mitigation. And in his most recent assignment as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI), he was responsible for intelligence collection, analysis and operations focused on foreign cyber threats to U.S. interests.
Since the company’s Series B round in January 2022, Censys reported 130%+ Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) growth. And several events have driven this success, including partnerships with leading technology vendors, the launch of the Censys Internet Map and the expansion of International offices. Plus, Censys continues to make waves in the industry with its recent completion of the SOC 2 Type II Compliance standard, and its plans to expand its footprint and open an office in Seattle, Washington, by the end of 2023.
KEY QUOTES:
“This round of funding brings us even closer to our goal as the ground truth for global internet infrastructure. We are committed to providing our customers the high-integrity data and analysis needed to understand exposures and conduct critical threat investigations. Cybersecurity is an essential anchor to the future of our global economy, and we are excited to continue our focus on ensuring a more resilient, cyber-aware future.”
– Brad Brooks, CEO of Censys
“As someone who has personally been involved in some of the most consequential counterterrorism operations of the past decade, I intimately understand the urgent need to strengthen our cybersecurity posture across both the public and private sectors. I believe that Censys has a critical role to play in arming organizations with the data and insights they need to defend attack surfaces and take down threats in real-time, and am incredibly excited to partner with Censys on their mission.”
– Andy Boyd
