Salt Security
Headquarters: Palo Alto, Calif.
CEO: Roey Eliyahu
Funding: The company raised $70 million in a Series C round of funding, bringing its total financing to $131 million.
Investors: The round was led by Advent International through Advent Tech, with participation from Alkeon Capital and DFJ Growth. Existing investors Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital, S Capital VC and Y Combinator also participated in the round.
What the company does: Salt Security provides API security technology used to enhance software security earlier in the development cycle.
CEO Quote: “We are not going to allow anyone get near us [in API security]. Our goal is maintaining this leadership in dominating this category.”
