Bit9 Closes $10 Million Venture Round

Bit9, a security software firm in Cambridge, MA, whose systems let users control applications and data in corporate networks, announced it has closed a third venture financing round worth $10 million. The financing brings the firm’s total raised to date to $25.8 million. The round was led by .406 Ventures, and joined by Kleiner, Perkins Caufield & Byers, Atlas Venture, and Highland Capital Partners, all of whom were existing investors in Bit9.

Author: Rebecca Zacks

Rebecca is Xconomy's co-founder. She was previously the managing editor of Physician's First Watch, a daily e-newsletter from the publishers of New England Journal of Medicine. Before helping launch First Watch, she spent a decade covering innovation for Technology Review, Scientific American, and Discover Magazine's TV show. In 2005-2006 she was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. Rebecca holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Brown University and a master's in science journalism from Boston University.