Illumio is an American business data center and cloud computing security company.

Illumio
Company typeCloud computing security
IndustryData Center and Cloud computing security
Founded2013
FoundersAndrew Rubin, P.J. Kirner
Headquarters,
ProductsIllumio Core, Illumio CloudSecure, Illumio Endpoint
Websitewww.illumio.com

History

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Illumio was founded in 2013 by Andrew Rubin and P. J. Kirner and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States.[1]

The initial $8 million round of venture capital was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Steve Herrod, former CTO of VMware and managing director of General Catalyst led the company’s $34.5 million round with participation by Formation 8, Data Collective, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang.[2] BlackRock and Accel a $100 million round with participation from a number of investors including private investors John W. Thompson, Jerry Yang and Marc Benioff as well as previous investors.

In February 2020, Stowe Australia, Australia's oldest and largest private electrical contractor, selected Illumio to provide security for its data centers across Australia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kim, Eugene. "Why This Startup Raised $42.5 Million Before It Came Out Of Stealth/". Website. Business Insider. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ^ Hesseldahl, Arik. "Stealth Security Startup Illumio Secures $34 Million From General Catalyst". Website. All Things D. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Stowe Australia Selects Illumio to Stop Lateral Movement Inside Its Organization". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
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