Amount Raised
$4.3 Million
Round Type
Seed
HollywoodInformation TechnologyHardwareSoftwareCyber SecurityDescription
CAT Labs, a start-up building forensic and cybersecurity tools to fight crypto-enabled crime, raised $4.3M in its pre-seed round led by Castle Island Ventures, Brevan Howard Digital, CMT Digital, and RW3 Ventures. Other participating investors include Newark Venture Partners, Hash3, Borderless Capital, Cryptoverse Ventures, and Outshine Ventures. CAT Labs was founded by a former DOJ Special Agent, Lilita (Lili) Infante, who pioneered the first task force focused exclusively on dark web and crypto-enabled crime to solve some of the most challenging and high-profile crypto cases. Infante was the lead agent on the case that took down Hydra Market - the largest and longest-running dark web market in the world - which accounted for 80% of all dark web cryptocurrency transactions and served as one of the largest global crypto laundering platforms.
Quick answer
CAT Labs raised $4.3 Million in a Seed round, dated April 12, 2023. CAT Labs is based in Hollywood, Florida, United States.
- How much did CAT Labs raise?
- CAT Labs raised $4.3 Million in a Seed round on April 12, 2023.
- What does CAT Labs do?
- CAT Labs develops tools to help government agencies and private industry fight the misuse and abuse of emerging technologies, with a focus on countering the nefarious use cases of cryptocurrency, AI, and quantum..
- Where is CAT Labs based and how big is it?
- CAT Labs is based in Hollywood, Florida, United States.
- Who are the decision-makers at CAT Labs?
- Fundz holds 1 contact at CAT Labs. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.
Source: Fundz verified event record.
Who else raised in Hardware and Cyber Security around the same time
Companies in the same sectors as CAT Labs that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.
- Anthropic raised $450M (Funding Round) on May 23, 2023.
- authID® raised $9M on May 23, 2023.
- Cranium Al raised $4.7M (Seed) on May 10, 2023.
- Keeper Security raised an undisclosed amount (Private Equity) on May 9, 2023.
- Adronite raised $826K (Seed) on May 9, 2023.
- Pudu Robotics raised $15M (Series C) on May 8, 2023.
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