Druva Secures $25 Million in Series C Funding

Druva, Inc. announced completion of $25 million in Series C funding in support of its inSync platform, an integrated suite of endpoint data protection and governance solutions that currently safeguards corporate information assets on desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones in 76 countries.

The round includes significant participation from Sequoia Capital and Nexus Venture Partners as well as a substantial first-time investment from Tenaya Capital.

inSync addresses shifting enterprise data protection requirements spurred by mobilization, free online file sharing services, changing work habits, and the consumerization of IT. The suite integrates automated endpoint backup, IT-managed file sharing, encryption and other data loss prevention capabilities, and a centralized audit trail of all data content and movement for governance, compliance, eDiscovery and forensics. It also creates a master record of all endpoint data that enables end users to access any file remotely, plus easy content recovery in the event of device loss or theft.

Driven by that range of features, customer base has expanded from 1,500 to 2,100 in the last year with a corresponding jump from 1 million to 1.7 million in the number of endpoints under protection. The company has also expanded its workforce from 124 at the end of 2012 to an expected 200 by the end of 2013, and introduced a inSync upgrade and two new private cloud deployment options since January.

The funding will underwrite continued R&D, expanded global sales and marketing, and expansion of cloud infrastructure to support new deployments by large enterprises that require the elasticity, multi-tenancy and flexibility of the cloud along with the security, compliance and cost advantages of hosting IT solutions behind the company firewall.

“With the proliferation of mobile devices and the loss of security and accountability in today’s ‘post-PC’ world, every organization today is facing the need to change the way they protect and govern data,” said Jaspreet Singh, Druva founder and CEO. “The size of this latest funding round is a direct result of our unified strategy for solving these problems, our success to date in attracting customers ranging from UC Berkeley to Sephora and NASA, and our roadmap for expanding the inSync platform to become an essential component of the IT infrastructure.”

“Druva created inSync to address a very real problem in a massive market. In the process, the company has redefined data protection and governance for the mobile era,” said Tom Banahan, MD, Tenaya Capital. “Our investment reflects Druva’s lead in the space, the vision and capabilities of the team, and most importantly the escalating need for new data control strategies that we expect to generate major business opportunities for the inSync platform.”

Banahan has joined the Druva board of directors, bringing more than 20 years of operational management experience in the technology industry with companies including Marimba, Spyglass and Comdisco. He has been a member of the Tenaya investment team since 1999 and was named to Forbes’ Midas List of Top Tech Investors in both 2011 and 2012.

“Over the past few years, Druva has expanded on its original backup platform to build a safety net for mobile data that no other company to date has matched,” said Jishnu Bhattacharjee, MD, Nexus Venture Partners. “We were early investors in Druva’s business, and they have proven to be the thought leaders as well as the technology trailblazers in this area.”

“We’re delighted with the incredible progress Druva has made since the time of our Series A investment,” said Shailendra Singh, MD, Sequoia Capital. “Our significant participation in every round of subsequent financing is a major vote of confidence in Jaspreet and the management team, and our belief in Druva’s superior product and technical capability.”