Security Technology Startup Closes Series C Funding

Contrast Security announced the close of a new round of Series C financing from AXA Strategic Ventures and Microsoft Ventures.

Contrast Security’s technology enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks. The company’s comprehensive platform protects enterprise applications from within and provides accurate analysis and protection of application portfolios without disruptive scanning or expensive security experts.

Named the sole “Visionary” by Gartner in 2017, Contrast’s runtime application self-protection solution was the only “Transformational” tool in the entire category in the latest Gartner Hype Cycle Report. Contrast was also the SC Awards 2017 Rookie Security Company of the Year recipient, and an RSA 2017 Innovation Sandbox Awards Finalist.