GV and Decibel co-led the round having previously backed the U-M networking cybersecurity company alongside Greylock Partners in 2016.
Censys, a US-based networking cybersecurity spinout of University of Michigan, has attracted $15.5m in a series A round co-led by GV, a corporate venturing arm of technology conglomerate Alphabet.
Decibel, an independent venture capital firm launched by networking equipment manufacturer Cisco, co-led the round, which also included Greylock Partners.
Founded in 2017, Censys has developed cybersecurity technology iterating on the open-source software ZMap, which searches the internet for devices connected from the client’s network that may be…
