BlueTalon Pulls In $16M Series A Round

The round also included the participation of new investors Arsenal Venture Partners and existing investors Signia Venture Partners, Data Collective, Divergent Ventures, Bloomberg Beta and the Stanford-StartX Fund. The new funding will be used to further expand BlueTalon’s development and sales teams to address the growing demand for BlueTalon data-centric security solutions that provide unparalleled control and data layer visibility. With this round of financing, Matthew Kinsella, Managing Director of Maverick Ventures, joined the Board of Directors of BlueTalon. To date, BlueTalon has raised more than $25 million in funding

BlueTalon is redefining how businesses secure their big data initiatives. By unifying security policies across multiple data platforms, BlueTalon allows organizations to enforce consistent data access controls on increasingly complex data infrastructures. BlueTalon also delivers unprecedented visibility on the data layer and enables businesses to monitor all data activities. The result is both cost savings on compliance and significantly enhanced security

Matthew Kinsella, Managing Director, Maverick Ventures, said, “We are tremendously impressed by BlueTalon’s customer traction-their customers are some of the toughest and most reliable big data players and have indicated that they are doubling down BlueTalon to secure their new data initiatives. At a time when many organizations feel overwhelmed by data breaches, cybercrime, and ever tightening up regulations, BlueTalon is bringing forward a ground-breaking approach to data security. We look forward to being part of a new wave of data-centric security solutions. ”

Jason Rottenberg, Managing Partner, Arsenal Venture Partners, said, “We are continually evaluating the security market and the growing demand of companies and government agencies for better data protection. Today’s data initiatives have reinforced the need for a different approach We are pleased to be part of BlueTalon’s next phase of growth as the company leads the way in data-centric security. ”

Eric Tilenius, CEO of BlueTalon, added, ‘As organizations continue to embrace new digital initiatives, blind spots on the data layer create new security and compliance risks for businesses. We are very excited to work with such respected venture capital firms to continue to expand the breadth and depth of our solution while aggressively developing our go-to-market activities. ”

BlueTalon, Inc.
BlueTalon is a leading provider of data-centric data security for big data and new data initiatives The BlueTalon Policy Engine provides accurate, consistent, and dynamic data access controls across Hadoop, Spark, and SQL-based data platforms. The BlueTalon Audit Engine provides a full audit trail at the level of detail required for compliance with the regulations: user and data.

Fortune 100 companies have deployed BlueTalon to eliminate security blind spots and gain data layer visibility and control across cloud-based and on-site environments. BlueTalon was named the ‘Cool Vendor’ Gartner 2016 and won numerous security and big data awards.

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On the Maverick Ventures
Maverick Ventures is a venture capital fund affiliate of Maverick Capital, a 23-year-old hedge fund with more than US$10 billion under management. Maverick Capital Ltd, Ltd. Founded in 1993, it has been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Investment Advisor since 1994.

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