Salt Security, a leading API security company, has raised $140 million in Series D funding, led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s growth fund.
There was participation from all existing investors including Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, Tenaya Capital, S Capital VC, Advent International, Alkeon Capital, and DFJ Growth.
Salt Security will use the additional capital to expand R&D investment, fuel sales and marketing, and more rapidly grow its international operations to address the growing number of cyber threats targeting APIs.
Salt Security raised its $70 million I Series C round less than eight months.
Salt Security raised $271 million to date.
Recent customers include Takeda Pharmaceuticals, bp Launchpad (the digital innovation and scale up unit of bp), Markel, Icatu Seguros, Apiture, and Berkshire Bank.
