- The cybersecurity firm Tanium is quietly raising $200 million in funding and has sold $150.5 million in securities to investors, according to a SEC Form D filed on Monday.
- It’s unclear if the filing accounts for a “significant investment” from Salesforce Ventures that was announced in June. At the time, Tanium did not disclose how much funding it raised in that round, only that it brought the company to a $9 billion valuation.
- In September, Tanium brought on former Ford CEO Mark Fields as its lead board member as it transitions to 5G.
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Tanium, one of the most valuable cybersecurity companies in the industry, is quietly raising a round of funding that could total as high as $200 million, according to a public filing.
Tanium, founded in 2007 by father and son team David and Orion Hindawi, says it has sold about $150.5 million out of $200 million in securities offered to a total of 26 investors, according to a SEC Form D filed on Monday. The filing was first spotted by CRN’s Joseph F. Kovar.
It’s unclear if this filing accounts for a “significant investment” from Salesforce Ventures that was announced in June. While Tanium did not disclose the size of the investment at that time, it did say that the deal valued the company at $9 billion.
Startup funding database Crunchbase, however, pegs the size of the investment at $117.2 million. Assuming that figure is accurate, and that the filing encompasses the investment in question, it means that Tanium raised at least another $33 million or so in this round since June — though it’s difficult to know for sure without more details from the company itself.
Tanium declined to make CEO Orion Hindawi available for an interview. Salesforce Ventures did not respond to a request for comment.
Tanium describes itself as an “unified endpoint management” platform, simplifying the process of protecting a wide variety of employee devices — especially important in the new era of remote work. It has seen its value soar since its last round in 2018, when the firm was valued at $6.5 billion. Tanium has now raised a total of $837.58 million, according to PitchBook. Besides Salesforce Ventures, Tanium is also backed by firms including Andreessen Horowitz and TPG.
Cloud software giant Salesforce, the parent of Salesforce Ventures, recently also partnered with Tanium to help IT teams manage employee devices and services on their network.
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Just last month, Tanium brought on former Ford CEO Mark Fields as its lead board member to help guide the company in addressing the need to secure the very many 5G wireless devices that will be added to corporate networks in the months and years to come.
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