Carbon Black

Acquired

Carbon Black is a cybersecurity company in Waltham, United States, founded in 2002. It has raised $88.5M across 4 rounds, most recently a $38.3M Series E in February 2014.

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Employees
1001–5000
Founded
2002
Business Model
SaaS
Total Funding
$88.5M
Last Round
$38.3M Series EFeb 2014
Rounds
4
Acquired by
VMwareOct 2019

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

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About

Carbon Black is a cloud-native endpoint protection platform delivering threat prevention, detection, and response. It provides visibility across endpoints, networks, and workloads to stop attacks proactively. Now part of Broadcom.

Summary

It lists 1001–5000 employees. It has raised $88.5M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $38.3M Series E round in Feb 2014. Investors include VMware and Bit9.

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Funding & Exit History

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AcquisitionOct 2019

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Funding: Series A through Series E. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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