# Cylance

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/cylance

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Waterloo, Canada
- Total disclosed funding: $177M
- Latest round: Series D (Jun 3, 2016)
- Investors on record: 13

## About

Founded in 2012 and based in California, US, Cylance Inc. develops artificial intelligence-backed endpoint security solutions that prevents breaches from occurring. Their products include CylancePROTECT, which prevent malware from executing on endpoints in real-time, CylanceOPTICS, which augments CylancePROTECT in malware detection on endpoints, Cylance ThreatZERO, a security consulting and training service, and Cylance Smart Antivirus. In December 2024, Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. acquired a stake in Cylance Inc. from Blackberry Ltd for USD 160 million.

## Funding rounds

- Series D, Jun 3, 2016, $100M — Blackstone Group, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, KKR, Insight Partners, Dell Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Fairhaven Capital, ClearSky Advisors LLC, Citi Ventures, Capital One Ventures, Ten Eleven
- Series C, Jun 8, 2015, $42M — Blackstone Group, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, KKR, Dell Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, Fairhaven Capital, DNX Ventures, ClearSky Advisors LLC, Capital One Ventures, Ten Eleven
- Series B, Feb 20, 2014, $20M — Blackstone Group, Khosla Ventures, Fairhaven Capital, ClearSky Advisors LLC
- Series A, Jul 18, 2012, $15M — Khosla Ventures, Fairhaven Capital

## Investors

- Khosla Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/khosla-ventures) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
- Fairhaven Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fairhaven-capital) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D
- Blackstone Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/blackstone-group) — Series B, Series C, Series D
- ClearSky Advisors LLC — Series B, Series C, Series D
- Draper Fisher Jurvetson (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/draper-fisher-jurvetson) — Series C, Series D
- KKR (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kkr) — Series C, Series D
- Dell Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dell-ventures) — Series C, Series D
- Thomvest Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/thomvest-ventures) — Series C
- DNX Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dnx-ventures) — Series C
- Capital One Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/capital-one-ventures) — Series C, Series D
- Ten Eleven — Series C, Series D
- Insight Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/insight-partners) — Series D
- Citi Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/citi-ventures) — Series D