Startup · $156m raised · Cybersecurity
San Francisco
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Bugcrowd raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Costanoa Ventures | Series D+ | - |
| General Catalyst | Series D+ | - |
| Rally Ventures | Series D+ | - |
| Startmate | Accelerator | - |
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Bugcrowd, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
Companies Bugcrowd acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Casey Ellis | Chairman, Founder, and CTO | Crunchbase News, Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
| Chris Raethke | Founder | Startup Daily (Mon 20 Sep 2021), Startup Daily (Tue 4 Jun 2019), SmartCompany |
| Dave Gerry | CEO | SmartCompany (Thu 19 Dec 2024), SmartCompany (Mon 11 Mar 2024), SmartCompany (Fri 16 Feb 2024), SmartCompany (Tue 13 Feb 2024) |
| Mark Crane | Director | SmartCompany (Fri 16 Feb 2024), SmartCompany (Tue 13 Feb 2024) |
| Paul Sagan | Director | SmartCompany (Fri 16 Feb 2024), SmartCompany (Tue 13 Feb 2024) |
| Sajeeb Lohani | Director of Cyber | SmartCompany |
Stories naming Bugcrowd. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Square Peg Capital has banked about US$647 million for two fresh vehicles, its biggest fundraise yet. The piece also recalls Blackbird's billion-dollar fund and Square Peg's past stake sales and exit windfalls.
Venture firm Square Peg has confirmed two funds holding more than $1 billion between them, alongside a look back at its biggest bets, sell-downs and the acquisitions that delivered windfalls.
Also Dealroom
Australian startup capital climbed 30% in early 2024 even as deal counts fell; Skalata Ventures topped investor activity with 13 participations, ahead of Blackbird and Investible.
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Startmate will resume taking founders to Silicon Valley this May and stage its first San Francisco Demo Day; the article also recalls Fluency's recent US seed round led by Accel.
Startmate reflects on a decade of backing founders, profiling breakout alumni across its cohorts and describing how its mentors reinvest in newer startups, alongside its fund model and returns.
Square Peg's half-year letter to investors reviews 2024: $146m invested, $220m returned via five exits, fund value up to $3.25bn, plus portfolio raises at Rokt, Constantinople, Exodigo, Cuttable and Supabase.
Square Peg's half-year investor letter reviews 2024: portfolio growth, $220m returned across five exits, a Rokt secondary at a $3.5bn valuation, and recent raises at Constantinople, Exodigo, Cuttable and Supabase.
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Year-end roundup ranking 2024's twelve largest startup raises, headed by PsiQuantum's $940 million government-backed quantum computing round, plus Guzman y Gomez's ASX listing and Betashares' Temasek investment.
Square Peg's half-year letter reports US$187 million distributed via the Nvidia purchase of Deci.AI plus stake sales in Canva and Bugcrowd, several new investments, team promotions, and a fresh fundraise for its next funds.
A profile of Startmate ranking the twenty most valuable companies it has backed, noting their valuations, past raises and founders, plus Bugcrowd's newly announced purchase of Informer and its climate focus.
Nullify has landed a $5.2m seed round for its AI-powered code vulnerability scanner, backed by Two Sigma and Root Ventures, with a Bugcrowd director also investing. The founders formerly taught cybersecurity at UNSW.
Also SmartCompany·Early VC·Early VC
Australian startups Diraq, Marqo, and Hatch secured funding rounds. Ansarada was acquired by Datasite. Bupa launched a new venture fund, and the Queensland government backed several VCs and accelerators.
Bugcrowd has raised $156.2 million in growth financing led by General Catalyst, Costanoa and Rally Ventures, with two investors joining its board, as the cybersecurity platform plans global expansion and possible acquisitions.
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Square Peg Capital's year-in-review recaps its 2021 portfolio: raises it led or joined, SPAC listing decisions, Vend's acquisition, new investment-team hires, and its newsletter and podcast output.
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ASX-listed voice data company Dubber has bought Brisbane AI meeting-transcription startup Notiv for $6.6 million via its US parent Pinch Labs; Notiv had earlier raised $1.4 million in 2019.
Weekly roundup covering Main Sequence's second-fund close, operating partner hires at Blackbird and AirTree, raises by Sea Forest, Adventus.io, Halter and others, acquisitions by Equiem, Stripe and Toyota, plus Big Tech earnings.
Organic kids' snack maker Whole Kids has exceeded its half-million-dollar Birchal equity crowdfunding target, drawing backers including several well-known founder-investors, with one campaign day remaining.
Accelerator Startmate has launched a climate startup program offering $75,000 for 7.5% equity, supported by prominent local investors and founders, and is seeking ten teams with applications closing 19 November.
Brisbane AI transcription startup Notiv has raised $1.4 million from three investors. The article profiles co-founders Chris Raethke and Iain McCowan, whose earlier venture Dev-Audio was acquired by Biamp in 2014.
Salesforce Ventures unveils a fund dedicated to Australian early-stage startups, its fourth country-specific vehicle, while recapping local deals such as Lendi's ANZ-led raise and Baraja's Series A.
Also Australian FinTech
Salesforce Ventures commits US$50 million to a new fund backing Australian startups, while Sydney investor Equity Venture Partners closes a $35 million second fund; KPMG data shows local venture investment grew in 2018.
Profile of Bugcrowd founder Casey Ellis on moving his bug-bounty startup from Sydney to Silicon Valley, its Startmate experience, and how Australian founders can better sell themselves to US investors.