Zscaler announced a continuation of its oversubscribed Series D round from Google Capital. This latest round of financing brings the company’s total funding raised in the Series D to $110 million.
“We are joining forces with Google Capital to help millions of organizations around the world securely adopt cloud computing, mobility and the Internet of Things,” said Jay Chaudhry, CEO of Zscaler. “Our new partnerships will further empower Zscaler to invest in our technology platform and grow our worldwide operations to meet ever increasing demand.”
Zscaler Raises $100 Million for Security-as-a-Service
Zscaler, a start-up based in San Jose, California, raised $100 million in new venture funding for its Internet security-as-a-service offering.
Zscaler currently protects more than 5,000 enterprise and government organizations worldwide with a total of 13 million employees against cyber attacks and data breaches. The cloud-based Zscaler Security-as-a-Service platform is operating in more than 100 data centers around the world, delivering carrier-grade Internet security, advanced persistent threat (APT) protection, data loss prevention, SSL decryption, traffic shaping, policy management and threat intelligence without the need for on-premise hardware, appliances or software.
TPG invested in Zscaler, alongside existing investors EMC and Lightspeed Ventures, who also contributed to the round.
