The data security platform, already backed by GV, has attracted Amazon to its shareholders as it boosted its total capital to $122m.
US-based distributed data security platform Ionic Security raised $45m today in a funding round that featured e-commerce and cloud computing company Amazon.
Amazon, investment bank Goldman Sachs and hedge fund Hayman Capital joined existing shareholders for the round, including conglomerate Alphabet’s corporate venturing unit GV, Icon Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Meritech Capital Partners and Tech Operators.
Founded in 2011 as Social Fortress, Ionic develops software that protects sensitive information on corporate networks, the cloud and mobile devices.…
