"SAN FRANCISCO & CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Darktrace, a provider of enterprise cyber threat defense software, announced today that it has raised new growth equity financing, led by KKR, a leading global investment firm, with participation from existing investor Summit Partners, and new investors TenEleven Ventures and SoftBank-affiliated SB ISAT Fund. Invoke Capital first identified Darktrace’s differentiated approach to cybersecurity threats and funded Darktrace in 2013, providing operational expertise since. Darktrace will use the funds to further accelerate the global roll-out of its award-winning Enterprise Immune System technology.
As cyber threats increase and attackers become more sophisticated it is clear that a new approach is needed. Using advanced mathematics and machine learning techniques based on the biological principles of the human immune system, Darktrace addresses the challenge of detecting and responding to cyber threats that evade existing solutions. Named ‘Best Security Company of the Year’ 2016, Darktrace is capable of identifying new, emerging threats within computer networks in real time including insider attacks, ransomware, machine-based attacks, and unknown threat scenarios."
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