PreVeil Announces Series A Investment from Spark Capital
New funding from leading VC firm builds on momentum of company's latest entry in data security for business
Mar 27, 2018, 11:30 ET
BOSTON, March 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PreVeil, a company dedicated to providing enterprises with private and protected email and files, has announced a Series A investment from Spark Capital, a leading venture capital firm that invests in disruptive, world-changing startups. This is the first outside investment in PreVeil; two of its founders, successful serial tech entrepreneurs Sanjeev Verma and Randy Battat, were the seed round investors.
PreVeil's unique email and document services combine end-to-end encryption, the "gold standard" for cyber security, with distributed trust that ensures no one administrator is a gateway for hackers, and finally, eliminates the need for passwords, a common security weak point in enterprises. Nobody outside of an enterprise, not even PreVeil, can read a business' files – especially critical as the threat of malicious cyber activity grows.
"Everywhere we look, businesses entrusted with our most sensitive information are failing that trust," notes Santo Politi, co-founder and General Partner of Spark Capital. "The PreVeil team knows that the best way for companies to protect their data is to make encryption extremely user friendly and easy to use, so that information is safe even when a server is breached. It is this kind of vision, coupled with extraordinary execution, that has created what I believe is the next stage of cyber security. It's why Spark Capital is leading this investment in PreVeil."
The investment builds on growing momentum for PreVeil, with the recent launch of its PreVeil Drive, which encrypts files and lets users store, share, and access them anywhere. Drive joins PreVeil's premium encrypted email service, raising the bar on data security for business. The company's proprietary suite of encrypted solutions was based on research by a member of PreVeil's founding team, Raluca Ada Popa, an assistant professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and a recent recipient of a 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship. In addition, the company also recently welcomed global expert in geopolitical and cyber security Admiral James Stavridis, who served as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, to its board of directors.
"Spark Capital is renowned for its ability to identify the products and companies that will define the future, and we are thrilled to announce our partnership with their team," said Randy Battat, CEO of PreVeil. "We look forward to working together to continue on this journey of revolutionizing data security to protect businesses from growing cyber threats."
For more information on how your business can PreVeil, check out their blog, and follow the company on Twitter @EndtoEndEncrypt and on LinkedIn.
About PreVeil
PreVeil provides enterprises with private and protected email and files – with unmatched ease of use. PreVeil's proprietary combination of end to end encryption, distributed trust and elimination of passwords ensures data is protected even when the server is breached. Learn more at www.preveil.com, join the conversation on Twitter @EndtoEndEncrypt, and follow PreVeil on LinkedIn and Facebook. Protect. Prevent. PreVeil.
About Spark Capital
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in startups led by creative thinkers. We partner with entrepreneurs who make products and services for consumers as well as business people. We have offices in SoMA in San Francisco, Astor Place in New York City, and the Back Bay in Boston. Spark Capital was founded ten years ago. In total we manage five funds with $3B under management. For more information, please visit www.sparkcapital.com.
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