Sourcefire Secures $15 Million in Series C Funding Led by Sequoia Capital
Summary
Sourcefire, Inc., a world leader in intelligent security monitoring and threat management solutions, today announced that the company has closed a $15 million Series C round of investment that included the participation of all prior investors. Leading the round, Sequoia Capital invested in Sourcefire based on the companys rapid growth, proven management team and products that enable customers to more effectively prevent intrusions and other threats to network assets. This investment significantly increases Sourcefires cash reserves and will be used to accelerate product development initiatives, international expansion and aggressive marketing programs. All products have the backing of Sourcefires highly regarded Vulnerability Research Team and the support of expert 24x7 customer services. As the "Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs", Sequoia Capitals Partners have worked with innovators such as Sandy Lerner and Len Bozack of Cisco Systems, Jerry Yang and David Filo of Yahoo!, Gaurav Garg of Redback Networks, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Dan Warmenhoven of Network Appliance, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel of PayPal (eBay), T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor, Lou Tomasetta of Vitesse Semiconductor, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer and Larry Ellison of Oracle.
