Cato Networks Raises $238M In Equity Investment At Over $3B Valuation
Sep 19, 2023•almost 2 years ago
Amount Raised
$238 Million
Investors
Ravi MhatreForrester ResearchCarlsbergSingtel Innov8Sixty Degree CapitalSoftbank Vision Fund 2Adams Street PartnersLight Speed Venture Partners
Description
Cato Networks, provider of the world's leading single-vendor SASE platform, announced that it raised $238M in equity investment, bringing total funding to $773M. The largest financing round to date was led by LightSpeed Venture Partners with the participation of Adams Street Partners, Softbank Vision Fund 2, Sixty Degree Capital, and Singtel Innov8. The round comes just weeks after adding Carlsberg as a major enterprise customer, Cato's recognition as a ZTE/SASE Leader by Forrester Research, and as a Challenger in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Single-vendor SASE. This up-round's valuation underscores investor confidence in Cato's massive market opportunity and its SASE platform's disruptive and transformative power.
Funding Insights
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