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Stairwell Announces Seed Investment From Accel, Sequoia Capital, Gradient Ventures and Allen & Company LLC

PRIVATEOct 28, 2020

Round Type

Seed

Mountain ViewFinancial ServicesSoftware

Description

Stairwell, a new cybersecurity company with a vision to empower any security team to defend against every adversary, today announced $4.5 million in seed investment led by Accel with participation from Sequoia Capital, Gradient Ventures, Allen & Company LLC and other angel investors. Mike Wiacek, founder of Google's Threat Analysis Group and co-founder / former Chief Security Officer of Alphabet moonshot Chronicle, leads the company as its CEO and founder. Wiacek is joined by Jan Kang, former Chief Legal Officer at Chronicle, as COO and General Counsel.

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Company Information

Company

Stairwell

Location

Mountain View, California, United States

About

Stairwell helps organizations take back the cybersecurity high ground with solutions that attackers can't evade. Its flagship product, the Inception platform, empowers security teams to outsmart any attacker. Stairwell is comprised of security industry leaders and engineers from Google and is backed by Sequoia Capital, Accel, and Gradient Ventures.

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