Author: Kyle Wiggers / Source: VentureBeat
Atlanta, Georgia-based Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) has raised $40 million in series E financing led by JPMorgan Chase, with participation from an impressive cohort of existing and new investors, including Google and its venture capital arm, GV, along with Kleiner Perkins, Icon Ventures, Meritech Capital, TechOperators, Ten Eleven Ventures, Goldman Sachs, SunTrust Bank, and others.
The company’s series D and B fundraising rounds totaled $40 million and $40.1 million, respectively, and Ionic formed a strategic technology partnership with Google Cloud back in 2017.JPMorgan Chase’s Rohan Amin will join the company’s board of directors as part of the round, which brings its total venture capital raised to $162.4 million, according to Crunchbase.
“We are humbled to expand our relationship with market leaders such as JPMorgan Chase, Google, and our existing investors to bring Ionic solutions to a broader audience with greater ease,” said CTO and founder Adam Ghetti. “From our earliest days, we have focused on building deep, trusted, and expansive relationships for the benefit of the overall security ecosystem. JPMorgan Chase and Google have demonstrated their commitment to the same ideals after years of close collaboration to create elegant solutions for the complex problems that…
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