WndrCo led the mobile VPN provider's latest round, increasing its overall funding to almost $360m.

Media holding company WndrCo led a $295m funding round for US-based mobile privacy software provider AnchorFree yesterday that included venture capital firms Accel, 8VC, SignalFire and Green Bay Ventures.

Founded in 2005, AnchorFree has created a mobile app called Hotspot Shield that operates as a virtual private network (VPN) for mobile devices, allowing users to browse more securely by protecting their identity and encrypting data.

In addition to Hotspot Shield, which AnchorFree said has been downloaded 650 million times, the…