Auth0 Raises $103M, Becomes Unicorn

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Summary

Auth0, which helps companies manage and secure digital identities through services like multifactor authentication and password detection, said today it has raised $103 million in a Series E round led by Sapphire Venture Partners (SVP). Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily Bellevue, Washington-based Auth0 describes itself as an “Identity-as-a-Service (IdaaS)” company that helps its users’ customers, devices, business partners and employees with secure identity management. The demand for streamlining security appears to be there: Auth0’s Jeana Tahnk said in a blog post that the startup currently has 7,000 customers worldwide and more than 2.5 billion logins per month. The new capital will be used to help the company continue to expand globally and comes on the heels of recent expansions of its five offices in Bellevue, Buenos Aires, London, Sydney, and Tokyo. SVP, which also led Auth0’s Series D, has invested in companies like 23andme, Square, Localytics and LinkedIn.

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Amount $103.0M Total raised
Date May 20, 2019 Announcement date
Investors Bessemer Venture Partners, GeekWire, Trinity Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Telstra Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, LLC, Auth0 Lead investors
Company http://www.auth0.com Funded company

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HealthTech
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AskAI Classifications

Labels
SaaS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Cybersecurity Software

Linked Companies

Auth0
$100M to $250M